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2020
Who the world actually read about in 2020 - readers across every language edition we measure, whoever they were and whenever they lived.
Most read
Who people actually looked up in 2020, across every language edition we measure.
- 1
Donald Trump56M - 2
Kamala Harris41.4M - 3
Joe Biden39.2M - 4
Kobe Bryant35.2M - 5
Elizabeth II26M - 6
Elon Musk24.4M - 7
Michael Jordan22.3M - 8
Chadwick Boseman19M - 9
Sushant Singh Rajput18.9M - 10
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon17M - 11
Barack Obama16.4M - 12
Jeffrey Epstein15.4M - 13
Billie Eilish15.2M - 14
Alexander Hamilton15.2M - 15
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh14.4M - 16
Diana, Princess of Wales14M - 17
Cristiano Ronaldo13.5M - 18
Diego Maradona13.4M - 19
Charles IIInot measured12.7M - 20
Ruth Bader Ginsburg12.6M - 21
Sean Connery12.5M - 22
LeBron James11.3M - 23
Amy Coney Barrett11.3M - 24
Margaret Thatcher11.2M - 25
Jeff Bezos11.2M
Lived then
The most notable people whose working lives fell in 2020, ranked where coverage and readership agree.
- 1Cristiano Ronaldo2 decades
- 2
Lewis Hamilton1 decades - 3
Bruno Mars1 decades - 4
Keira Knightley2 decades - 5
Lana Del Rey0 decades - 6
Luka Modrić0 decades - 7
Amanda Seyfried0 decades - 8
Gal Gadotnot measured- - 9
Mohammed bin Salman Al Saudnot measured- - 10
Sam Altman0 decades - 11
Kaley Cuoco0 decades - 12
Wayne Rooney2 decades - 13
Anna Kendrick0 decades - 14
Lily Allen1 decades - 15
Michelle Trachtenberg0 decades - 16
Carey Mulligan0 decades - 17
Michael Phelps2 decades - 18
Léa Seydoux1 decades - 19
Roman Reigns0 decades - 20
Rooney Mara0 decades - 21
Stan Wawrinka0 decades - 22
Guillermo Ochoanot measured- - 23
Adil Rami0 decades - 24
Lukas Podolski2 decades - 25
Chris Paul0 decades - 26
Dave Franco0 decades - 27
Ranveer Singhnot measured- - 28
Stromae1 decades - 29
Ashley Tisdale0 decades - 30
Alexander Ovechkin1 decades - 31
Jake Paul0 decades - 32
Sanna Marinnot measured- - 33
Nico Rosberg0 decades - 34
Naya Rivera0 decades - 35
Song Joong-kinot measured- - 36
Masiela Lusha0 decades - 37
Ciaranot measured- - 38
Ashley Young0 decades - 39
Frankie Muniz0 decades - 40
Kajal Aggarwalnot measured- - 41
J. Colenot measured- - 42
Dwight Howard0 decades - 43
Ruben Amorimnot measured- - 44
Janelle Monáe0 decades - 45
Carly Rae Jepsen0 decades - 46
Phoebe Waller-Bridge0 decades - 47
Asa Akira0 decades - 48
Vivek Ramaswamynot measured- - 49
Talulah Riley0 decades - 50
Megan Rapinoe0 decades - 51
Jonathan Groff0 decades - 52
Cristin Milioti0 decades - 53
Jacqueline Fernandez0 decades - 54
Tatiana Maslanynot measured- - 55Sushant Singh Rajput0 decades
- 56
Cody Rhodes0 decades - 57
Chace Crawford0 decades - 58
Angela Whitenot measured- - 59
Troian Bellisario0 decades - 60
Emile Hirsch0 decades - 61
Leona Lewis0 decades - 62
Damien Chazelle0 decades - 63
Ram Charannot measured- - 64
André-Pierre Gignac0 decades - 65
Filipe Luísnot measured- - 66
Sonam Kapoor0 decades - 67
Mario Gómez0 decades - 68
Jon Moxleynot measured- - 69
Asinnot measured- - 70
Arielle Kebbelnot measured- - 71
Emerald Fennellnot measured- - 72
Antonio Valencianot measured- - 73
J Balvinnot measured- - 74
Jesús Navas1 decades - 75
Marina Diamandisnot measured- - 76
Julia Volkova0 decades - 77
Jennifer Wingetnot measured- - 78
Deborah Ann Wollnot measured- - 79
Bar Refaelinot measured- - 80
Chris Froomenot measured- - 81
Rosa Salazarnot measured- - 82
Yulia Svyrydenkonot measured- - 83
Alexis Texas0 decades - 84
Fernando Llorente1 decades - 85
Kellan Lutz0 decades - 86
Mouni Roynot measured- - 87
Beth Behrsnot measured- - 88
Laura Haddocknot measured- - 89
Arden Chonot measured- - 90
Iwan Rheon0 decades - 91
Lassana Diarra0 decades - 92
Doutzen Kroes0 decades - 93
Raven-Symonénot measured- - 94
Eva Amurrinot measured- - 95
Raúl Albiol0 decades - 96
King Vonnot measured- - 97
Priscilla Channot measured- - 98
Gary Cahill0 decades - 99
Radhika Aptenot measured- - 100
Kayden Krossnot measured-
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.