Trending Religious Movements in Germany — September 2026
The 100 most-viewed religious movements on Wikipedia, September 2026 (German-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Hamas. Data as of 24 October 2026.
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Ranked
176,896
Total Views (September 2026)
1
Hamas
Palestinian Islamist political and military organization
10,207
views
views
2
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Christian restorationist denomination centered on the Book of Mormon
9,986
views
views
3
anthroposophy
esoteric philosophy founded by Rudolf Steiner postulating the existence of an objective spiritual world accessible to human experience
9,830
views
views
4
Hasidic Judaism
religious subgroup of modern Judaism
6,493
views
views
5
Catharism
Christian dualist movement that thrived in some areas of Southern Europe
6,444
views
views
6
Baháʼí Faith
monotheistic religion revealed by Bahāʾullāh
6,314
views
views
7
Sufism
body of mystical practice within Islam
5,644
views
views
8
esotericism
wide range of loosely related ideas and movements associated with the occult or secrets
4,788
views
views
9
Salafism
Sunni Islamic reformist movement
4,672
views
views
10
Pietism
movement christian
4,649
views
views
11
Evangelicalism
Evangelical Christian movement
4,594
views
views
12
Waldensians
mediaval Christian movement
3,809
views
views
13
Mormonism
religious tradition and theology founded by Joseph Smith and centered on the Book of Mormon
3,593
views
views
14
Muslim Brotherhood
global Islamic supremacist organization that serves as the primary reference for many Islamic groups, classified as a terrorist organization
3,433
views
views
15
Falun Gong
religious movement originating in China
3,323
views
views
16
Pharisees
ancient Jewish sect
3,124
views
views
17
Haredi Judaism
strictest stream of the Orthodox Judaism faith
3,113
views
views
18
Neotantra
Western religious movements incorporating elements of Hindu and Buddhist tantra; often includes sexual elements
3,047
views
views
19
Ringing Cedars' Anastasianism
Neopagan new religious movement founded in Russia
2,764
views
views
20
modern paganism
group of contemporary religious movements based on ancient European and Middle Eastern religions
2,645
views
views
21
Heaven's Gate
American UFO religion, whose members committed mass suicide in 1997
2,541
views
views
22
Unification Church
South Korean new religious movement
2,517
views
views
23
Wahhabism
Religious movement founded by Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab in Najd in the mid-18th century
2,486
views
views
24
Adventism
Christian denominational family
2,393
views
views
25
Orthodox Judaism
one of the three major Judaism movement, and the formal one in Israel
2,338
views
views
26
Universal Life
New religious movement in Germany
2,225
views
views
27
Order of the Solar Temple
French cult and secret society
2,220
views
views
28
The Family International
Christian new religious movement founded by David Berg in 1968 in the United States
2,068
views
views
29
Rajneesh movement
persons inspired by the Indian mystic Osho
2,028
views
views
30
Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
fundamentalist Mormon denomination
1,934
views
views
31
Nation of Islam
Black nationalist African-American new religious movement
1,798
views
views
32
New Age
spiritual or religious beliefs and practices that developed in Western nations during the 1970s
1,747
views
views
33
Apostolic Movement of Schoenstatt
Roman Catholic Marian Movement
1,722
views
views
34
Karaite Judaism
Jewish religious movement characterized by the recognition of the written Torah alone as its supreme authority in Jewish religious law and theology.
1,698
views
views
35
Counter-Reformation
Catholic political and religious response to the Protestant Reformation and earlier reformism
1,553
views
views
36
Raelism
UFO religion founded in 1974
1,440
views
views
37
flagellant
practitioners of an extreme form of self-mortification
1,439
views
views
38
Charismatic Movement
trend of historically mainstream congregations adopting beliefs and practices similar to Pentecostalism.
1,357
views
views
39
Zealotry
religious-political movement in 1st-century Second Temple Judaism
1,340
views
views
40
Gülen movement
transnational Islamist movement
1,335
views
views
41
Christian fundamentalism
British and American protestant movement opposed to modernist theology
1,300
views
views
42
sedevacantism
belief that the Roman-Catholic Church currently has no legitimate pope
1,251
views
views
43
Theosophy
religion founded by Helena Blavatsky
1,236
views
views
44
Skoptsy
Russian Christian movement which practiced castration and mastectomy
1,221
views
views
45
Peoples Temple
defunct new religious movement founded in 1955
1,196
views
views
46
Monophysitism
Christological doctrine which emphasizes the one holy, divine aspect and nature of Christ
1,178
views
views
47
Christian Science
American religious movement (1866-)
1,169
views
views
48
Messianic Judaism
religious movement
1,148
views
views
49
Millî Görüş
Turkish Islamist and conservative movement
1,115
views
views
50
Twelve Tribes communities
Christian intentional community & denomination
1,100
views
views
51
Reform Judaism
denomination of Judaism
1,057
views
views
52
liberation theology
Christian theological approach emphasizing the liberation of the oppressed
1,026
views
views
53
Hanafism
one of the four major schools of Sunni Islamic jurisprudence
1,022
views
views
54
Synodal Path
series of conferences of the Catholic Church in Germany to discuss a range of contemporary theological and organizational questions concerning the Church
837
views
views
55
Jewish Christian
members of the Jewish movement that later became Christianity
744
views
views
56
Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis
largest Rosicrucian organization in the world
698
views
views
57
Rabbinic Judaism
mainstream form of Judaism since the 6th century CE
697
views
views
58
Focolare Movement
catholic lay movement
686
views
views
59
Shafi'i
school of Islamic jurisprudence
686
views
views
60
Bible Student movement
Christian movement
684
views
views
61
Christian Zionism
political and religious ideology
638
views
views
62
Sadducees
Jewish sect or group active in Judea from 2nd century BCE to 1st century CE
586
views
views
63
New Thought
religious movement emphasizing accessible divine power, positive thinking, and faith healing
581
views
views
64
Montanism
2nd century Christian movement
564
views
views
65
Neocatechumenal Way
Catholic movement
536
views
views
66
Rāja yoga
one of the four major yogic paths of Hinduism
530
views
views
67
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Khlysts
Russian Christian sect
524
views
views
68
Quietism
17th-century ideas heretical to Catholics
515
views
views
69
Sabbateans
followers of Sabbatai Zevi
507
views
views
70
Hanbalism
one of the schools or madhabs of Fiqh or religious law within Sunni Islam
498
views
views
71
Inflationsheiliger
477
views
views
72
Islamist terrorism in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
Terrorism motivated by Islamism in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
474
views
views
73
traditionalist Catholicism
set of traditionalist tendencies and movements within and outside the Catholic Church
470
views
views
74
Conservative Judaism
one of the three major Judaism movements
467
views
views
75
Berneuchen Movement
German Protestant Christian movement (1922-)
422
views
views
76
Federation of Damanhur
religious community
420
views
views
77
Hellenism
Hellenic Polytheistic Reconstructionism
415
views
views
78
Five-Percent Nation
American religion (1964-)
408
views
views
79
Irenicism
attempts to unify Christian apologetical systems
387
views
views
80
Laestadianism
conservative Lutheran revival movement
380
views
views
81
Ghost Dance
new religious movement
378
views
views
82
Loretto Gemeinschaft
Catholic carismatic movement in Austria
377
views
views
83
liberalism and progressivism within Islam
overview of the history of liberalism and progressivism within Islam and amongst Muslims
376
views
views
84
Noahidism
Jewish new religious movement
375
views
views
85
Radical Pietism
pietists who broke with Lutheranism
369
views
views
86
Lutheran orthodoxy
era in the history of Lutheranism (1580–1730)
362
views
views
87
Kimbanguist Church
new religious movement founded by Simon Kimbangu in 1921
344
views
views
88
Huna
New Age religious movement
320
views
views
89
Black Hebrew Israelites
a group of Black Americans holding the antisemitic pseudoscientific belief that they are the only descendants of ancient Israelites
319
views
views
90
Assemblies of God
autonomous but loosely associated national groupings of churches
317
views
views
91
Brahma Kumaris
Spiritual organization
302
views
views
92
The Church of Almighty God
Chinese new religious movement
299
views
views
93
Legion of Mary
Catholic lay movement
293
views
views
94
Neo-charismatic movement
Non-denominational religious movement
287
views
views
95
Devotio Moderna
medieval movement for religious reform
284
views
views
96
Uganda Scheme
plan in the early 1900s to give a portion of British East Africa to the Jewish people as a homeland
282
views
views
97
liberal Christianity
school of Christian theology that emphasizes the importance of reason and experience over doctrinal authority
280
views
views
98
Ebionites
Jewish Christian movement that existed during the early centuries of the Christian Era
278
views
views
99
Holiness movement
set of beliefs and practices which emerged from 19th-century Methodism
277
views
views
100
Reconstructionist Judaism
denomination of Judaism
276
views
views