← Fame through time2022
2022
Who the world actually read about in 2022 - readers across every language edition we measure, whoever they were and whenever they lived.
Most read
Who people actually looked up in 2022, across every language edition we measure.
- 1
Jeffrey Dahmer60.3M - 2
Elizabeth II48.1M - 3
Vladimir Putin34.4M - 4
Elon Musk30.4M - 5
Cristiano Ronaldo28.1M - 6
Lionel Messi26.7M - 7
Amber Heard22.1M - 8
Johnny Depp21.4M - 9
Elvis Presley17.8M - 10
Andrew Tate17.8M - 11
Kylian Mbappé17.1M - 12
Rishi Sunak16.8M - 13
Marilyn Monroe15.3M - 14
George VI15.1M - 15
Diana, Princess of Wales14.5M - 16
Tom Cruise14.1M - 17
Jenna Orteganot measured13.9M - 18
Anne Heche13.6M - 19
Liz Truss12.4M - 20
Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh12.2M - 21
Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon11.7M - 22
Elizabeth Holmesnot measured11.4M - 23
Zendaya11.2M - 24
Donald Trump11M - 25
Queen Victorianot measured11M - 26
Kanye West10.9M - 27
Millie Bobby Brown10.8M - 28
Edward VIII10.8M - 29
Val Kilmer10.8M - 30
John Wayne Gacynot measured10.6M - 31
Joe Biden10.6M - 32
Adolf Hitler10.4M - 33
XXXTentacion10.4M - 34
Rafael Nadal10.1M - 35
Harry Styles9.9M - 36
George V9.8M - 37
Tom Brady9.6M - 38
Anne, Princess Royalnot measured9.5M - 39
Bob Saget9.5M - 40
Dwayne Johnson9.5M - 41
Xi Jinping9.5M - 42
Erling Haalandnot measured9.3M - 43
Pelé9.2M - 44
Michael Jackson9.2M - 45
Pete Davidsonnot measured9M - 46
Ryan Reynolds8.9M - 47
Ana de Armasnot measured8.8M - 48
Aaron Carter8.8M - 49
Pamela Anderson8.7M - 50
Cleopatra8.7M - 51
Taylor Swift8.7M - 52
Mikhail Gorbachev8.5M - 53
Betty White8.4M - 54
Will Smith8.4M - 55
Ray Liotta8.4M - 56
Serena Williams8.4M - 57
Taylor Hawkins8.3M - 58
Boris Johnson8.3M - 59
Tom Hollandnot measured8.3M - 60
Joseph Stalin8.3M - 61
Freddie Mercury8.2M - 62
Keanu Reeves8.2M - 63
Kim Kardashian8.2M - 64
Leonardo DiCaprio8.1M - 65
Olivia Newton-John8.1M - 66
Bruce Willis8.1M - 67
Neymar7.9M - 68
Olivia Wilde7.8M - 69
Prince Harry, Duke of Sussexnot measured7.8M - 70
Eminem7.8M - 71
Dua Lipa7.8M - 72
Brittney Griner7.7M - 73
Charles IIInot measured7.7M - 74
Karim Benzema7.7M - 75
Ezra Millernot measured7.6M - 76
Jennifer Lopez7.5M - 77
LeBron James7.5M - 78
Diego Maradona7.4M - 79
Winston Churchill7.4M - 80
Ron DeSantis7.4M - 81
Michael Jordan7.3M - 82
Vladimir Zhirinovsky7.2M - 83
Brendan Fraser7.2M - 84
Jennifer Connelly7.2M - 85
Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother7.1M - 86
Lisa Marie Presley7.1M - 87
Justin Trudeau7.1M - 88
Ted Bundy7.1M - 89
Winona Ryder7.1M - 90
Alia Bhatt7M - 91
Andrew Mountbatten-Windsornot measured7M - 92
Brad Pitt7M - 93
Austin Butlernot measured7M - 94
Mike Tyson7M - 95
Stephen Curry6.9M - 96
Scarlett Johansson6.9M - 97
Priscilla Presley6.9M - 98
Arnold Schwarzenegger6.9M - 99
Ben Affleck6.9M
Lived then
The most notable people whose working lives fell in 2022, ranked where coverage and readership agree.
- 1Lionel Messi1 decades
- 2
Novak Djokovic1 decades - 3
Elliot Pagenot measured- - 4
Hilary Duff1 decades - 5
Blake Lively0 decades - 6
Kendrick Lamar1 decades - 7
Zac Efron1 decades - 8Karim Benzema1 decades
- 9
Gerard Piqué1 decades - 10
Maria Sharapova2 decades - 11
Michael B. Jordan0 decades - 12
Jamie Vardy0 decades - 13
Andy Murray1 decades - 14
Karen Gillan0 decades - 15
Cesc Fàbregas1 decades - 16
Kesha3 decades - 17
Sebastian Vettel1 decades - 18
Evan Rachel Wood0 decades - 19
Tom Felton0 decades - 20
Edinson Cavani0 decades - 21
Ronda Rousey0 decades - 22
Miles Teller0 decades - 23
Shraddha Kapoor0 decades - 24
Evan Petersnot measured- - 25
Julian Nagelsmann0 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.