Dante Alighieri

About Dante Alighieri

Dante Alighieri, the Florentine writer who lived from 1265 to 1321, remains one of history’s titans, earning the #56 rank from the Pantheon project for his profound global cultural impact. His undisputed masterpiece is *The Divine Comedy*, an epic poem that defined the Italian vernacular and remains a foundational text of Western literature, exploring theology, philosophy, and the afterlife.

In the modern digital sphere, however, Dante's standing faces a relative deficit. Ranking nearly 30 places higher in historical importance than J. R. R. Tolkien (#89), Dante accrued 1.1M annualized Wikipedia views in 2025, significantly less than Tolkien’s 2.9M. This results in an Attention Gap of approximately 1x, indicating his current online attention closely matches his high importance, yet he is clearly outpaced by a later writer in the same field.

Furthermore, this interest appears to be slightly waning; Dante saw a 7.3% year-over-year decline in views, coupled with a 4% dip in attention momentum between Q1 and Q3 of 2025, suggesting a subtle fading from the daily discourse compared to his historical rank.