Trending Imams in USA — September 2026
The 100 most-viewed imams on Wikipedia, September 2026 (English-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Malcolm X. Data as of 24 October 2026.
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Ranked
1,099,422
Total Views (September 2026)
1
Malcolm X
American Black rights activist (1925–1965)
180,590
views
views
2
Rahim Aga Khan
50th Imam of the Nizari Isma'ili community (born 1971)
175,505
views
views
3
Aga Khan IV
49th Imam of Nizari Isma'ilism Muslims
78,964
views
views
4
Louis Farrakhan
American religious (born 1935), leader of Nation of Islam (since 1981)
75,033
views
views
5
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Leader of the Islamic State (1971-2019)
69,212
views
views
6
Elijah Muhammad
American religious leader (1897-1975)
49,337
views
views
7
Anwar al-Awlaki
American-Yemeni imam and suspected Islamist extremist (1971–2011)
41,473
views
views
8
Aga Khan III
48th Imam of the Nizari Ismaili community (1877-1957)
32,776
views
views
9
Umar ibn Al-Khattāb
2nd Rashidun Caliph from 634 to 644
30,479
views
views
10
Muhammad al-Mahdi
twelfth and last Imam in Shia Twelver of Islam
17,171
views
views
11
Warith Deen Mohammed
Leader of the Nation of Islam (1933-2008)
15,611
views
views
12
Aga Khan II
Member of the Iranian royal family.
13,795
views
views
13
Yasir al-Dawsari
Imam of Masjid-al-Haraam
12,954
views
views
14
Aga Khan I
politician (1800–1881)
12,934
views
views
15
Zayd ibn Ali
Alid political and religious leader (c.695–740)
12,235
views
views
16
Hassan Yousef
Leader of Hamas
12,206
views
views
17
Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais
imam and preacher at the Grand Mosque in Mecca
12,165
views
views
18
Jaafar Al-Sadiq
Muslim scholar and Imam (died 765)
10,996
views
views
19
Fethullah Gülen
Turkish preacher and imam (1941–2024)
10,566
views
views
20
Armando Bukele Kattán
Salvadorean chemist (1944-2015)
9,474
views
views
21
Omar Suleiman
American Islamic scholar and author (born 1986)
8,622
views
views
22
Abdul Rahman bin Faisal
Saudi monarch and the last Emir of Nejd (1850–1928)
8,252
views
views
23
Ali ibn al-Husayn Zayn al-'Abidin
Great-grandson of Muhammad and the fourth of the Shiite Imams
7,473
views
views
24
Shamil
North Caucasian imam and warrior (1797-1871)
7,386
views
views
25
Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah
6th Fatimid caliph (r. 996–1021) and 16th Ismaili Imam
6,839
views
views
26
Hasan al-Askari
eleventh of the Twelve Shia Imams
6,378
views
views
27
Muhammad al-Baqir
Fifth of the Twelve Shia Imams
6,323
views
views
28
Musa al-Kazim
seventh of the Twelve Imams (745–799 CE)
6,051
views
views
29
Assim al-Hakeem
Saudi Arabian Minangkabau Islamic Da'i
6,026
views
views
30
Mohammad Tawhidi
Muslim influencer and reformist Imam
5,796
views
views
31
Muhsin Hendricks
South African imam and LGBTQIA activist
5,354
views
views
32
Khalid Abdul Muhammad
Black nationalist leader in the United States (1948-2001)
5,293
views
views
33
Ali al-Rida
eighth of the Twelve Shia Imams (766–818)
5,188
views
views
34
Al Sayed Musa al-Sadr
Lebanese Shiite jurist and political activist
5,134
views
views
35
Shah Khalil Allah III
Nizari imam (1740-1817)
4,090
views
views
36
Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-ʻUthaymīn
Saudi Arabian Islamic scholar (1929-2001)
4,032
views
views
37
Ahmad Sirhindi
Philosopher (1564-1624)
4,025
views
views
38
Saud Al-Shuraim
Former Imam Saudi at Masjid al-Haram
3,994
views
views
39
Al-Hadi ila'l-Haqq Yahya
10th-century Arab religious leader; founder of the Zaydi Imamate
3,863
views
views
40
Siraj Wahhaj
American Imam (born 1950)
3,457
views
views
41
Mishary Rashid Al-Afasy
Imam of Grand Mosque (Kuwait), Quran reciter, preacher, Nasheed artist
3,393
views
views
42
Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi
16th century Somali Imam and General of the Adal Sultanate
3,379
views
views
43
Izz ad-Din al-Qassam
Syrian Muslim preacher (1882–1935)
3,315
views
views
44
Ali al-Hadi
tenth of the Twelve Shia Imams (828–868)
3,197
views
views
45
Muhammad al-Jawad
ninth of the Twelve Imams of Twelver Shi'ism
2,997
views
views
46
Turki bin Abdullah Al Saud
5th King of the Saudi State
2,923
views
views
47
Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah
Alid political and religious leader (c.637-700)
2,864
views
views
48
Ali Jaber
former Imam of Masjid al-Haram (1954–2005)
2,819
views
views
49
Salman Al-Ouda
Saudi Muslim Scholar (born 1956)
2,749
views
views
50
Omar Bakri Muhammad
Islamist militant leader
2,742
views
views
51
Rashid ad-Din Sinan
leader of the Syrian wing of the Hashshashin sect and figure in the history of the Crusades
2,679
views
views
52
Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah
Isma'ili Imam and Fatimid Caliph from 909 to 934
2,670
views
views
53
Idris Ibn Abdallah
Idrisid ruler (r. 788–791)
2,581
views
views
54
Muhammad Ayyub
Imam of Prophet's Mosque (1952–2016)
2,548
views
views
55
Imam Samudra
Indonesian terrorist (1970–2008)
2,474
views
views
56
Abu Isa at-Tirmidhi
Islamic hadith scholar (824–892)
2,468
views
views
57
Ahmad al-Tayyeb
Imam of al-Azhar Mosque in Egypt
2,388
views
views
58
Al-Mustansir
Egyptian caliph from 1036 to 1094/95
2,314
views
views
59
Muhammad ibn Ismail
Seventh of the Isma'ili Shia Imams (740–813
2,297
views
views
60
Maher Almuaiqly
Saudi imam
2,286
views
views
61
Ahmad bin Said Al Busaidi
Iman of Oman, first ruler from the Al Bu Said dynasty
2,096
views
views
62
Adil al-Kalbani
Saudi Arabian Muslim cleric
2,016
views
views
63
Isma'il ibn Jafar
sixth of the Isma'ili Shia Imams
1,934
views
views
64
Saleh Al-Talib
Saudi scholar and Imam
1,899
views
views
65
Abdur Rahman Al Huthaify
Saudi Imam
1,882
views
views
66
Syed Ahmed Bukhari
Shahi Imam of the Jama Masjid, Delhi
1,840
views
views
67
Sheikh Mansur
military general and politician (1760-1794)
1,813
views
views
68
Saud al-Kabeer
ruler of the Emirate of Diriyah from 1803 to 1814
1,812
views
views
69
Abdullah bin Faisal
Emir of Nejd (1831–1889)
1,762
views
views
70
Al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah
4th Caliph of the Fatimid dynasty (r. 953–975)
1,708
views
views
71
Hussain Ahmad Madani
Indian freedom struggle leader and scholar
1,680
views
views
72
Saʻd al-Ghāmidī
Saudi Arabian Imam and Qari
1,617
views
views
73
Bilal Bosnić
Bosnian imam
1,612
views
views
74
Ayuba Suleiman Diallo
Senegalese slave
1,552
views
views
75
Amin Ahsan Islahi
Quran translator
1,536
views
views
76
Bandar Baleela
Saudi Islamic scholar and imam (born 1975)
1,516
views
views
77
Haq Nawaz Jhangvi
Islamic scholar
1,492
views
views
78
Najmuddin Faraj Ahmad
Islamic scholar
1,457
views
views
79
Conrad Tillard
American religious leader & politician (1964-)
1,429
views
views
80
Ibrahim Ahmad Maqari
Nigerian religious leader (Tijjaniya)
1,392
views
views
81
Taha Najmuddin
Indian imam
1,379
views
views
82
Shaikh Noreen Muhammad Siddique
Qari
1,312
views
views
83
Osman Nuhu Sharubutu
Ghanaian Islamic cleric
1,300
views
views
84
Abdullah Awad Al Juhany
Saudi imam
1,293
views
views
85
Al-Musta'li
Fatimid caliph and imam (1074–1101)
1,266
views
views
86
Ahmed Talib Hameed
Saudi Islamic scholar and Imam (born 1981)
1,248
views
views
87
Al-Amir bi-Ahkam Allah
Fatimid caliph and imam (1096–1130)
1,232
views
views
88
Abdul Rashid Ghazi
Pakistani fundamentalist
1,213
views
views
89
Yasin Abu Bakr
religious figure in Trinidad and Tobago; leader of Jamaat al Muslimeen
1,189
views
views
90
Uthman al-Khamis
Kuwaiti Islamic scholar
1,138
views
views
91
Saleh Alluhaidan
Saudi scholar, judge, imam, preacher, and member of the Council of Senior Scholars
1,122
views
views
92
Muhammad al-Arifi
Saudi Arabian author and Da'i
1,115
views
views
93
Al-Qa'im Bi-Amrillah
second Fatimid caliph from 934 to 946
1,108
views
views
94
Al-Aziz Billah
Fatimid dynasty caliph from 975 to 996
1,091
views
views
95
Yahya ibn Zayd
son of Zayd ibn Ali
1,073
views
views
96
Husein Kavazović
Grand Mufti of Bosnia and Herzegovina since 2012
1,051
views
views
97
Mustafa Khattab
Canadian-Egyptian Muslim scholar
1,044
views
views
98
Mohamad Said Raslan
Egyptian sheikh
1,042
views
views
99
Nizar
Fatimid prince and Nizari imam (1045–1095)
1,014
views
views
100
Ludovic-Mohamed Zahed
Tunisian-French LGBTQ+ activist
1,012
views
views