EN
No. 1 right now

Most popular scientists in New Zealand

. Source: Wikidata and Wikimedia Pageviews. Ranked by page views on the country's own-language Wikipedia over the past 12 months.

Peter Thiel is No. 1 (5,502,620 views), followed by Ernest Rutherford and Maurice Wilkins. 8 of the 8 are in no other country's top 8.

  1. 1
    Peter Thiel 5,502,620 views
    ↗
  2. 2
    Ernest Rutherford 299,558 views
    ↗
  3. 3
    Maurice Wilkins 70,401 views
    ↗
  4. 4
    Mark Inglis 35,483 views
    ↗
  5. 5
    Roy Kerr 15,064 views
    ↗
  6. 6
    George Vernon Hudson 14,806 views
    ↗
  7. 7
    Vaughan Jones 13,600 views
    ↗
  8. 8
    Eliana Rubashkyn 10,093 views
Add this list to your site

Paste this code into your page. The list updates itself.

Only charting here

Not in the top 8 of any other country we track.

No. 1 in other places

See every place

More lists in New Zealand

Songs

  1. 1Patient Zero
  2. 2Man I Need
  3. 3Nicole Kidman
  4. 4Choosin' Texas
  5. 5Rein Me In
  6. 6Ain't In LA
  7. 7So Easy (To Fall In Love)
  8. 8stupid song
Open the list

Apps

  1. 1Club+
  2. 2ChatGPT
  3. 3Netflix Game Controller
  4. 4Meta AI
  5. 5Bunnings
  6. 6Everyday Rewards
  7. 7StoryReel: Drama Shorts & TV
  8. 8Wise - Global Money
Open the list

Mobile games

  1. 1Meowdoku!
  2. 2Sand Blocks: Drop Puzzle
  3. 3Block Out! - Color Sort Puzzle
  4. 4Fortnite
  5. 5CubeAway - 3DPuzzle
  6. 6Rotate Rings
  7. 7Amaze GO!
  8. 8Bus Traffic Fever!
Open the list

Wikipedia

  1. 1Christa Pike
  2. 2East of Eden (2026 miniseries)
  3. 3East of Eden (novel)
  4. 4Gypsy-Rose Blanchard
  5. 5Cornell 7
  6. 6Ted Kaczynski
  7. 7Opinion polling for the 2026 New Zealand general election
  8. 8Digger (2026 film)
Open the list

Musicians

  1. 1Russell Crowe
  2. 2Keith Urban
  3. 3Rosé (singer)
  4. 4Lucy Lawless
  5. 5Lorde
  6. 6Jemaine Clement
  7. 7Richard O'Brien
  8. 8Natasha Bedingfield
Open the list

Music genres

  1. 1Pop
  2. 2Alternative
  3. 3Rock
  4. 4Hip-Hop/Rap
  5. 5Country
  6. 6R&B/Soul
  7. 7K-Pop
  8. 8Electronic
Open the list

Actors

  1. 1Sam Neill
  2. 2James Cameron
  3. 3Russell Crowe
  4. 4Karl Urban
  5. 5Antony Starr
  6. 6Taika Waititi
  7. 7Peter Jackson
  8. 8Jemaine Clement
Open the list

Actresses

  1. 1Melanie Lynskey
  2. 2Nell Fisher
  3. 3Anna Paquin
  4. 4Lucy Lawless
  5. 5Anna Sawai
  6. 6Thomasin McKenzie
  7. 7Rose McIver
  8. 8Luciane Buchanan
Open the list

Stage artists

  1. 1Karl Urban
  2. 2Anna Paquin
  3. 3Lucy Lawless
  4. 4Richard O'Brien
  5. 5Graham McTavish
  6. 6Alan Dale
  7. 7Lisa Harrow
  8. 8Rachel House
Open the list

Films

  1. 1Evil Dead Burn
  2. 2Dune: Part Two
  3. 3Evil Dead Rise
  4. 4X
  5. 5The Lovely Bones
  6. 6The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring
  7. 7Jojo Rabbit
  8. 8The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
Open the list

Sports clubs

  1. 1Auckland FC
  2. 2Wellington Phoenix FC
  3. 3Auckland City FC
  4. 4Crusaders
  5. 5Blues
  6. 6New Zealand at the 2024 Summer Olympics
  7. 7Waitakere United
  8. 8New Zealand at the 2022 Winter Olympics
Open the list

Stadiums

  1. 1Eden Park
  2. 2Mount Smart Stadium
  3. 3Lancaster Park
  4. 4Spark Arena
  5. 5Forsyth Barr Stadium
  6. 6Waikato Stadium
  7. 7McLean Park
  8. 8Carisbrook
Open the list

Universities

  1. 1University of Auckland
  2. 2University of Canterbury
  3. 3University of Otago
  4. 4Victoria University of Wellington
  5. 5Massey University
  6. 6University of Waikato
  7. 7Auckland University of Technology
  8. 8Lincoln University
Open the list

Airlines

  1. 1Air New Zealand
  2. 2Air Chathams
  3. 3Jetconnect
  4. 4Mount Cook Airline
  5. 5Freedom Air
  6. 6Air Nelson
  7. 7Pacific Blue Airlines
  8. 8Vincent Aviation
Open the list

Food

  1. 1pavlova
  2. 2Mānuka honey
  3. 3meat pie
  4. 4Hokey pokey
  5. 5Vanilla slice
  6. 6Afghan biscuit
  7. 7chocolate fish
  8. 8Rewena bread
Open the list