Jacob

About Jacob

Jacob, ranked #178 by MIT's Pantheon project, is a figure of immense historical importance, conventionally dated to the period between approximately 1653 BCE and 1506 BCE. As a foundational religious figure, his life narrative and covenantal role form the bedrock of traditions central to Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, demonstrating an outsized global cultural impact across millennia and languages.

Despite this high historical weighting, modern internet attention suggests a significant disconnect. Jacob's Wikipedia pageviews in 2025 amount to 881K, placing his Attention Gap metric at approximately 1x—meaning his online visibility is roughly proportional to his historical rank. However, a striking contrast emerges when compared to others in the religious sphere: Judas Iscariot, ranked #674 in importance, garners 1.4M views, while the 14th Dalai Lama, ranked #661, also attracts 1.9M views. Jacob, despite being nearly 500 ranks more important than both, receives substantially fewer annual views.

This relatively balanced attention (1x gap) belies the substantial drop in recent interest, with his annualized views declining by 10.3% year-over-year and his Q1 to Q3 momentum seeing an 11% decrease, suggesting a slow fade from contemporary digital focus.