Enver Hoxha

About Enver Hoxha

Enver Hoxha was the long-time communist leader of Albania, serving as the country's de facto ruler from 1944 until his death in 1985. As the First Secretary of the Party of Labour of Albania, his nearly four-decade tenure was marked by staunch Stalinist ideology, enforced atheism, and extreme political isolationism, turning Albania into one of the world's most closed and repressive states. His influence, particularly within the geopolitical sphere of the Cold War, secures him a position at #908 in MIT's Historical Popularity Index.

In the modern digital landscape of 2025, Hoxha’s historical weight is not fully reflected in internet attention. He garnered approximately 574K Wikipedia views, resulting in an Attention Gap ratio of roughly $1 imes$, suggesting his online visibility is in line with his historical ranking. For contrast, A. P. J. Abdul Kalam, another politician ranked slightly lower at #990 importance, attracted $2.4$ million views in the same year, illustrating a significant difference in contemporary digital interest between contemporary political figures.

This figure shows slight signs of waning interest in the short term, with annualized views declining by $3.3\%$ year-over-year, and momentum dropping by $2\%$ between the first and third quarters of 2025.