Top 50 Most Popular Dinosaurs

On this page, we present our real-time "Popular Dinosaur Ranking," based on page views.

From household names like Tyrannosaurus, Triceratops, and Brachiosaurus to lesser-known species, a wide variety of dinosaurs make the list!

Where does your favorite dinosaur rank?
Enjoy following the ranking as it changes in real time.

• To ensure fairness, the ranking is reset on the 1st of every month.
• Although ichthyosaurs, pterosaurs, and plesiosaurs are not technically dinosaurs, they are included in this ranking because they are widely recognized as such.

1. 

   Fukuisaurus

   • Classification

     • Ornithopoda
   • Characteristics

     • Herbivorous
   • Era

     • Cretaceous period

2. 

   Diplodocus

   • Classification

     • Sauropods
   • Characteristics

     • Herbivorous
   • Era

     • Jurassic period

3. 

   Minmi

   • Classification

     • Thyreophora
   • Characteristics

     • Herbivorous
   • Era

     • Cretaceous period

4. 

   Microraptor

   • Classification

     • Theropods
   • Characteristics

     • Carnivorous
     • Feathered
   • Era

     • Cretaceous period

5. 

   Utahraptor

   • Classification

     • Theropods
   • Characteristics

     • Carnivorous
   • Era

     • Cretaceous period

6. 

   Ichthyosaurus

   • Classification

     • Marine reptiles
   • Characteristics

     • Carnivorous
   • Era

     • Jurassic period

7. 

   Psittacosaurus

   • Classification

     • Marginocephalia
   • Characteristics

     • Herbivorous
   • Era

     • Cretaceous period

8. 

   Oviraptor

   • Classification

     • Theropods
   • Characteristics

     • Omnivorous
     • Feathered
   • Era

     • Cretaceous period

9. 

   Plateosaurus

   • Classification

     • Sauropods
   • Characteristics

     • Herbivorous
   • Era

     • Triassic period

10. 

    Deinonychus

    • Classification

      • Theropods
    • Characteristics

      • Carnivorous
      • Feathered
    • Era

      • Cretaceous period

11. 

    Megalosaurus

    • Classification

      • Theropods
    • Characteristics

      • Carnivorous
    • Era

      • Jurassic period

12. 

    Dracorex

    • Classification

      • Marginocephalia
    • Characteristics

      • Herbivorous
    • Era

      • Cretaceous period

13. 

    Gastonia

    • Classification

      • Thyreophora
    • Characteristics

      • Herbivorous
    • Era

      • Cretaceous period

14. 

    Noasaurus

    • Classification

      • Theropods
    • Characteristics

      • Carnivorous
    • Era

      • Cretaceous period

15. 

    Gojirasaurus

    • Classification

      • Theropods
    • Characteristics

      • Carnivorous
    • Era

      • Triassic period

16. 

    Metriorhynchus

    • Classification

      • Marine reptiles
    • Characteristics

      • Carnivorous
    • Era

      • Jurassic period

17. 

    Europasaurus

    • Classification

      • Sauropods
    • Characteristics

      • Herbivorous
    • Era

      • Jurassic period

18. 

    Shonisaurus

    • Classification

      • Marine reptiles
    • Characteristics

      • Carnivorous
    • Era

      • Triassic period

19. 

    Kentrosaurus

    • Classification

      • Thyreophora
    • Characteristics

      • Herbivorous
    • Era

      • Jurassic period

20. 

    Euoplocephalus

    • Classification

      • Thyreophora
    • Characteristics

      • Herbivorous
    • Era

      • Cretaceous period

21. 

    Tylosaurus

    • Classification

      • Marine reptiles
    • Characteristics

      • Carnivorous
    • Era

      • Cretaceous period

22. 

    Protoceratops

    • Classification

      • Marginocephalia
    • Characteristics

      • Herbivorous
    • Era

      • Cretaceous period

23. 

    Lambeosaurus

    • Classification

      • Ornithopoda
    • Characteristics

      • Herbivorous
    • Era

      • Cretaceous period

24. 

    Coelophysis

    • Classification

      • Theropods
    • Characteristics

      • Carnivorous
    • Era

      • Triassic period
      • Jurassic period

25. 

    Euskelosaurus

    • Classification

      • Sauropods
    • Characteristics

      • Herbivorous
    • Era

      • Triassic period

26. 

    Dromaeosaurus

    • Classification

      • Theropods
    • Characteristics

      • Carnivorous
    • Era

      • Cretaceous period

27. 

    Eudimorphodon

    • Classification

      • Flying reptiles
    • Characteristics

      • Carnivorous
    • Era

      • Triassic period

28. 

    Edmontonia

    • Classification

      • Thyreophora
    • Characteristics

      • Herbivorous
    • Era

      • Cretaceous period

29. 

    Majungasaurus

    • Classification

      • Theropods
    • Characteristics

      • Carnivorous
    • Era

      • Cretaceous period

30. 

    Gargoyleosaurus

    • Classification

      • Thyreophora
    • Characteristics

      • Herbivorous
    • Era

      • Jurassic period

31. 

    Unaysaurus

    • Classification

      • Sauropods
    • Characteristics

      • Herbivorous
    • Era

      • Triassic period

32. 

    Sinosauropteryx

    • Classification

      • Theropods
    • Characteristics

      • Carnivorous
      • Feathered
    • Era

      • Cretaceous period

33. 

    Camarasaurus

    • Classification

      • Sauropods
    • Characteristics

      • Herbivorous
    • Era

      • Jurassic period

34. 

    Placodus

    • Classification

      • Marine reptiles
    • Characteristics

      • Carnivorous
    • Era

      • Triassic period

35. 

    Troodon

    • Classification

      • Theropods
    • Characteristics

      • Carnivorous
    • Era

      • Cretaceous period

36. 

    Citipati

    • Classification

      • Theropods
    • Characteristics

      • Omnivorous
    • Era

      • Cretaceous period

37. 

    Maiasaura

    • Classification

      • Ornithopoda
    • Characteristics

      • Herbivorous
    • Era

      • Cretaceous period

38. 

    Styracosaurus

    • Classification

      • Marginocephalia
    • Characteristics

      • Herbivorous
    • Era

      • Cretaceous period

39. 

    Sinornithosaurus

    • Classification

      • Theropods
    • Characteristics

      • Carnivorous
      • Feathered
    • Era

      • Cretaceous period

40. 

    Therizinosaurus

    • Classification

      • Theropods
    • Characteristics

      • Herbivorous
    • Era

      • Cretaceous period

41. 

    Ouranosaurus

    • Classification

      • Ornithopoda
    • Characteristics

      • Herbivorous
    • Era

      • Cretaceous period

42. 

    Kryptops

    • Classification

      • Theropods
    • Characteristics

      • Carnivorous
    • Era

      • Cretaceous period

43. 

    Ornitholestes

    • Classification

      • Theropods
    • Characteristics

      • Carnivorous
    • Era

      • Jurassic period

44. 

    Carnotaurus

    • Classification

      • Theropods
    • Characteristics

      • Carnivorous
    • Era

      • Cretaceous period

45. 

    Leaellynasaura

    • Classification

      • Ornithopoda
    • Characteristics

      • Herbivorous
    • Era

      • Cretaceous period

46. 

    Caudipteryx

    • Classification

      • Theropods
    • Characteristics

      • Omnivorous
      • Feathered
    • Era

      • Cretaceous period

47. 

    Shuvuuia

    • Classification

      • Theropods
    • Characteristics

      • Carnivorous
      • Feathered
    • Era

      • Cretaceous period

48. 

    Einiosaurus

    • Classification

      • Marginocephalia
    • Characteristics

      • Herbivorous
    • Era

      • Cretaceous period

49. 

    Nigersaurus

    • Classification

      • Sauropods
    • Characteristics

      • Herbivorous
    • Era

      • Cretaceous period

50. 

    Sinraptor

    • Classification

      • Theropods
    • Characteristics

      • Carnivorous
    • Era

      • Jurassic period