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2024
Who the world actually read about in 2024 - readers across every language edition we measure, whoever they were and whenever they lived.
Most read
Who people actually looked up in 2024, across every language edition we measure.
- 1
Kamala Harris31.6M - 2
Donald Trump29.2M - 3
Taylor Swift20.6M - 4
Elon Musk20.5M - 5
Cristiano Ronaldo18.6M - 6
Joe Biden16.4M - 7
J. D. Vancenot measured14.9M - 8
Sean Combs14.7M - 9
Liam Paynenot measured14M - 10
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.13.9M - 11
Lionel Messi13.3M - 12
Jimmy Carter13.1M - 13
Sabrina Carpenter12.9M - 14
J. Robert Oppenheimer12.8M - 15
Vladimir Putin12.5M - 16
Tim Walz12.2M - 17
Sydney Sweeneynot measured11.8M - 18
Mike Tyson11.6M - 19
Lamine Yamalnot measured11.4M - 20
Simone Biles11.1M - 21
Chappell Roannot measured10.9M - 22
Imane Khelifnot measured10.8M - 23
Napoleon10.4M - 24
O. J. Simpson10.4M - 25
Cleopatra10.2M - 26
XXXTentacion10.1M - 27
Adolf Hitler10.1M - 28
Bob Marley10M - 29
Barry Keoghannot measured9.7M - 30
Elizabeth II9.6M - 31
Eminem9.6M - 32
Kylian Mbappé9.5M - 33
Timothée Chalamet9.4M - 34
Blake Lively9.3M - 35
Ariana Grande9.3M - 36
Ryan Reynolds9.2M - 37
Barack Obama9.2M - 38
Jeffrey Epstein9.2M - 39
Michael Jackson9.2M - 40
Travis Kelcenot measured9M - 41
Zendaya9M - 42
Elvis Presley8.8M - 43
Jake Paul8.8M - 44
LeBron James8.8M - 45
Dua Lipa8.7M - 46
Keir Starmer8.7M - 47
Billie Eilish8.6M - 48
John F. Kennedy8.5M - 49
Tulsi Gabbard8.4M - 50
Patrick Mahomesnot measured8.4M - 51
Emma Stone8.4M - 52
Lady Gaga8.3M - 53
Alexei Navalny8.3M - 54
Nikki Haley8.1M - 55
Ratan Tata8.1M - 56
Ryan Gosling7.8M - 57
Scarlett Johansson7.8M - 58
Keanu Reeves7.7M - 59
Amy Winehouse7.7M - 60
Bashar al-Assad7.7M - 61
Glen Powellnot measured7.7M - 62
Cillian Murphy7.7M - 63
Jennifer Lopez7.5M - 64
Dwayne Johnson7.5M - 65
Celine Dion7.5M - 66
Claudia Sheinbaum7.4M - 67
Caitlin Clarknot measured7.4M - 68
Bruce Willis7.4M - 69
Gabriel Attal7.3M - 70
Carlos Alcaraznot measured7.3M - 71
Tom Cruise7.3M - 72
Ronald Reagan7.3M - 73
Novak Djokovic7.2M - 74
Maggie Smith7.2M - 75
Jannik Sinnernot measured7.1M - 76
Joseph Stalin7.1M - 77
Albert Einstein7M - 78
Dakota Johnsonnot measured7M - 79
Mukesh Ambani7M - 80
Nicole Kidman7M - 81
Queen Victorianot measured6.9M - 82
Jordan Bardellanot measured6.9M - 83
Kendrick Lamar6.9M - 84
Snoop Dogg6.8M - 85
Jeffrey Dahmer6.7M - 86
Beyoncé6.7M - 87
Xi Jinping6.6M - 88
Jeremy Allen Whitenot measured6.6M - 89
Clint Eastwood6.5M - 90
Aaron Taylor-Johnson6.5M - 91
Shannen Doherty6.5M - 92
Anya Taylor-Joynot measured6.5M - 93
Leonardo DiCaprio6.4M - 94
Arnold Schwarzenegger6.4M - 95
Michael Jordan6.3M - 96
Tom Brady6.3M - 97
Pete Hegseth6.3M - 98
Rishi Sunak6.2M - 99
Bob Dylan6.2M - 100
Bill Clinton6.2M
Lived then
The most notable people whose working lives fell in 2024, ranked where coverage and readership agree.
- 1Taylor Swift1 decades
- 2
IShowSpeednot measured- - 3
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez0 decades - 4
Daniel Radcliffe1 decades - 5Dakota Johnsonnot measured-
- 6
Hayden Panettiere0 decades - 7
Lily Collins0 decades - 8
Nicholas Hoult0 decades - 9
Taron Egerton0 decades - 10
Elizabeth Olsennot measured- - 11
Thomas Müllernot measured- - 12
Nina Dobrev0 decades - 13
Brie Larsonnot measured- - 14Liam Paynenot measured-
- 15
Chris Brownnot measured- - 16
Gareth Balenot measured- - 17
Pierre-Emerick Aubameyangnot measured- - 18
Lily James0 decades - 19
Jessie Buckley0 decades - 20
Joe Jonas0 decades - 21Gabriel Attal0 decades
- 22
Tamannaah Bhatianot measured- - 23
James Harden0 decades - 24
Daniel Ricciardo0 decades - 25
SZAnot 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.