Trending Literary Movements in Germany — the 12 months to October 2026
The 100 most-viewed literary movements on Wikipedia, the 12 months to October 2026 (German-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Romanticism. Data as of 27 October 2026.
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Ranked
64,727
Total Views (the 12 months to October 2026)
1
Romanticism
artistic, literary, musical, and intellectual movement
10,008
views
views
2
Dada
avant-garde art movement in the early 20th century
7,068
views
views
3
Sturm und Drang
Proto-Romantic movement in German literature and music
5,320
views
views
4
Vormärz
Period of German history before the 1848 revolution
4,895
views
views
5
Weimar Classicism
German literary and cultural movement, whose practitioners established a new humanism
4,495
views
views
6
avant-garde
works that are experimental or innovative
4,126
views
views
7
New Objectivity
attitude of public life in Weimar Germany as well as the art, literature, music, and architecture created to adapt to it
2,336
views
views
8
literary realism
literary movement
2,024
views
views
9
naturalism
literary movement
1,886
views
views
10
expressionism
literary movement
1,813
views
views
11
Neue Sachlichkeit (Literatur)
1,627
views
views
12
Symbolism
late nineteenth-century art movement of French, Russian and Belgian origin seeking to represent absolute truths symbolically through language and metaphorical images
1,479
views
views
13
Trümmerliteratur
literary movement
1,395
views
views
14
Beat Generation
literary movement
1,187
views
views
15
Baroque literature
literary movement of the Baroque era
1,107
views
views
16
symbolism
literary expression of the symbolism art movement
1,037
views
views
17
Sentimentalism
literary movement
920
views
views
18
Jena Romanticism
German philosophical and literary movement
874
views
views
19
Catalan modernism
architectural and artistic movement originating in late-19th-century Catalonia, Spain
782
views
views
20
Aestheticism
art movement emphasizing aesthetic considerations over social values
646
views
views
21
Young Germany
disestablishmentarian think tank consiting of young German artists from 1830-1850
522
views
views
22
verguismo
Italian literary movement
497
views
views
23
Decadent movement
late-19th-century artistic and literary movement centered in Western Europe
486
views
views
24
Japonisme
European imitation of Japanese art during the 19th and 20th centuries
451
views
views
25
Heidelberg School
literary movement
441
views
views
26
postmodern literature
literary form and movement of the twentieth century
429
views
views
27
Literatur der Weimarer Republik
424
views
views
28
impressionism
movement in literature
392
views
views
29
Poetic realism
movement in 19th-century German literature
385
views
views
30
vorticism
short-lived modernist movement in British art and poetry of the early 20th century
373
views
views
31
Acmeist poetry
school of poetry
343
views
views
32
Neo-romanticism
movements from the era of Romanticism
333
views
views
33
Spanish Golden Age
period of flourishing in arts and literature in Spain
314
views
views
34
ero guro
literary and artistic movement originating circa 1930 in Japan
299
views
views
35
Précieuses
art movement in literature
296
views
views
36
Renouveau catholique
247
views
views
37
Swabian poet school
informal association of poets in Tübingen, Germany, 1805-1808
234
views
views
38
Atticism
rhetorical movement originating from 1st century BC Greece
203
views
views
39
Petrarchism
literary style inspired by Petrarch
180
views
views
40
Nouveau Roman
French literary movement
161
views
views
41
parnassianism
19th century French literary movement
158
views
views
42
visual poetry
poetry where the text’s layout, typography, and visual arrangement enhance its meaning, blending design with literary art
157
views
views
43
hermeticism
literary movement in poetry started in Italy
149
views
views
44
Marinism
name now given to an ornate, witty style of poetry and verse drama written in imitation of Giambattista Marino, following in particular La Lira and L'Adone
149
views
views
45
Imagism
20th-century poetry movement
139
views
views
46
Heimatkunst
literary movement
135
views
views
47
Grobianismus
111
views
views
48
La Pléiade
group of French Renaissance poets
111
views
views
49
Modernismo
Spanish-American literary movement
83
views
views
50
proletarian literature
literature created by working-class writers mainly for the class-conscious proletariat
80
views
views
51
Generation of '98
literary movement in Spain at the time of the Spanish–American War
75
views
views
52
Costumbrismo
art movement
61
views
views
53
Félibrige
association to promote Occitan language
61
views
views
54
Positivism in Poland
socio-cultural movement in Poland after the 1863 January Uprising
60
views
views
55
Latin translations of the 12th century
53
views
views
56
Indigenismo
trend in social and political thought, visual arts, and literature in Latin American countries where Indians make up a significant part of the population, rehabilitating them
48
views
views
57
Sardinian Literary Spring
millennial period of literature of Sardinia, Italy
48
views
views
58
modernist literature
characterized by a self-conscious break with traditional styles of poetry and verse
47
views
views
59
Saudosismo
Portuguese aesthetic and philosophical movement
45
views
views
60
Dolce Stil Novo
literary movement
44
views
views
61
Thirties Generation
art and literary movement in Greece
44
views
views
62
Scapigliatura
Milanese artistic and literary movement of the sixties of the 1800s
41
views
views
63
The First Generation of Postwar Writers
overview about The First Generation of Postwar Writers
41
views
views
64
New Formalism
movement in American poetry since the 1970s
40
views
views
65
Garip
a poetry movement that defends the need to avoid stereotypes and is based on beauty of phraseology by opposing formalism and sentimentalism
39
views
views
66
Gruppo 63
Italian literary movement
39
views
views
67
Saxon School of Poetry
group of poets in East Germany
39
views
views
68
Cockney School
group of 19th-century English poets and essayists
38
views
views
69
Turpismus
literary procedure
36
views
views
70
Ultraist movement
Spanish literary movement opposing modernism
36
views
views
71
New Culture Movement
revolt against Confucian values
34
views
views
72
Poetism
Czech art and literature movement
34
views
views
73
crepuscolarism
29
views
views
74
Zweite Neue
27
views
views
75
Graveyard poets
pre-Romantic English poets of the 18th century
25
views
views
76
Neoavanguardia
avant-garde Italian literary movement involved in formal experimentation in language: N. Balestrini, E. Sanguineti, U. Eco, A. Porta, E. Pagliarani, G. Manganelli, L. Malerba, F. Leonetti, F. Lucentini, A. Rosselli, S. Vassalli, L. Voce, etc.
24
views
views
77
creacionismo
literary movement
23
views
views
78
Zeitschriften der Romantik
22
views
views
79
Stridentism
Mexican literary movement
21
views
views
80
San Francisco Renaissance
American avant-garde cultural activity in San Francisco as an historical hub
21
views
views
81
Shinkankakuha
Japanese literary group
21
views
views
82
Gongorism
17
views
views
83
School of Lyon
group of poets, humanists and scholars from Lyon
16
views
views
84
genbun itchi
unification of the written and spoken forms of Japanese language
15
views
views
85
scar literature
Chinese literature portraying damage caused by the Cultural Revolution; Chinese fiction of the late 1970s and early 1980s that focuses on the physical and mental suffering that occurred during the Cultural Revolution.
14
views
views
86
Chinese nature poetry
Poems from China with the topic nature
14
views
views
87
imaginism
Russian poetry movement
14
views
views
88
Angry Penguins
art and literary movement in Australia
13
views
views
89
Májovci
Czech literary group
13
views
views
90
Wuppertal poets' circle
1850s literary circle in Wuppertal, Germany
12
views
views
91
concretism
movement in arts and literature
11
views
views
92
Xungen movement
root-searching movement in China
10
views
views
93
artistic indianism
Brazilian literary and artistic movement
10
views
views
94
Lieutenant prose
7
views
views
95
Arbujad
1930s literary movement in Estonia
7
views
views
96
Ultra-Romanticism
19th century Portuguese literacy and artistic movement
7
views
views
97
Zhanguoce Pai
7
views
views
98
The Movement
English literary movement of the 1950s
6
views
views
99
Shinkō Geijutsu-ha
6
views
views
100
Neopopularismo
5
views
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