David Ben-Gurion

About David Ben-Gurion

David Ben-Gurion (1886–1973) was a pivotal figure in modern history, most notably as the first Prime Minister of Israel, serving from 1948 to 1954 and again from 1955 to 1963. He is widely regarded as the primary architect of the modern Israeli state, declaring its independence and leading the nation through its formative, conflict-ridden years. His foundational role in establishing a nation-state for the Jewish people secures his position in the upper echelon of historical influence, evidenced by his Historical Popularity Index (HPI) rank of #986 among thousands of influential figures.

In the modern digital sphere, Ben-Gurion garners significant but relatively lower attention compared to his historical weight. His Wikipedia page accrued 938K annualized views in 2025. Relative to his HPI rank, this translates to an attention gap of +3x, suggesting he is over-attended to compared to his historical importance ranking-a rare finding. For context, figures ranked just slightly lower in historical importance, such as P. J. Abdul Kalam (#990), still attract over 2.5 times his web traffic (2.4M views).

Interestingly, his online relevance is not fading; in fact, it showed a healthy sign of increasing interest in 2025. The annualized view count saw a year-over-year increase of +6.0%, complemented by a +7% surge in momentum between Q1 and Q3 of the year, suggesting sustained or growing contemporary relevance despite the deep historical nature of his achievements.