Frederick IX of Denmark

About Frederick IX of Denmark

Frederick IX reigned as the King of Denmark from 1947 until his death in 1972, a key political figure in the mid-20th century who oversaw the transition of Denmark into a modern welfare state and a founding member of NATO. His historical importance is reflected in his MIT Pantheon HPI Rank of #910, signifying substantial, long-term cultural and political influence across the globe and across time. His reign was notable for modernizing the Danish monarchy and maintaining its constitutional role during a period of significant social and economic change in Europe.

Despite this historical standing, Frederick IX experiences a significant digital attention deficit. In 2025, his Wikipedia presence was minimal, accumulating only an annualized 5K pageviews. This represents an attention gap of -66x when measured against his historical importance ranking. To put this severe underattention into context, the contemporary internet is paying vastly more attention to other political figures with similar historical weight, such as Slobodan Milošević (#939 HPI), who garnered 912K views, or Babur (#976 HPI), who received 1.1M views, illustrating a major disconnect between historical influence and modern online relevance for the Danish monarch.

This relative decline in digital presence is further underscored by the recent yearly trend, which shows a staggering -95.6% year-over-year change in views, suggesting a rapid fading from current public consciousness, further confirmed by a -13% drop in momentum between Q1 and Q3 of 2025.