Rabindranath Tagore

About Rabindranath Tagore

Rabindranath Tagore (1861–1941) was a towering figure in global literature and culture, renowned as a poet, writer, composer, painter, and philosopher. His monumental contribution was recognized by MIT's Pantheon project, which ranks him as the 613th most historically important figure worldwide. Tagore is best known for being the first non-European to win the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1913 for his collection of poems, *Gitanjali*, profoundly influencing both Bengali and Indian thought.

Despite this high historical importance (HPI Rank #613), Tagore's modern internet attention suggests a significant gap. In 2025, his Wikipedia pages garnered an estimated 1.5 million views, resulting in an overattention score of +4x, meaning his attention is notably higher relative to his historical rank. However, this score places him in a category of 'overattention' when compared to figures like Cnut the Great (#198 importance, only 434K views) or Ovid (#266 importance, 365K views), suggesting a modern digital bias toward more recent or Western-centric figures even when historical importance is weighted heavily against them.

Year-over-year tracking shows a concerning drop in interest, with his pageviews declining by 23.9% compared to the previous year, suggesting a challenge in maintaining high cultural relevance in the contemporary online sphere, even with the slight Q1-to-Q3 momentum increase of +1%.