John Major

About John Major

John Major served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1990 to 1997, succeeding Margaret Thatcher. His tenure was defined by navigating the UK through the aftermath of the Cold War, presiding over the deepening of European integration with the signing of the Maastricht Treaty, and managing the ongoing complexities of the Northern Ireland peace process. MIT's Pantheon project recognizes his significant role in recent political history, ranking him at #559 in global historical importance.

Despite this relative importance, Major's online attention in 2025 appears considerable but potentially inflated when compared to historical peers. He garnered an annualized 989K Wikipedia views, resulting in an Attention Gap indicating he is over-attended to by a factor of +3x relative to his historical ranking. For a closer look at comparable political figures, one might note that George H. W. Bush, ranked slightly lower at #788, still draws 4.4M views, more than four times Major's traffic.

Furthermore, the available data suggests a noticeable cooling of interest, as his Wikipedia viewership has seen a year-over-year decline of -10.5%, with a sharp -14% drop in momentum between the first and third quarters of 2025, indicating a recent waning of online curiosity.