Imelda Marcos

About Imelda Marcos

Imelda Marcos (born 1929) is primarily known as the former First Lady of the Philippines and the wife of the dictator Ferdinand Marcos. Her historical importance, which places her at HPI Rank #654, stems largely from her family's controversial and defining role in Philippine politics during the mid-to-late 20th century, marked by periods of authoritarian rule, immense national development projects, and widespread accusations of corruption and ill-gotten wealth.

In the context of modern internet attention, Imelda Marcos receives 700K Wikipedia views in 2025, indicating a significant, though perhaps secondary, level of contemporary digital interest. Relative to her historical rank, this translates to an Attention Gap of +2x, suggesting she is overattended to online compared to the average figure of comparable historical influence. For a striking contrast in the 'companion' field, Eva Braun, ranked #829 in importance, draws 1.6M views, significantly more attention than Marcos despite a lower historical ranking.

Despite this overall overattention, the trend data shows a slight cooling of recent interest, with a -4% dip in momentum between Q1 and Q3 2025, though her profile still saw a respectable year-over-year increase of +11.0%.