Muhammad Ali Jinnah

About Muhammad Ali Jinnah

Muhammad Ali Jinnah (1876–1948) was a pivotal 20th-century politician renowned as the founder of Pakistan. A barrister by training, he spearheaded the movement for a separate Muslim state in British India, eventually becoming the nation's first Governor-General. His foundational role in shaping modern South Asian geopolitics is reflected in the MIT Pantheon project, which ranks him #265 in overall historical importance among thousands of figures.

Despite this high historical standing, Jinnah’s modern internet visibility reveals a significant attention gap. In 2025, his annualized Wikipedia pageviews reached 1.7 million. To contextualize this, he receives less than half the attention given to Queen Victoria (#309 importance) who garnered 5.7M views, and he trails Margaret Thatcher (#565 importance) who achieved 3.0M views. This suggests that his essential role in post-colonial history is not translating into equivalent digital traffic.

However, the trend for Jinnah’s attention is positive; he experienced a 12.5% year-over-year increase in views, coupled with a strong 25% momentum surge between Q1 and Q3 of 2025, indicating growing—though still relatively low—digital engagement.