Trump Wants a Nobel Prize – But Which Country Has Won the Most?

Every Nobel Prize winner from 1901 to 2025 on one globe, each on the map where they were born. Trump wants the Peace Prize, but which country has won the most Nobel Prizes? Watch the gold spread from Europe to every continent: Marie Curie, Einstein, Hitler's ban, the DNA double helix, Malala, the AI prizes of 2024 and Machado's medal for Trump. The 2026 Nobel Prizes are announced 5–12 October. The Peace Prize comes on Friday, 9 October. Chapters 0:00 Who has won the most? 0:11 1901: The first prizes 0:33 1906–1915: America, India, Australia 0:59 1921: Einstein and insulin 1:17 Germany's lead, Hitler's ban 1:44 Penicillin and Japan 2:03 1950: A new No. 1 2:20 The Cold War years 2:43 Peace and freedom 3:00 A century of prizes 3:16 mRNA and AI 3:32 2025: A new country 3:48 Who's next? How we counted: people only (990 laureates; the 28 organisations are left out). Each person counts once, for the country they were born in, within today's borders, as listed in the Nobel Prize's own data. The Prize in Economic Sciences (since 1969) is included, as on nobelprize.org. Every prize year counts on 10 December, prize day. Sources: Nobel Prize Outreach – Nobel Prize API and nobelprize.org facts (data as of 4 October 2026) · birthplaces missing in the API: Britannica (Abdulrazak Gurnah), Carnegie Corporation (James A. Robinson), Physics World (John M. Martinis) · Machado's medal: PBS NewsHour, ABC News (January 2026) · Map: Natural Earth Music: "Pisco Sour" by Gunnar Olsen (YouTube Audio Library) #NobelPrize #Nobel2026 #NobelPeacePrize