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2019
Who the world actually read about in 2019 - readers across every language edition we measure, whoever they were and whenever they lived.
Most read
Who people actually looked up in 2019, across every language edition we measure.
- 1
Ted Bundy30.4M - 2
Freddie Mercury30.1M - 3
Billie Eilish23M - 4
Keanu Reeves18.3M - 5
Elizabeth II18M - 6
Jeffrey Epstein17.2M - 7
Donald Trump16.9M - 8
Cristiano Ronaldo14.2M - 9
Jason Momoa12.5M - 10
Lionel Messi12.3M - 11
Greta Thunbergnot measured12.1M - 12
Lady Gaga11.8M - 13
Luke Perry11.8M - 14
Elon Musk11.6M - 15
Nipsey Husslenot measured11.6M - 16
Joaquin Phoenix11.6M - 17
Dwayne Johnson11.5M - 18
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez11.4M - 19
Elton John11.4M - 20
Bradley Cooper11M - 21
Rami Malek11M - 22
Cameron Boyce10.7M - 23
Scarlett Johansson10.7M - 24
Boris Johnson10.7M - 25
Charles Manson10.7M - 26
Michael Jackson10.6M - 27
Queen Victorianot measured10.4M - 28
Adolf Hitler10.2M - 29
Jennifer Aniston10M - 30
Brie Larsonnot measured10M - 31
Kamala Harris9.9M - 32
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon9.7M - 33
Tom Brady9.6M - 34
Clint Eastwood9.6M - 35
Ariana Grande9.6M - 36
Barack Obama9.6M - 37
Rafael Nadal9.6M - 38
Cardi B9.5M - 39
Jimmy Hoffanot measured9.3M - 40
Emilia Clarke9.3M - 41
Jeff Bezos9.2M - 42
Mary, Queen of Scots9.2M - 43
Roger Federer9.1M - 44
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh9.1M - 45
Pablo Escobar9M - 46
Chris Hemsworth8.9M - 47
Sharon Tate8.7M - 48
Robert Downey Jr.8.6M - 49
Leonardo DiCaprio8.5M - 50
R. Kellynot measured8.5M - 51
XXXTentacion8.4M - 52
Sophie Turner8.3M - 53
Neil Armstrong8.3M - 54
Arnold Schwarzenegger8.3M - 55
Naomi Scottnot measured8.3M - 56
Mahatma Gandhi8.2M - 57
Taylor Swift8M - 58
Heath Ledger7.9M - 59
Volodymyr Zelensky7.8M - 60
Jennifer Lopez7.8M - 61
Tulsi Gabbard7.7M - 62
Zendaya7.7M - 63
George VI7.7M - 64
Lisa Bonet7.7M - 65
Pete Buttigieg7.6M - 66
Millie Bobby Brown7.6M - 67
Kim Kardashian7.6M - 68
Tom Cruise7.6M - 69
Sylvester Stallone7.5M - 70
Priyanka Chopra7.5M - 71
LeBron James7.5M - 72
Kylie Jenner7.5M - 73
Narendra Modi7.5M - 74
Kawhi Leonard7.5M - 75
Post Malone7.4M - 76
Nick Jonas7.4M - 77
Miley Cyrus7.4M - 78
Charles IIInot measured7.3M - 79
Elvis Presley7.3M - 80
Ryan Reynolds7.3M - 81
Winston Churchill7.2M - 82
Quentin Tarantino7.2M - 83
Brad Pitt7.2M - 84
Caitlyn Jenner7.2M - 85
Vladimir Putin7.2M - 86
Anne, Queen of Great Britain7.2M - 87
Judy Garland7.2M - 88
Nancy Pelosi7.1M - 89
Aaliyah7.1M - 90
Michael Jordan7M - 91
Chris Evansnot measured7M - 92
Albert Einstein7M - 93
Novak Djokovic7M - 94
6ix9inenot measured6.8M - 95
Edward VIII6.7M - 96
Will Smith6.6M - 97
Joseph Stalin6.6M - 98
Tiger Woods6.5M - 99
Angelina Jolie6.5M - 100
Meghan, Duchess of Sussexnot measured6.5M
Lived then
The most notable people whose working lives fell in 2019, ranked where coverage and readership agree.
- 1Scarlett Johansson2 decades
- 2
Katy Perry1 decades - 3LeBron James2 decades
- 4
Mark Zuckerberg1 decades - 5
Avril Lavigne2 decades - 6
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussexnot measured- - 7
Olivia Wilde0 decades - 8
Pavel Durov1 decades - 9
Lindsey Vonn0 decades - 10
J. D. Vancenot measured- - 11
Fernando Torresnot measured- - 12
Aubrey Plaza0 decades - 13
Mandy Moore0 decades - 14
Mary Elizabeth Winstead0 decades - 15
Andrés Iniesta1 decades - 16
Bastian Schweinsteiger2 decades - 17
Khloé Kardashian0 decades - 18Cameron Boyce0 decades
- 19
Thiago Silva0 decades - 20
Carmelo Anthony1 decades - 21
Arjen Robben0 decades - 22
Carlos Tevez1 decades - 23
Elizabeth Holmesnot measured- - 24
America Ferrera0 decades - 25
Logan Paul0 decades
How to read these rankings
- Attention, not reputation. A place on these lists reflects the attention a person still draws in the public record. It is not a judgement on the life.
- Fame in print. The curves show how often a name appeared in the books of each decade from 1800 to 2019, drawn from the Google Books Ngram corpus.
- Gaps are left as gaps. Where the record is too thin to be fair, we would rather show nothing than guess.