Zechariah

About Zechariah

Zechariah is ranked as the 685th most historically important figure by MIT's Pantheon project, reflecting significant, though perhaps localized, global cultural influence across religious contexts. As a religious figure, his importance is tied to his role and prophecies within the Abrahamic traditions, marking him as a key voice in ancient religious history.

Despite this high ranking, Zechariah currently experiences a significant historical attention gap. In 2025, his Wikipedia page accrued just 40K views, resulting in an attention gap score of -9x, meaning the modern internet pays significantly less attention to him than his historical influence warrants. To contextualize this underattention, a similarly important religious figure, Pope Linus (#689 importance), garnered nearly twelve times as many views at 469K in the same year.

Furthermore, the current interest in this figure is declining rapidly. Zechariah saw a drastic 78.0% year-over-year drop in views, compounded by a sharp -60% momentum loss between the first and third quarters of 2025, suggesting a trajectory of increasing historical obscurity online.