Pope Leo is “high profile”

The profile of Pope Leo XIV is among the most viewed pages on the digital encyclopedia Wikipedia, and his names — both the one he took upon beginning his pontificate on May 8 and his given name, Robert Francis Prevost — are among the most searched terms globally on Google during 2025. On December 2nd, the Wikimedia Foundation, which supports Wikipedia, presented its list of “most read articles” in English. Pope Leo XIV holds fifth place. The election of the new Pope was in seventh place among trending news searches, while Pope Francis ranked seventh on the list of searches for those who died in 2025.