Guru Nanak

About Guru Nanak

Guru Nanak (1469–1539) was the founder of Sikhism, one of the world’s largest religions, and is revered as the first of the ten Sikh Gurus. His central message emphasized the oneness of God, the rejection of caste systems, and the importance of selfless service and honest living. This profound and lasting spiritual and social influence secures his place as a significantly important figure, ranked #375 globally by MIT's Pantheon project.

Relative to this historical standing, Guru Nanak’s modern internet presence shows a modest attention profile. In 2025, his Wikipedia pages accrued approximately 748K annualized views. For comparison, Joseph Smith, another religious figure, is ranked slightly lower at #387 in importance but garners nearly three times the attention with 1.9M views. This suggests a notable disconnect between his high historical ranking and his current volume of online engagement.

Furthermore, the year-over-year data indicates a slight cooling of interest, with views declining by 10.6% compared to the previous year, and a 9% drop in momentum between Q1 and Q3 of 2025. This figure’s 1x Attention Gap relative to his HPI rank places him in near-perfect alignment with expectation, making his case less about being forgotten and more about a high-importance figure receiving proportionally low, yet steady, digital attention.