George R. R. Martin

About George R. R. Martin

George R. R. Martin, born in 1948, is a contemporary American writer primarily recognized for his epic fantasy novel series, A Song of Ice and Fire, which formed the basis for the globally successful television adaptation Game of Thrones. MIT's Pantheon project acknowledges his significant cultural influence, placing him at an HPI Rank of #711 among approximately 15,000 historical figures, recognizing the massive, cross-cultural impact of his literary creation on modern popular culture and storytelling across multiple decades and languages.

Martin's 2025 annual Wikipedia viewership was 1.7 million, resulting in an "Attention Gap" score indicating he is over-attended to by a factor of +5x relative to his historical importance ranking. This suggests that while Martin is highly relevant today, his modern digital attention significantly outpaces the long-term, cross-temporal influence factored into his HPI score. For context, this level of contemporary attention is slightly less than that of fellow modern figure Robin Williams (#966 importance, 5.5M views), though Martin's importance ranking is marginally higher.

Despite his current high profile, the data suggests a slight cooling of sustained online interest; his 2025 views show a year-over-year change of -27.5%. However, recent quarterly interest remained relatively stable, with 2025 Momentum between Q1 and Q3 only changing by +1%.