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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
Charlie Kirknot measured47M - 2
Ed Geinnot measured35.8M - 3
Donald Trump29.5M - 4
Elon Musk23.8M - 5
Zohran Mamdaninot measured22.5M - 6
Pope Francisnot measured20.2M - 7
Ozzy Osbourne20M - 8
Pope Leo XIV19M - 9
Jeffrey Epstein17.2M - 10
Cristiano Ronaldo15M - 11
Rob Reiner14.4M - 12
Karoline Leavittnot measured12.2M - 13
Sydney Sweeneynot measured12.1M - 14
Diane Keaton12M - 15
Jannik Sinnernot measured11.9M - 16
Bob Dylan11.8M - 17
Michelle Trachtenberg11.6M - 18
Gene Hackman11.6M - 19
Val Kilmer11.1M - 20
Pete Hegseth10.6M - 21
Lionel Messi9.9M - 22
Carlos Alcaraznot measured9.9M - 23
Vladimir Putin9.8M - 24
Millie Bobby Brown9.7M - 25
Taylor Swift9.7M
Lived then
The most notable people whose working lives fell in 2025, ranked where coverage and readership agree.
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Jennifer Lawrence1 decades - 2
Emma Watson1 decades - 3Charlie Kirknot measured-
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Margot Robbie0 decades - 5
Kristen Stewart1 decades - 6
Magnus Carlsen0 decades - 7
Diogo Jotanot measured- - 8
The Weeknd0 decades - 9
Mario Balotelli1 decades - 10
Rita Ora0 decades - 11
Liam Hemsworth0 decades - 12
Jordan Henderson0 decades - 13
Aaron Taylor-Johnson0 decades - 14
Toni Kroos1 decades - 15
Dev Patel0 decades - 16
Iggy Azalea0 decades - 17
Danny Welbeck0 decades - 18
Wojciech Szczęsnynot measured- - 19
David de Geanot measured- - 20
Kyle Walkernot measured- - 21
Sergio Péreznot measured- - 22
Bill Skarsgårdnot measured- - 23
Ciro Immobilenot measured- - 24
Kriti Sanonnot measured- - 25
Pooja Hegdenot measured- - 26
Laura Dahlmeiernot measured- - 27
Klay Thompson0 decades - 28
Eiza Gonzaleznot measured- - 29
Aaron Ramsey0 decades - 30
Elizabeth Debicki0 decades - 31
İlkay Gündoğannot measured- - 32
Caroline Wozniacki0 decades - 33
Daveigh Chasenot measured- - 34
Rachel Brosnahannot measured- - 35
Brittney Griner0 decades - 36
Sarah Hylandnot measured- - 37
Bojan Krkićnot measured- - 38
Thomas Brodie-Sangsternot measured- - 39
Damian Lillard0 decades - 40
JoJonot measured- - 41
Hoziernot measured- - 42
Princess Eugenie of Yorknot measured- - 43
Teyana Taylornot measured- - 44
Jack O'Connellnot measured- - 45
Park Bo-gumnot measured- - 46
Kieran Trippier0 decades - 47
Machine Gun Kellynot measured- - 48
Tiger Shroffnot measured- - 49
Josh O'Connornot measured- - 50
Paul Georgenot measured- - 51
Draymond Green0 decades - 52
Im Yoon-ahnot measured- - 53
Bo Burnhamnot measured- - 54
Britt Robertson0 decades - 55
André Schürrle0 decades - 56
Sean Kingston0 decades - 57
Petra Kvitová0 decades - 58
Ørjan Nylandnot measured- - 59
Park Shin-hyenot measured- - 60
Kim Sae-ronnot measured- - 61
Miralem Pjanićnot measured- - 62
Monica Barbaronot measured- - 63
Balendra Shahnot measured- - 64
Georginio Wijnaldumnot measured- - 65
Kevin Trapp0 decades - 66
Joselu1 decades - 67
Marcos Alonso Mendozanot measured- - 68
Marcos Rojonot measured- - 69
Alexa Demienot measured- - 70
Alex Pettyfer0 decades - 71
Mitskinot measured- - 72
Grant Gustin0 decades - 73
Douglas Costanot measured- - 74
Kim Yuna0 decades - 75
Tom Odellnot measured- - 76
Chris Colfer0 decades - 77
Luuk de Jongnot measured- - 78
Jrue Holidaynot measured- - 79
Victor Moses0 decades - 80
Yuya Osakonot measured- - 81
Canelo Álvareznot measured- - 82
Federica Brignonenot measured- - 83
Lucas Tillnot measured- - 84
Ian Nepomniachtchinot measured- - 85
Laura Harriernot measured- - 86
Callum Turnernot measured- - 87
Daley Blind0 decades - 88
Christian Serratos0 decades - 89
Logicnot measured- - 90
Dorothea Wierernot measured- - 91
Melissa Barreranot measured- - 92
Rakul Preet Singhnot measured- - 93
Grzegorz Krychowiaknot measured- - 94
Denis Cheryshevnot measured- - 95
Ricky Rubio0 decades - 96
Bethany Hamiltonnot measured- - 97
Çağatay Ulusoynot measured- - 98
Michele Morronenot measured- - 99
David Archuleta0 decades - 100
Sorana Cîrsteanot 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.