Trending Imams in USA — the 12 months to October 2026
The 100 most-viewed imams on Wikipedia, the 12 months to October 2026 (English-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Malcolm X. Data as of 25 October 2026.
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1,724,224
Total Views (the 12 months to October 2026)
1
Malcolm X
American Black rights activist (1925–1965)
303,965
views
views
2
Rahim Aga Khan
50th Imam of the Nizari Isma'ili community (born 1971)
197,181
views
views
3
Louis Farrakhan
American religious (born 1935), leader of Nation of Islam (since 1981)
149,391
views
views
4
Aga Khan IV
49th Imam of Nizari Isma'ilism Muslims
108,809
views
views
5
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Leader of the Islamic State (1971-2019)
108,648
views
views
6
Elijah Muhammad
American religious leader (1897-1975)
88,605
views
views
7
Anwar al-Awlaki
American-Yemeni imam and suspected Islamist extremist (1971–2011)
62,623
views
views
8
Umar ibn Al-Khattāb
2nd Rashidun Caliph from 634 to 644
54,404
views
views
9
Aga Khan III
48th Imam of the Nizari Ismaili community (1877-1957)
46,461
views
views
10
Warith Deen Mohammed
Leader of the Nation of Islam (1933-2008)
28,319
views
views
11
Muhammad al-Mahdi
twelfth and last Imam in Shia Twelver of Islam
26,445
views
views
12
Fethullah Gülen
Turkish preacher and imam (1941–2024)
26,163
views
views
13
Yasir al-Dawsari
Imam of Masjid-al-Haraam
20,021
views
views
14
Jaafar Al-Sadiq
Muslim scholar and Imam (died 765)
19,537
views
views
15
Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais
imam and preacher at the Grand Mosque in Mecca
19,487
views
views
16
Aga Khan II
Member of the Iranian royal family.
17,278
views
views
17
Aga Khan I
politician (1800–1881)
16,377
views
views
18
Zayd ibn Ali
Alid political and religious leader (c.695–740)
16,147
views
views
19
Hassan Yousef
Leader of Hamas
16,074
views
views
20
Armando Bukele Kattán
Salvadorean chemist (1944-2015)
15,971
views
views
21
Omar Suleiman
American Islamic scholar and author (born 1986)
14,163
views
views
22
Ali ibn al-Husayn Zayn al-'Abidin
Great-grandson of Muhammad and the fourth of the Shiite Imams
14,076
views
views
23
Shamil
North Caucasian imam and warrior (1797-1871)
13,801
views
views
24
Abdul Rahman bin Faisal
Saudi monarch and the last Emir of Nejd (1850–1928)
12,734
views
views
25
Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah
6th Fatimid caliph (r. 996–1021) and 16th Ismaili Imam
12,423
views
views
26
Assim al-Hakeem
Saudi Arabian Minangkabau Islamic Da'i
11,149
views
views
27
Muhammad al-Baqir
Fifth of the Twelve Shia Imams
10,921
views
views
28
Musa al-Kazim
seventh of the Twelve Imams (745–799 CE)
10,530
views
views
29
Ali al-Rida
eighth of the Twelve Shia Imams (766–818)
10,496
views
views
30
Khalid Abdul Muhammad
Black nationalist leader in the United States (1948-2001)
10,493
views
views
31
Hasan al-Askari
eleventh of the Twelve Shia Imams
10,112
views
views
32
Al Sayed Musa al-Sadr
Lebanese Shiite jurist and political activist
9,861
views
views
33
Mohammad Tawhidi
Muslim influencer and reformist Imam
8,513
views
views
34
Ahmad Sirhindi
Philosopher (1564-1624)
7,520
views
views
35
Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-ʻUthaymīn
Saudi Arabian Islamic scholar (1929-2001)
6,571
views
views
36
Saud Al-Shuraim
Former Imam Saudi at Masjid al-Haram
6,510
views
views
37
Ali al-Hadi
tenth of the Twelve Shia Imams (828–868)
6,420
views
views
38
Muhsin Hendricks
South African imam and LGBTQIA activist
6,379
views
views
39
Mishary Rashid Al-Afasy
Imam of Grand Mosque (Kuwait), Quran reciter, preacher, Nasheed artist
6,331
views
views
40
Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi
16th century Somali Imam and General of the Adal Sultanate
6,029
views
views
41
Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah
Alid political and religious leader (c.637-700)
5,880
views
views
42
Izz ad-Din al-Qassam
Syrian Muslim preacher (1882–1935)
5,419
views
views
43
Muhammad al-Jawad
ninth of the Twelve Imams of Twelver Shi'ism
5,389
views
views
44
Shah Khalil Allah III
Nizari imam (1740-1817)
5,170
views
views
45
Siraj Wahhaj
American Imam (born 1950)
5,148
views
views
46
Idris Ibn Abdallah
Idrisid ruler (r. 788–791)
5,130
views
views
47
Rashid ad-Din Sinan
leader of the Syrian wing of the Hashshashin sect and figure in the history of the Crusades
4,766
views
views
48
Ali Jaber
former Imam of Masjid al-Haram (1954–2005)
4,736
views
views
49
Omar Bakri Muhammad
Islamist militant leader
4,683
views
views
50
Salman Al-Ouda
Saudi Muslim Scholar (born 1956)
4,653
views
views
51
Turki bin Abdullah Al Saud
5th King of the Saudi State
4,539
views
views
52
Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah
Isma'ili Imam and Fatimid Caliph from 909 to 934
4,458
views
views
53
Al-Hadi ila'l-Haqq Yahya
10th-century Arab religious leader; founder of the Zaydi Imamate
4,451
views
views
54
Muhammad Ayyub
Imam of Prophet's Mosque (1952–2016)
4,312
views
views
55
Abu Isa at-Tirmidhi
Islamic hadith scholar (824–892)
4,108
views
views
56
Ahmad al-Tayyeb
Imam of al-Azhar Mosque in Egypt
3,951
views
views
57
Muhammad ibn Ismail
Seventh of the Isma'ili Shia Imams (740–813
3,881
views
views
58
Al-Mustansir
Egyptian caliph from 1036 to 1094/95
3,783
views
views
59
Maher Almuaiqly
Saudi imam
3,721
views
views
60
Ahmad bin Said Al Busaidi
Iman of Oman, first ruler from the Al Bu Said dynasty
3,585
views
views
61
Imam Samudra
Indonesian terrorist (1970–2008)
3,520
views
views
62
Adil al-Kalbani
Saudi Arabian Muslim cleric
3,335
views
views
63
Abdur Rahman Al Huthaify
Saudi Imam
3,241
views
views
64
Hussain Ahmad Madani
Indian freedom struggle leader and scholar
3,208
views
views
65
Sheikh Mansur
military general and politician (1760-1794)
3,034
views
views
66
Al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah
4th Caliph of the Fatimid dynasty (r. 953–975)
2,975
views
views
67
Saud al-Kabeer
ruler of the Emirate of Diriyah from 1803 to 1814
2,928
views
views
68
Isma'il ibn Jafar
sixth of the Isma'ili Shia Imams
2,912
views
views
69
Syed Ahmed Bukhari
Shahi Imam of the Jama Masjid, Delhi
2,823
views
views
70
Saleh Al-Talib
Saudi scholar and Imam
2,803
views
views
71
Ayuba Suleiman Diallo
Senegalese slave
2,793
views
views
72
Abdullah bin Faisal
Emir of Nejd (1831–1889)
2,779
views
views
73
Haq Nawaz Jhangvi
Islamic scholar
2,729
views
views
74
Saʻd al-Ghāmidī
Saudi Arabian Imam and Qari
2,592
views
views
75
Osman Nuhu Sharubutu
Ghanaian Islamic cleric
2,532
views
views
76
Najmuddin Faraj Ahmad
Islamic scholar
2,503
views
views
77
Bilal Bosnić
Bosnian imam
2,485
views
views
78
Taha Najmuddin
Indian imam
2,484
views
views
79
Bandar Baleela
Saudi Islamic scholar and imam (born 1975)
2,473
views
views
80
Amin Ahsan Islahi
Quran translator
2,462
views
views
81
Shaikh Noreen Muhammad Siddique
Qari
2,308
views
views
82
Abdullah Awad Al Juhany
Saudi imam
2,233
views
views
83
Conrad Tillard
American religious leader & politician (1964-)
2,216
views
views
84
Ibrahim Ahmad Maqari
Nigerian religious leader (Tijjaniya)
2,173
views
views
85
Abdul Rashid Ghazi
Pakistani fundamentalist
2,123
views
views
86
Ahmed Talib Hameed
Saudi Islamic scholar and Imam (born 1981)
2,047
views
views
87
Uthman al-Khamis
Kuwaiti Islamic scholar
2,026
views
views
88
Al-Musta'li
Fatimid caliph and imam (1074–1101)
2,021
views
views
89
Al-Amir bi-Ahkam Allah
Fatimid caliph and imam (1096–1130)
1,955
views
views
90
Al-Aziz Billah
Fatimid dynasty caliph from 975 to 996
1,887
views
views
91
Al-Qa'im Bi-Amrillah
second Fatimid caliph from 934 to 946
1,884
views
views
92
Yasin Abu Bakr
religious figure in Trinidad and Tobago; leader of Jamaat al Muslimeen
1,873
views
views
93
Mustafa Khattab
Canadian-Egyptian Muslim scholar
1,873
views
views
94
Muhammad al-Arifi
Saudi Arabian author and Da'i
1,870
views
views
95
Husein Kavazović
Grand Mufti of Bosnia and Herzegovina since 2012
1,821
views
views
96
Saleh Alluhaidan
Saudi scholar, judge, imam, preacher, and member of the Council of Senior Scholars
1,782
views
views
97
Ghazi Muhammad
Imam of Dagestan (1795–1832)
1,748
views
views
98
Abdul Aziz Ghazi
Khateeb of the central mosque of Islamabad known as Lal Masjid
1,722
views
views
99
Yahya ibn Zayd
son of Zayd ibn Ali
1,679
views
views
100
Mohamad Said Raslan
Egyptian sheikh
1,671
views
views