Trending Religious Movements in Germany — the 12 months to October 2026
The 100 most-viewed religious movements on Wikipedia, the 12 months to October 2026 (German-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Data as of 25 October 2026.
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Ranked
191,933
Total Views (the 12 months to October 2026)
1
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Christian restorationist denomination centered on the Book of Mormon
10,874
views
views
2
Hamas
Palestinian Islamist political and military organization
10,802
views
views
3
anthroposophy
esoteric philosophy founded by Rudolf Steiner postulating the existence of an objective spiritual world accessible to human experience
10,509
views
views
4
Catharism
Christian dualist movement that thrived in some areas of Southern Europe
6,884
views
views
5
Hasidic Judaism
religious subgroup of modern Judaism
6,856
views
views
6
Baháʼí Faith
monotheistic religion revealed by Bahāʾullāh
6,824
views
views
7
Sufism
body of mystical practice within Islam
6,001
views
views
8
Evangelicalism
Evangelical Christian movement
5,293
views
views
9
esotericism
wide range of loosely related ideas and movements associated with the occult or secrets
5,126
views
views
10
Pietism
movement christian
5,004
views
views
11
Salafism
Ultraconservative fundamentalist movement within Islam
4,843
views
views
12
Waldensians
mediaval Christian movement
4,200
views
views
13
Mormonism
religious tradition and theology founded by Joseph Smith and centered on the Book of Mormon
3,842
views
views
14
Muslim Brotherhood
transnational Sunni Islamist organization
3,611
views
views
15
Falun Gong
religious movement originating in China
3,611
views
views
16
Pharisees
ancient Jewish sect
3,439
views
views
17
Haredi Judaism
strictest stream of the Orthodox Judaism faith
3,315
views
views
18
Ringing Cedars' Anastasianism
Neopagan new religious movement founded in Russia
3,289
views
views
19
Neotantra
Western religious movements incorporating elements of Hindu and Buddhist tantra; often includes sexual elements
3,273
views
views
20
Heaven's Gate
American UFO religion, whose members committed mass suicide in 1997
2,851
views
views
21
modern paganism
group of contemporary religious movements based on ancient European and Middle Eastern religions
2,812
views
views
22
Unification Church
South Korean new religious movement
2,750
views
views
23
Wahhabism
Religious movement founded by Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab in Najd in the mid-18th century
2,594
views
views
24
Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
fundamentalist Mormon denomination
2,592
views
views
25
Adventism
Christian denominational family
2,535
views
views
26
Order of the Solar Temple
French cult and secret society
2,519
views
views
27
Orthodox Judaism
one of the three major Judaism movement, and the formal one in Israel
2,479
views
views
28
Universal Life
New religious movement in Germany
2,452
views
views
29
The Family International
Christian new religious movement founded by David Berg in 1968 in the United States
2,256
views
views
30
Rajneesh movement
persons inspired by the Indian mystic Osho
2,197
views
views
31
Nation of Islam
Black nationalist African-American new religious movement
2,042
views
views
32
New Age
spiritual or religious beliefs and practices that developed in Western nations during the 1970s
1,878
views
views
33
Apostolic Movement of Schoenstatt
Roman Catholic Marian Movement
1,842
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.
1,811
views
views
35
Counter-Reformation
Catholic political and religious response to the Protestant Reformation and earlier reformism
1,688
views
views
36
Raelism
UFO religion founded in 1974
1,570
views
views
37
flagellant
practitioners of an extreme form of self-mortification
1,564
views
views
38
Charismatic Movement
trend of historically mainstream congregations adopting beliefs and practices similar to Pentecostalism.
1,482
views
views
39
Zealotry
religious-political movement in 1st-century Second Temple Judaism
1,453
views
views
40
Christian fundamentalism
British and American protestant movement opposed to modernist theology
1,425
views
views
41
Gülen movement
transnational Islamist movement
1,422
views
views
42
Peoples Temple
defunct new religious movement founded in 1955
1,366
views
views
43
sedevacantism
belief that the Roman-Catholic Church currently has no legitimate pope
1,366
views
views
44
Theosophy
religion founded by Helena Blavatsky
1,309
views
views
45
Skoptsy
Russian Christian movement which practiced castration and mastectomy
1,300
views
views
46
Christian Science
American religious movement (1866-)
1,294
views
views
47
Messianic Judaism
religious movement
1,283
views
views
48
Twelve Tribes communities
Christian intentional community & denomination
1,275
views
views
49
Monophysitism
Christological doctrine which emphasizes the one holy, divine aspect and nature of Christ
1,256
views
views
50
Millî Görüş
Turkish Islamist and conservative movement
1,175
views
views
51
Reform Judaism
denomination of Judaism
1,152
views
views
52
liberation theology
Christian theological approach emphasizing the liberation of the oppressed
1,137
views
views
53
Hanafism
one of the four major schools of Sunni Islamic jurisprudence
1,105
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
933
views
views
55
Jewish Christian
members of the Jewish movement that later became Christianity
806
views
views
56
Focolare Movement
catholic lay movement
755
views
views
57
Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis
largest Rosicrucian organization in the world
748
views
views
58
Rabbinic Judaism
mainstream form of Judaism since the 6th century CE
742
views
views
59
Bible Student movement
Christian movement
738
views
views
60
Shafi'i
school of Islamic jurisprudence
735
views
views
61
Christian Zionism
political and religious ideology
732
views
views
62
New Thought
religious movement emphasizing accessible divine power, positive thinking, and faith healing
643
views
views
63
Sadducees
Jewish sect or group active in Judea from 2nd century BCE to 1st century CE
628
views
views
64
Montanism
2nd century Christian movement
608
views
views
65
Sabbateans
followers of Sabbatai Zevi
591
views
views
66
Rāja yoga
one of the four major yogic paths of Hinduism
561
views
views
67
Neocatechumenal Way
Catholic movement
559
views
views
68
Quietism
17th-century ideas heretical to Catholics
558
views
views
69
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Khlysts
Russian Christian sect
557
views
views
70
Hanbalism
one of the schools or madhabs of Fiqh or religious law within Sunni Islam
532
views
views
71
traditionalist Catholicism
set of traditionalist tendencies and movements within and outside the Catholic Church
524
views
views
72
Conservative Judaism
one of the three major Judaism movements
497
views
views
73
Islamist terrorism in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
Terrorism motivated by Islamism in Germany, Austria and Switzerland
494
views
views
74
Inflationsheiliger
490
views
views
75
Laestadianism
conservative Lutheran revival movement
477
views
views
76
Hellenism
Hellenic Polytheistic Reconstructionism
453
views
views
77
Federation of Damanhur
religious community
452
views
views
78
Berneuchen Movement
German Protestant Christian movement (1922-)
452
views
views
79
Five-Percent Nation
American religion (1964-)
448
views
views
80
Loretto Gemeinschaft
Catholic carismatic movement in Austria
426
views
views
81
Kimbanguist Church
new religious movement founded by Simon Kimbangu in 1921
424
views
views
82
Ghost Dance
new religious movement
419
views
views
83
Irenicism
attempts to unify Christian apologetical systems
411
views
views
84
liberalism and progressivism within Islam
overview of the history of liberalism and progressivism within Islam and amongst Muslims
409
views
views
85
Radical Pietism
pietists who broke with Lutheranism
401
views
views
86
Noahidism
Jewish new religious movement
396
views
views
87
Lutheran orthodoxy
era in the history of Lutheranism (1580–1730)
395
views
views
88
Huna
New Age religious movement
348
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
347
views
views
90
Assemblies of God
autonomous but loosely associated national groupings of churches
332
views
views
91
The Church of Almighty God
Chinese new religious movement
321
views
views
92
Legion of Mary
Catholic lay movement
321
views
views
93
Neo-charismatic movement
Non-denominational religious movement
316
views
views
94
Brahma Kumaris
Spiritual organization
316
views
views
95
liberal Christianity
school of Christian theology that emphasizes the importance of reason and experience over doctrinal authority
309
views
views
96
Devotio Moderna
medieval movement for religious reform
308
views
views
97
Ebionites
Jewish Christian movement that existed during the early centuries of the Christian Era
305
views
views
98
Uganda Scheme
plan in the early 1900s to give a portion of British East Africa to the Jewish people as a homeland
300
views
views
99
Reconstructionist Judaism
denomination of Judaism
296
views
views
100
Holiness movement
set of beliefs and practices which emerged from 19th-century Methodism
292
views
views