Slobodan Milošević

About Slobodan Milošević

Slobodan Milošević (1941-2006) was a Serbian politician who served as the President of Serbia and later as the President of the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. His historical importance, reflected in his #939 rank by the Pantheon project, stems primarily from his role in the violent breakup of Yugoslavia in the 1990s. As a key figure in the Yugoslav Wars, his policies and leadership directly contributed to decades of regional conflict, ethnic cleansing, and war crimes charges, marking him as a central, yet highly divisive, figure in late 20th-century European history.

Despite this significant historical weight, Milošević’s modern internet attention presents an interesting contrast. In 2025, he garnered approximately 912K Wikipedia views. This level of attention results in an 'Attention Gap' score of +3x, indicating he is being overattended to relative to his historical ranking (#939). For a starker comparison, the much more historically significant Louis XVI of France (#95) received only 71K views, showing a substantial divergence in public digital focus.

While receiving relatively high attention, Milošević’s digital presence appears to be subtly receding, with a year-over-year change of -1.0% in views and a -8% drop in momentum between Q1 and Q3 of 2025. This suggests that while he remains a figure of considerable digital interest, the intensity of that interest may be slowly declining.