Jacques Offenbach

About Jacques Offenbach

Jacques Offenbach (1819–1880) was a German-born French composer and cellist, renowned primarily for popularizing the opéra bouffe genre, a form of light, satirical, and often risqué French comic opera. His most enduring works include Orpheus in the Underworld and The Tales of Hoffmann, which cemented his status as an influential figure in 19th-century Parisian musical theatre, earning him the #803 rank in the Pantheon project's historical importance index.

Despite this historical standing, Offenbach's modern digital footprint is relatively small, garnering only 129K annualized Wikipedia views in 2025. This suggests an attention gap of -3x relative to his importance. Interestingly, his 2025 attention is significantly lower than that of his composer peers in our comparison pool, such as Ennio Morricone (#950 importance) or Dmitri Shostakovich (#880 importance), who both accumulated substantially more views (685K and 582K, respectively) despite being ranked similarly or slightly lower in HPI.

While his overall attention appears low, Offenbach's engagement shows recent fluctuation: his 2025 Momentum from Q1 to Q3 was positive at +24%, though this growth follows a significant year-over-year decline of -34.9%.