Audrey Hepburn

About Audrey Hepburn

Audrey Hepburn (1929–1993) was a globally recognized actor and humanitarian whose work made her a significant cultural figure. While primarily celebrated for her iconic film roles, such as in Breakfast at Tiffany's, her consistent inclusion in the Pantheon project's historical ranking at #667 suggests an enduring, cross-cultural impact beyond just cinema. Her later life was heavily dedicated to UNICEF, cementing a legacy that MIT's Historical Popularity Index attempts to quantify.

In the context of modern internet attention, Hepburn commands a strong presence, accruing 3.5 million annualized Wikipedia views in 2025. However, this level of attention represents a significant over-indexing relative to her historical rank, resulting in an Attention Gap factor of +10x. This means that on the modern web, she receives ten times the attention one might predict based on her global historical influence alone. For contrast, a figure ranked significantly higher in historical importance, such as George IV of the United Kingdom (#296), garnered only 124,000 views in the same period, highlighting a marked divergence between historical influence and current digital interest.

The momentum data indicates a cooling of interest over the year, with a -24% drop between Q1 and Q3 2025, despite a modest 3.3% year-over-year increase, suggesting that while still highly visible, her peak digital engagement may have already passed for the year.