Trending Literary Movements — September 2026
The 100 most-viewed literary movements on Wikipedia, September 2026. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Dada. Data as of 25 October 2026.
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Ranked
732,475
Total Views (September 2026)
1
Dada
avant-garde art movement in the early 20th century
126,342
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2
Romanticism
artistic, literary, musical, and intellectual movement
96,181
views
views
3
avant-garde
works that are experimental or innovative
50,555
views
views
4
Beat Generation
literary movement
37,604
views
views
5
Symbolism
late nineteenth-century art movement of French, Russian and Belgian origin seeking to represent absolute truths symbolically through language and metaphorical images
24,645
views
views
6
Sturm und Drang
Proto-Romantic movement in German literature and music
22,946
views
views
7
Decadent movement
late-19th-century artistic and literary movement centered in Western Europe
22,096
views
views
8
ero guro
literary and artistic movement originating circa 1930 in Japan
21,150
views
views
9
literary realism
literary movement
20,865
views
views
10
naturalism
literary movement
17,790
views
views
11
Aestheticism
art movement emphasizing aesthetic considerations over social values
17,544
views
views
12
postmodern literature
literary form and movement of the twentieth century
14,885
views
views
13
Spanish Golden Age
period of flourishing in arts and literature in Spain
13,360
views
views
14
modernist literature
characterized by a self-conscious break with traditional styles of poetry and verse
10,230
views
views
15
La Pléiade
group of French Renaissance poets
9,957
views
views
16
parnassianism
19th century French literary movement
9,710
views
views
17
Japonisme
European imitation of Japanese art during the 19th and 20th centuries
9,620
views
views
18
New Objectivity
attitude of public life in Weimar Germany as well as the art, literature, music, and architecture created to adapt to it
8,763
views
views
19
Catalan modernism
architectural and artistic movement originating in late-19th-century Catalonia, Spain
7,295
views
views
20
Generation of '98
literary movement in Spain at the time of the Spanish–American War
7,237
views
views
21
Weimar Classicism
German literary and cultural movement, whose practitioners established a new humanism
7,137
views
views
22
Latín mmg todos
late 20th global century proliferation of Latin American literature
6,818
views
views
23
cosmicism
literary philosophy
6,552
views
views
24
Victorian literature
literature during the period of Queen Victoria's reign
6,493
views
views
25
Vormärz
Period of German history before the 1848 revolution
6,152
views
views
26
Sentimentalism
literary movement
5,780
views
views
27
Modernismo
Spanish-American literary movement
5,057
views
views
28
Acmeist poetry
school of poetry
4,944
views
views
29
vorticism
short-lived modernist movement in British art and poetry of the early 20th century
4,923
views
views
30
proletarian literature
literature created by working-class writers mainly for the class-conscious proletariat
4,658
views
views
31
Nouveau Roman
French literary movement
4,557
views
views
32
Baroque literature
literary movement of the Baroque era
4,386
views
views
33
Imagism
20th-century poetry movement
4,263
views
views
34
dirty realism
subgenre of literature
3,894
views
views
35
Précieuses
art movement in literature
3,807
views
views
36
Renaissance literature
European literature influenced by the Renaissance
3,805
views
views
37
verguismo
Italian literary movement
3,703
views
views
38
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
3,566
views
views
39
Neo-romanticism
movements from the era of Romanticism
3,391
views
views
40
Dolce Stil Novo
literary movement
3,285
views
views
41
New Culture Movement
revolt against Confucian values
3,060
views
views
42
Félibrige
association to promote Occitan language
3,055
views
views
43
Romantic literature
literature of the Romantic Period
3,045
views
views
44
Jena Romanticism
German philosophical and literary movement
2,766
views
views
45
Dalit Panther
social organization
2,632
views
views
46
imaginism
Russian poetry movement
2,602
views
views
47
Ultraist movement
Spanish literary movement opposing modernism
2,425
views
views
48
Hussards
French literary movement in the 1950s
2,297
views
views
49
Scapigliatura
Milanese artistic and literary movement of the sixties of the 1800s
2,296
views
views
50
expressionism
literary movement
2,141
views
views
51
Costumbrismo
art movement
2,054
views
views
52
visual poetry
poetry where the text’s layout, typography, and visual arrangement enhance its meaning, blending design with literary art
1,880
views
views
53
impressionism
movement in literature
1,867
views
views
54
Trümmerliteratur
literary movement
1,861
views
views
55
hermeticism
literary movement in poetry started in Italy
1,737
views
views
56
Southern Agrarians
twelve authors of the Southern Agrarians manifesto
1,673
views
views
57
Translation Movement
movement that resulted in the translation of texts from various languages into Arabic
1,645
views
views
58
genbun itchi
unification of the written and spoken forms of Japanese language
1,609
views
views
59
Young Germany
disestablishmentarian think tank consiting of young German artists from 1830-1850
1,548
views
views
60
Old Comedy
earliest period of ancient Greek comedic drama
1,543
views
views
61
infrarealism
a poetic movement founded in Mexico City in 1975
1,524
views
views
62
Restoration literature
literature written during the English restoration
1,517
views
views
63
Atticism
rhetorical movement originating from 1st century BC Greece
1,481
views
views
64
Neue Sachlichkeit (Literatur)
1,473
views
views
65
The Third Generation of Postwar Writers
modern Japanese literature classification
1,393
views
views
66
Generation of '36
group of Spanish artists
1,337
views
views
67
Conceptismo
literary movement of the Baroque period of Portuguese and Spanish literature
1,297
views
views
68
Graveyard poets
pre-Romantic English poets of the 18th century
1,294
views
views
69
Latin translations of the 12th century
1,280
views
views
70
Barroquismo (barroco)
Spanish stylistic movement in the Baroque period
1,278
views
views
71
euphuism
an affected bombastic style of language
1,265
views
views
72
Pre-romanticism
literary movement developed in Europe in the last third of the century XVIII
1,238
views
views
73
ukiyozōshi
Japanese literature movement
1,236
views
views
74
Post-exotisme
1,223
views
views
75
New Formalism
movement in American poetry since the 1970s
1,201
views
views
76
Galician-Portuguese lyric
lyric and poetic movement
1,197
views
views
77
San Francisco Renaissance
American avant-garde cultural activity in San Francisco as an historical hub
1,190
views
views
78
Progressive Writers' Movement
progressive literary movement in pre-partition British India
1,138
views
views
79
nadaism
Colombian counterculture movement
1,106
views
views
80
Shinkankakuha
Japanese literary group
1,091
views
views
81
Spanish Baroque literature
literary movement
1,071
views
views
82
Gruppo 63
Italian literary movement
1,058
views
views
83
Black Mountain poets
group of mid-20th-century American postmodern poets
976
views
views
84
symbolism
literary expression of the symbolism art movement
968
views
views
85
School of Lyon
group of poets, humanists and scholars from Lyon
928
views
views
86
Stridentism
Mexican literary movement
923
views
views
87
McOndo
Latin American literary movement
908
views
views
88
Generation of '50
Spanish literary movement
898
views
views
89
Catholic literary revival
1860-1960 movement in France and England
892
views
views
90
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.
834
views
views
91
Mahjar
Levantine diaspora's cultural movement
833
views
views
92
Native American Renaissance
Artistic movement
812
views
views
93
creacionismo
literary movement
763
views
views
94
The Movement
English literary movement of the 1950s
758
views
views
95
Ego-Futurism
Russian literary movement of the 1910s, developed within Russian Futurism by Igor Severyanin and his early followers
748
views
views
96
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
743
views
views
97
Lieutenant prose
736
views
views
98
Hungry generation
1960s literary movement in the Bengali language
736
views
views
99
crepuscolarism
730
views
views
100
natural school
719
views
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