There are approximately 7 million English-language articles on Wikipedia, the world’s most popular encyclopedia. (Even more if you include non-English entries: There are over 64 million entries in 356 languages!) Every major celebrity is listed.
Most of the minor ones, too. Lots of B-, C-, and D-listers are “Wiki-Famous” (and proud of it).
Wikipedia articles can be uploaded by anyone in the world with Internet access, so over time, pretty much everyone with 15 minutes of fame will be added: athletes, actors, singers, business leaders, troublemakers, influencers, politicians, crooks, and more.
For PR purposes, Wikipedia is an important tool for protecting your digital reputation. Because it's ranked so highly by Google, any entry with your name on it will also be highly ranked — which is nice when you’re trying to push a negative article off the first page of Google. (It’s next to impossible to “permanently” delete something off the Internet, so the smartest strategy is to replace the bad story with a positive story, sliding all the negativity to pages three or four on Google — and have all the good stuff on page one.)
As of March 2025, the top seven highest-ranked websites were all social media platforms or AI: Google Search is first, followed by YouTube, Facebook, Instagram, X (Twitter), ChatGPT, and WhatsApp. Coming in seventh is Wikipedia.
For SEO purposes, it’s a monster!
There are lots and lots of companies that specialize in creating Wikipedia submissions, even though their “services” are probably a violation of Wikipedia’s rules.
Furthermore, most Wikipedia submissions aren’t accepted. With their team of 110+ thousand editors, the platform vets all submissions before they go “live” on the site. The process can sometimes take months, with absolutely no guarantee of success. Articles are rejected for all kinds of reasons, largely based on the fleeting whims of whichever editor is reviewing them.
After all, deciding which topic — and what people — deserve to be listed is entirely subjective. For whatever reason, the ideological disposition of Wiki editors tends to veer very far to the left.
Liberals fare much better with Wikipedia’s editors than conservatives.
Still, because of its reach, size, and popularity, Wikipedia can’t be ignored. It’s also worth noting that chatbots seem to rank Wikipedia’s content highly as well; it’s something ChatGPT and other AIs' routines cite when you ask them questions. As AI grows more ubiquitous, the importance of Wikipedia’s content will grow with it. Okay, back to the question at hand: Who’s the most famous person NOT on Wikipedia (at least, the English-language version)?
According to ChatGPT, it’s Barack Obama’s daughters, Malia and Sasha. They’re already in their mid-20s, so it’s a bit surprising they haven’t been added as separate entries. (They are mentioned in a larger article.)
It’s an odd omission, because Barron Trump is significantly younger than both Obama daughters and he’s had his own Wikipedia entry since 2023. In fact, his entry dates all the way back to November 2023, when Barron was still an underage kid.
My suspicion is that someone connected to the Obama family made a (discreet) request to Wikipedia, citing privacy concerns. I can’t prove it, of course, but based on my knowledge of Wikipedia, that’s probably the most likely explanation.
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Still, at least Malia and Sasha were featured in a larger article about Obama’s family. Who, then, is the most famous person in the world who’s not showcased at all?
It’s probably Chris Chan, who is widely considered the most documented man in world history. A ridiculous number of articles have been written about him, and the amount of video content dedicated to his bizarre exploits is astronomical.
YouTube videos about his misadventures have racked up tens of millions of views.
So, who the heck is Chris Chan?
Not anyone even remotely important!
Just a guy (who now identifies as female) with profound mental problems. He claims to be a “high-functioning autistic,” and a few years ago, he got in hot water over a crime so gross, I’d prefer not to delve into details.
The best way to describe Chan is as a whack-packer without a radio show. Remember how 1990s-era shock-jocks — like Howard Stern — would give a platform to weirdos (Hank the Angry Drunken Dwarf, Beetlejuice, High Pitch Eric)? Chan is kind of like a freelance whack-packer.
But he has no Wikipedia entry. All Chan got was a brief mention in an article about the history of Kiwi Farms. Still, via his weird digital ecosystem, he’s achieved global fame with millions and millions of fans… even if people like you and me haven’t heard of him before! (And for good reason, too.)
Through the Internet, he’s built one of the saddest, most pathetic online identities in history. In today’s slang, he’s the most famous “lolcow” around.
It’s the ugly side of the Web. Nothing good or noble about it.
But it’s reality: Welcome to the horror show; thy name is Chris Chan!
And the answer to a trivia question: He is the most famous man in the world without his own Wikipedia entry.
