Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

About Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1756–1791) remains one of history's most significant cultural figures, recognized by MIT's Pantheon project with an Historical Popularity Index (HPI) rank of #19. A prodigious composer and virtuoso performer across the Classical era, his extensive output included over 600 works, cementing his status as a foundational pillar of Western music theory and performance, influencing centuries of subsequent artists.

Despite this profound historical importance, Mozart's modern internet attention shows an 'overattention' gap of +2x relative to his rank. His 2.4 million annualized Wikipedia views in 2025 place him well behind contemporary figures like Elvis Presley (#224 importance, 6.1M views) and even significantly behind Gautama Buddha (#2 importance), who garnered only 411K views. This suggests that while historically crucial, Mozart's cultural footprint is not translating into equivalent search traffic or contemporary online engagement in 2025.

Furthermore, the momentum in 2025 indicates a slight cooling of interest, with a year-over-year decline of 20.9% in pageviews and a -5% drop in Q1 versus Q3 traffic. This ongoing trend merits attention as one of the highest-ranked historical figures sees his digital relevance slowly recede.