Pope Urban V

About Pope Urban V

Pope Urban V (1310-1370), a pivotal Religious Figure, holds an HPI Rank of #993, reflecting his significant, though perhaps specialized, historical importance. As the sixth Avignon Pope, his major contribution was his determined, albeit ultimately temporary, effort to move the Papacy back to Rome from Avignon, which was a major event in the context of 14th-century European political and ecclesiastical power dynamics.

Despite this historical weight, Pope Urban V garners scant modern digital attention, recording only 49K annualized Wikipedia views in 2025. This places him in a state of significant underattention, with an Attention Gap calculated at -6x relative to his HPI ranking. For context, Francis Xavier, ranked just two positions lower at #995, captured over nine times the annual attention with 462K views. Furthermore, a figure deemed significantly more important by the HPI, Edward Victor Appleton (#586), received less than a third of Urban V’s 2025 pageviews.

Interestingly, the data suggests a recent surge in interest: Pope Urban V’s 2025 views saw a massive Year-over-Year Change of +99.9%, complemented by strong 2025 Momentum of +67% between Q1 and Q3, indicating a recent historical event or anniversary may have briefly pulled him back into the digital spotlight.