390 BC - 310 BC
Krishna Dvaipāyana, also known as Vyasa (; Sanskrit: व्यासः, romanized: Vyāsa, lit. 'Compiler') and Veda Vyāsa (वेदव्यासः, Veda-vyāsaḥ, "the one who classified the Vedas"), is a Vedic rishi (sage). He is best known as the traditional author of the Mahabharata, one of the two most important epics of Hinduism. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Vyasa has received more than 2,434,339 page views. His biography is available in 55 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 49 in 2019). Vyasa is the 322nd most popular philosopher (down from 267th in 2019), the 78th most popular biography from India (down from 53rd in 2019) and the 13th most popular Indian Philosopher.
Page Views (PV)
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
Languages Editions (L)
Effective Languages (L*)
Coefficient of Variation (CV)
Among philosophers, Vyasa ranks 322 out of 1,089. Before him are Alexander of Aphrodisias, Elena Cornaro Piscopia, Shahab al-Din Yahya ibn Habash Suhrawardi, Francisco Suárez, Thrasymachus, and Euclid of Megara. After him are Wang Yangming, Justus Lipsius, Arnaldus de Villa Nova, Martianus Capella, Heraclides Ponticus, and Asanga.
200 - 215
HPI: 71.98
Rank: 316
1646 - 1684
HPI: 71.89
Rank: 317
1155 - 1191
HPI: 71.87
Rank: 318
1548 - 1617
HPI: 71.85
Rank: 319
459 BC - 399 BC
HPI: 71.84
Rank: 320
435 BC - 365 BC
HPI: 71.77
Rank: 321
390 BC - 310 BC
HPI: 71.71
Rank: 322
1472 - 1529
HPI: 71.71
Rank: 323
1547 - 1606
HPI: 71.64
Rank: 324
1240 - 1311
HPI: 71.64
Rank: 325
360 - 428
HPI: 71.52
Rank: 326
385 BC - 322 BC
HPI: 71.51
Rank: 327
300 - 301
HPI: 71.50
Rank: 328
Among people born in 390 BC, Vyasa ranks 3. Before him are Lysippos and Shang Yang. After him are Lycurgus of Athens, Hypereides, Alexander V of Macedon, Manius Curius Dentatus, Hieronymus of Cardia, Hakor, Peucestas, Tiberius Coruncanius, and Coenus. Among people deceased in 310 BC, Vyasa ranks 4. Before him are Roxana, Pytheas, and Phryne. After him is Pharnabazus III.
390 BC - 300 BC
HPI: 77.87
Rank: 1
390 BC - 338 BC
HPI: 75.70
Rank: 2
390 BC - 310 BC
HPI: 71.71
Rank: 3
390 BC - 324 BC
HPI: 69.76
Rank: 4
390 BC - 322 BC
HPI: 69.03
Rank: 5
390 BC - 294 BC
HPI: 68.85
Rank: 6
390 BC - 270 BC
HPI: 68.62
Rank: 7
390 BC - 250 BC
HPI: 68.29
Rank: 8
390 BC - 380 BC
HPI: 67.39
Rank: 9
390 BC - 330 BC
HPI: 66.62
Rank: 10
390 BC - 243 BC
HPI: 65.68
Rank: 11
390 BC - 326 BC
HPI: 63.23
Rank: 12
347 BC - 310 BC
HPI: 81.05
Rank: 1
380 BC - 310 BC
HPI: 76.20
Rank: 2
371 BC - 310 BC
HPI: 74.36
Rank: 3
390 BC - 310 BC
HPI: 71.71
Rank: 4
365 BC - 310 BC
HPI: 62.41
Rank: 5
Among people born in India, Vyasa ranks 78 out of 1,227. Before him are Śuddhodana (-590), Ronald Ross (1857), Sher Shah Suri (1486), Rajiv Gandhi (1944), Satyendra Nath Bose (1894), and Bahadur Shah Zafar (1775). After him are Sarvepalli Radhakrishnan (1888), Mohammed Nadir Shah (1883), Razia Sultana (1205), Chaitanya Mahaprabhu (1486), Satyajit Ray (1921), and Kasturba Gandhi (1869).
590 BC - Present
HPI: 72.25
Rank: 72
1857 - 1932
HPI: 72.22
Rank: 73
1486 - 1545
HPI: 71.97
Rank: 74
1944 - 1991
HPI: 71.89
Rank: 75
1894 - 1974
HPI: 71.84
Rank: 76
1775 - 1862
HPI: 71.75
Rank: 77
390 BC - 310 BC
HPI: 71.71
Rank: 78
1888 - 1975
HPI: 71.71
Rank: 79
1883 - 1933
HPI: 71.70
Rank: 80
1205 - 1240
HPI: 71.48
Rank: 81
1486 - 1534
HPI: 71.48
Rank: 82
1921 - 1992
HPI: 71.43
Rank: 83
1869 - 1944
HPI: 71.36
Rank: 84
Among philosophers born in India, Vyasa ranks 13. Before him are Swami Vivekananda (1863), Sri Aurobindo (1872), Ramana Maharshi (1879), Aśvaghoṣa (80), Ram Mohan Roy (1772), and Paramahansa Yogananda (1893). After him are Ramanuja (1017), Vinayak Damodar Savarkar (1883), Abul A'la Maududi (1903), Shantideva (685), Buddhaghosa (401), and Ravidas (1450).
1863 - 1902
HPI: 75.13
Rank: 7
1872 - 1950
HPI: 72.96
Rank: 8
1879 - 1950
HPI: 72.72
Rank: 9
80 - 150
HPI: 72.49
Rank: 10
1772 - 1833
HPI: 72.31
Rank: 11
1893 - 1952
HPI: 72.26
Rank: 12
390 BC - 310 BC
HPI: 71.71
Rank: 13
1017 - 1137
HPI: 70.47
Rank: 14
1883 - 1966
HPI: 69.00
Rank: 15
1903 - 1979
HPI: 68.64
Rank: 16
685 - 763
HPI: 68.26
Rank: 17
401 - 500
HPI: 67.82
Rank: 18
1450 - Present
HPI: 67.81
Rank: 19