Anne Frank

Writer 1929 – 1945
Post-Peak
#396
Historical Importance
2.6M
2025 Wikipedia Views
-1.7%
Year-over-Year
-35%
2025 Momentum

📈 2025 Monthly Wikipedia Views

About Anne Frank

Anne Frank (1929-1945) was a German-born diarist and author whose posthumously published The Diary of a Young Girl became one of the world's most widely read books. Her testament to the human spirit while in hiding from the Nazis during the Holocaust cemented her place in global history, earning her the #396 rank in MIT's Historical Popularity Index. Her compelling firsthand account of persecution and hope during World War II ensures her enduring cultural significance.

In the context of modern internet attention, Anne Frank is remarkably prominent. She garnered 2.6 million annualized Wikipedia views in 2025. This places her in an 'overattention' bracket, evidenced by an Attention Gap of +6x relative to her historical importance rank. This level of online engagement is comparable to contemporary figures like Arnold Schwarzenegger (#618 importance, 6.3M views) and David Lynch (#774 importance, 6.8M views), who hold far less historical weight according to the HPI. This suggests her narrative maintains a powerful hold on the digital public consciousness.

Despite her high attention, the data indicates a slight cooling of digital interest, with her 2025 view count showing a -1.7% year-over-year change, and her Q1 to Q3 momentum dropping by -35%.

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