Narendra Modi

About Narendra Modi

Narendra Modi, a contemporary politician who has served as the Prime Minister of India since 2014, is ranked by MIT’s Pantheon project as the 163rd most historically important figure globally. This high ranking is reflective of his profound and ongoing influence over the world’s most populous nation, shaping its domestic policy, international relations, and economic trajectory on a scale that warrants long-term historical consideration. His significance is rooted in leading a major global power during a transformative era for South Asia.

Despite this high historical importance (HPI Rank #163), Narendra Modi’s 2025 annualized Wikipedia pageviews totaled 4.9 million. To contextualize this attention, he receives a significant overattention factor of +9x relative to his historical importance score. This suggests that, currently, modern internet users focus on him much more intensely than the average figure ranked similarly in historical weight. For instance, his views are substantially lower than figures from his own era like Elon Musk (25.2M views) or Bob Dylan (12.0M views), despite Modi’s placement within the top 200 historical figures.

The data also indicates a noticeable cooling in immediate online interest, with a year-over-year change showing a 27.2% decline in pageviews, and a modest 8% drop in Q1 versus Q3 momentum, suggesting a slight decrease in current online search volume.