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2023
Who the world actually read about in 2023 - readers across every language edition we measure, whoever they were and whenever they lived.
Most read
Who people actually looked up in 2023, across every language edition we measure.
- 1
J. Robert Oppenheimer32.2M - 2
Cristiano Ronaldo23.5M - 3
Taylor Swift23.5M - 4
Lionel Messi23.2M - 5
Matthew Perrynot measured19M - 6
Yevgeny Prigozhinnot measured17.3M - 7
Elon Musk17.2M - 8
Lisa Marie Presley15.7M - 9
Andrew Tate14.2M - 10
Sinéad O'Connor14.1M - 11
Elvis Presley13.7M - 12
Tina Turner13.7M - 13
David Beckham13.4M - 14
Elizabeth II13.3M - 15
Cleopatra13.2M - 16
Pedro Pascal12.7M - 17
Donald Trump12.5M - 18
Travis Kelcenot measured12.5M - 19
Vladimir Putin12.3M - 20
Arnold Schwarzenegger12.3M - 21
Margot Robbie12.2M - 22
Tom Cruise11.8M - 23
Joe Biden11.6M - 24
Napoleon11.6M - 25
Novak Djokovic11M
Lived then
The most notable people whose working lives fell in 2023, ranked where coverage and readership agree.
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Rihanna2 decades - 2
Emma Stone1 decades - 3
Robert Lewandowski0 decades - 4
Adelenot measured- - 5
Stephen Curry1 decades - 6
Conor McGregor0 decades - 7
Ana de Armasnot measured- - 8
Virat Kohli1 decades - 9
Kevin Durant1 decades - 10
Khabib Nurmagomedovnot measured- - 11
Vanessa Hudgens0 decades - 12
Alicia Vikander0 decades - 13
Ángel Di María0 decades - 14
Hayley Williams0 decades - 15
Brenda Song0 decades - 16
Mesut Özil1 decades - 17
Rupert Grint0 decades - 18
Vanessa Kirby0 decades - 19
Zoë Kravitz0 decades - 20
Alexis Sánchez1 decades - 21
Anushka Sharma0 decades - 22
Sergio Agüero1 decades - 23
Javier Hernándenot measured- - 24
Haley Joel Osment2 decades - 25
Russell Westbrook0 decades - 26
Awkwafinanot measured- - 27
Nicolás Otamendinot measured- - 28
Jessie J0 decades - 29
Jamie Campbell Bower0 decades - 30
ASAP Rocky0 decades - 31
Derrick Rose0 decades - 32
Sasha Grey0 decades - 33
Sergio Busquets1 decades - 34
Kim Soo-hyun0 decades - 35
Michael Cera0 decades - 36
Tyson Fury0 decades - 37
Diego Costa1 decades - 38
Mats Hummels1 decades - 39
Grimesnot measured- - 40
Juan Matanot measured- - 41
Nikki Reed0 decades - 42
Marcelo Vieiranot measured- - 43
Claire Holtnot measured- - 44
Jérôme Boateng1 decades - 45
Jesse Plemons0 decades - 46
Skrillex0 decades - 47
Princess Beatrice of Yorknot measured- - 48
Artem Dzyuba1 decades - 49
Yami Gautamnot measured- - 50
Melissa Benoist0 decades - 51
Conchita Wurst1 decades - 52
Natascha Kampusch2 decades - 53
Yann Sommernot measured- - 54
Jeremy Lin1 decades - 55
Haley Bennett0 decades - 56
Lizzonot measured- - 57
Emily Browning0 decades - 58
Glen Powellnot measured- - 59
Ivan Rakitićnot measured- - 60
Marin Čilić0 decades - 61
Williannot measured- - 62
Ibrahim Traorénot measured- - 63
Candice Swanepoel0 decades - 64
Parineeti Chopra0 decades - 65
Micah Richards0 decades - 66
Nemanja Matić0 decades - 67
Angelique Kerber0 decades - 68
Juan Cuadradonot measured- - 69
Kevin Love0 decades - 70
FKA twigsnot measured- - 71
Kacey Musgravesnot measured- - 72
G-Dragon0 decades - 73
Mae Whitmannot measured- - 74
Jonathan Baileynot measured- - 75
Juan Martín del Potronot measured- - 76
Tori Blacknot measured- - 77
Benny Blanconot measured- - 78
Brady Corbetnot measured- - 79
Anna Popplewell0 decades - 80
Nuri Şahinnot measured- - 81
Francesco Acerbinot measured- - 82
Park Seo-joonnot measured- - 83
David Ospina0 decades - 84
Alexa PenaVeganot measured- - 85
Julianne Houghnot measured- - 86
Robbie Amellnot measured- - 87
Séamus Colemannot measured- - 88
Radja Nainggolannot measured- - 89
Atsuto Uchidanot measured- - 90Angus Cloudnot measured-
- 91
Steven R. McQueennot measured- - 92
Behati Prinsloonot measured- - 93
Rumer Willisnot measured- - 94
Paulinhonot measured- - 95
Fábio Coentrão0 decades - 96
Javi Martínez1 decades - 97
Mira Muratinot measured- - 98
Big Seannot measured- - 99
Bilawal Bhutto Zardari0 decades - 100
Steven Nzonzinot 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.