Ursula K. Le Guin

About Ursula K. Le Guin

Ursula K. Le Guin (1929–2018) was a profoundly influential American author, primarily celebrated for her groundbreaking work in science fiction and fantasy literature. Her impact extends across themes of anthropology, Taoism, anarchism, and feminism, shaping entire genres. MIT's Pantheon project ranks her historical importance at #915 out of approximately 15,000 figures, underscoring her significant, sustained cultural footprint over decades.

In the 2025 digital landscape, Le Guin receives 805K annualized Wikipedia views, which our analysis classifies as an overattention of +3x relative to her historical importance ranking. This suggests robust, active modern interest that slightly outpaces her objective historical placement. Interestingly, this attention level is still significantly lower than that of her contemporary science fiction peer, Isaac Asimov (#920 importance), who garners 1.7M views, or Virginia Woolf (#929 importance) at 1.5M views, indicating a potential field-specific attention disparity within the writer category.

Despite receiving less focus than some figures of slightly lower historical standing, Le Guin’s online presence is stable and slightly growing, with a +0.8% year-over-year view change and positive Q1 to Q3 momentum of +8%.