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2025

Who the world actually read about in 2025 - readers across every language edition we measure, whoever they were and whenever they lived.

Most read

Who people actually looked up in 2025, across every language edition we measure.

  1. 1Charlie Kirk1993-2025 · 21st century · United States · Activistsnot measured47M
  2. 2Ed Gein1906-1984 · 20th century · United States · Historical Figuresnot measured35.8M
  3. 3Donald Trumpborn 1946 · 20th century · United States · Politicians29.5M
  4. 4Elon Muskborn 1971 · 21st century · South Africa · Founders23.8M
  5. 5Zohran Mamdaniborn 1991 · 21st century · Uganda · Politiciansnot measured22.5M
  6. 6Pope Francis1936-2025 · 20th century · Argentina · Religious Figuresnot measured20.2M
  7. 7Ozzy Osbourne1948-2025 · 20th century · United Kingdom · Musicians20M
  8. 8Pope Leo XIVborn 1955 · 20th century · United States · Religious Figures19M
  9. 9Jeffrey Epstein1953-2019 · 20th century · United States17.2M
  10. 10Cristiano Ronaldoborn 1985 · 21st century · Portugal · Footballers15M
  11. 11Rob Reiner1947-2025 · 20th century · United States · Directors14.4M
  12. 12Karoline Leavittborn 1997 · 21st century · United States · Politiciansnot measured12.2M
  13. 13Sydney Sweeneyborn 1997 · 21st century · United States · Actorsnot measured12.1M
  14. 14Diane Keaton1946-2025 · 20th century · United States · Actors12M
  15. 15Jannik Sinnerborn 2001 · 21st century · Italy · Tennis Playersnot measured11.9M
  16. 16Bob Dylanborn 1941 · 20th century · United States · Musicians11.8M
  17. 17Michelle Trachtenberg1985-2025 · 21st century · United States · Actors11.6M
  18. 18Gene Hackman1930-2025 · 20th century · United States · Actors11.6M
  19. 19Val Kilmer1959-2025 · 20th century · United States · Actors11.1M
  20. 20Pete Hegsethborn 1980 · 21st century · United States · Politicians10.6M
  21. 21Lionel Messiborn 1987 · 21st century · Argentina · Footballers9.9M
  22. 22Carlos Alcarazborn 2003 · 21st century · Spain · Tennis Playersnot measured9.9M
  23. 23Vladimir Putinborn 1952 · 20th century · Russia · Politicians9.8M
  24. 24Millie Bobby Brownborn 2004 · 21st century · United Kingdom · Actors9.7M
  25. 25Taylor Swiftborn 1989 · 21st century · United States · Musicians9.7M
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Lived then

The most notable people whose working lives fell in 2025, ranked where coverage and readership agree.

  1. 1Jennifer Lawrenceborn 1990 · United States · Actors1 decades
  2. 2Emma Watsonborn 1990 · United Kingdom · Actors1 decades
  3. 3Charlie Kirk1993-2025 · United States · Activistsnot measured-
  4. 4Margot Robbieborn 1990 · Australia · Actors0 decades
  5. 5Kristen Stewartborn 1990 · United States · Actors1 decades
  6. 6Magnus Carlsenborn 1990 · Norway · Chess Players0 decades
  7. 7Diogo Jota1996-2025 · Portugal · Footballersnot measured-
  8. 8The Weekndborn 1990 · Canada · Musicians0 decades
  9. 9Mario Balotelliborn 1990 · Italy · Footballers1 decades
  10. 10Rita Oraborn 1990 · United Kingdom · Musicians0 decades
  11. 11Liam Hemsworthborn 1990 · Australia · Actors0 decades
  12. 12Jordan Hendersonborn 1990 · United Kingdom · Footballers0 decades
  13. 13Aaron Taylor-Johnsonborn 1990 · United Kingdom · Actors0 decades
  14. 14Toni Kroosborn 1990 · Germany · Footballers1 decades
  15. 15Dev Patelborn 1990 · United Kingdom · Actors0 decades
  16. 16Iggy Azaleaborn 1990 · Australia · Musicians0 decades
  17. 17Danny Welbeckborn 1990 · United Kingdom · Footballers0 decades
  18. 18Wojciech Szczęsnyborn 1990 · Poland · Footballersnot measured-
  19. 19David de Geaborn 1990 · Spain · Footballersnot measured-
  20. 20Kyle Walkerborn 1990 · United Kingdom · Footballersnot measured-
  21. 21Sergio Pérezborn 1990 · Mexico · Athletesnot measured-
  22. 22Bill Skarsgårdborn 1990 · Sweden · Actorsnot measured-
  23. 23Ciro Immobileborn 1990 · Italy · Footballersnot measured-
  24. 24Kriti Sanonborn 1990 · India · Actorsnot measured-
  25. 25Pooja Hegdeborn 1990 · India · Actorsnot measured-
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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.