Louis XV of France
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About Louis XV of France
Louis XV of France (1710-1774) reigned for 59 years, one of the longest in European history, overseeing a period often characterized by increasing centralization of royal power and significant cultural flourishing, despite ultimately presiding over the monarchy that would face the French Revolution.
Despite his profound historical importance-ranking #258 in MIT's Pantheon study-Louis XV receives surprisingly little modern digital recognition, evidenced by just 96K annualized Wikipedia views in 2025. This figure suggests a significant attention gap, as he is drastically underattended relative to his historical rank (a factor of -5x).
This underattention is further underscored when comparing him to contemporaries in the dataset. For instance, Leon Trotsky, ranked #316 (less historically important than Louis XV), garnered 1.6 million views in 2025, over sixteen times the traffic of the French king. Furthermore, Louis XV’s interest appears to be waning, as indicated by a -26.8% year-over-year decline in views and a sharp -52% drop in momentum between Q1 and Q3 of 2025.