Trending Religious Movements in USA — September 2026
The 100 most-viewed religious movements on Wikipedia, September 2026 (English-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Hamas. Data as of 24 October 2026.
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Ranked
2,067,557
Total Views (September 2026)
1
Hamas
Palestinian Islamist political and military organization
150,317
views
views
2
Baháʼí Faith
monotheistic religion revealed by Bahāʾullāh
119,499
views
views
3
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Christian restorationist denomination centered on the Book of Mormon
103,832
views
views
4
Heaven's Gate
American UFO religion, whose members committed mass suicide in 1997
80,313
views
views
5
Nation of Islam
Black nationalist African-American new religious movement
67,070
views
views
6
Hasidic Judaism
religious subgroup of modern Judaism
56,281
views
views
7
Sufism
body of mystical practice within Islam
54,056
views
views
8
Falun Gong
religious movement originating in China
47,347
views
views
9
Mormonism
religious tradition and theology founded by Joseph Smith and centered on the Book of Mormon
45,546
views
views
10
Muslim Brotherhood
global Islamic supremacist organization that serves as the primary reference for many Islamic groups, classified as a terrorist organization
42,863
views
views
11
Christian Science
American religious movement (1866-)
41,205
views
views
12
Evangelicalism
Evangelical Christian movement
40,092
views
views
13
Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
fundamentalist Mormon denomination
38,660
views
views
14
Haredi Judaism
strictest stream of the Orthodox Judaism faith
36,486
views
views
15
Wahhabism
Religious movement founded by Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab in Najd in the mid-18th century
35,400
views
views
16
Unification Church
South Korean new religious movement
35,113
views
views
17
Black Hebrew Israelites
a group of Black Americans holding the antisemitic pseudoscientific belief that they are the only descendants of ancient Israelites
33,076
views
views
18
Theosophy
religion founded by Helena Blavatsky
29,247
views
views
19
Catharism
Christian dualist movement that thrived in some areas of Southern Europe
28,842
views
views
20
The Family International
Christian new religious movement founded by David Berg in 1968 in the United States
27,293
views
views
21
Messianic Judaism
religious movement
25,024
views
views
22
Reform Judaism
denomination of Judaism
24,274
views
views
23
Five-Percent Nation
American religion (1964-)
23,668
views
views
24
Twelve Tribes communities
Christian intentional community & denomination
22,786
views
views
25
New Age
spiritual or religious beliefs and practices that developed in Western nations during the 1970s
22,345
views
views
26
Salafism
Sunni Islamic reformist movement
22,017
views
views
27
Pharisees
ancient Jewish sect
21,858
views
views
28
New Apostolic Reformation
Christian movement advocating the restoration of the offices of prophet and apostle
21,638
views
views
29
Orthodox Judaism
one of the three major Judaism movement, and the formal one in Israel
21,108
views
views
30
Lollardy
pre-Protestant Christian religious reform movement in England initially led by John Wycliffe
20,340
views
views
31
Peoples Temple
defunct new religious movement founded in 1955
19,288
views
views
32
Latter Day Saint movement
religious movement centered on the Book of Mormon
17,367
views
views
33
Assemblies of God
autonomous but loosely associated national groupings of churches
16,534
views
views
34
Hellenism
Hellenic Polytheistic Reconstructionism
16,439
views
views
35
anthroposophy
esoteric philosophy founded by Rudolf Steiner postulating the existence of an objective spiritual world accessible to human experience
16,417
views
views
36
sedevacantism
belief that the Roman-Catholic Church currently has no legitimate pope
15,956
views
views
37
Karaite Judaism
Jewish religious movement characterized by the recognition of the written Torah alone as its supreme authority in Jewish religious law and theology.
15,350
views
views
38
AllatRa
religious sect
15,191
views
views
39
Waldensians
mediaval Christian movement
14,146
views
views
40
Second Great Awakening
Protestant religious revival in the early 19th-century United States
13,949
views
views
41
Rabbinic Judaism
mainstream form of Judaism since the 6th century CE
13,885
views
views
42
Rajneesh movement
persons inspired by the Indian mystic Osho
13,342
views
views
43
modern paganism
group of contemporary religious movements based on ancient European and Middle Eastern religions
13,333
views
views
44
Ghost Dance
new religious movement
13,323
views
views
45
Conservative Judaism
one of the three major Judaism movements
13,262
views
views
46
Raelism
UFO religion founded in 1974
12,719
views
views
47
Modern Orthodox Judaism
a movement within Orthodox Judaism to synthesize Jewish values and the observance of Jewish law with the secular, modern world; mainy prevalent in the U.S.
12,696
views
views
48
Counter-Reformation
Catholic political and religious response to the Protestant Reformation and earlier reformism
12,637
views
views
49
New Thought
religious movement emphasizing accessible divine power, positive thinking, and faith healing
12,388
views
views
50
Seven Mountain Mandate
Conservative Protestant Christian movement
12,306
views
views
51
Christian Zionism
political and religious ideology
12,143
views
views
52
Love Has Won
new religious movement
11,996
views
views
53
liberation theology
Christian theological approach emphasizing the liberation of the oppressed
11,839
views
views
54
Christian Identity
Christian white supremacist movement which holds the view that only people of Northern European ancestry descend from the ancient Israelites
11,829
views
views
55
Order of the Solar Temple
French cult and secret society
11,357
views
views
56
First Great Awakening
Christian revivals in Britain and the Thirteen Colonies in the 1730s–1740s
11,319
views
views
57
Restorationism
belief that the beliefs and practices of early Christianity were lost or adulterated and required restoration
11,296
views
views
58
Brahma Kumaris
Spiritual organization
10,931
views
views
59
British Israelism
Christian movement, according to which the people of England are the descendants of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel
10,792
views
views
60
Gülen movement
transnational Islamist movement
10,623
views
views
61
World Mission Society Church of God
new religious movement
10,234
views
views
62
Reconstructionist Judaism
denomination of Judaism
10,228
views
views
63
Twin Flames Universe
American religious cult
9,954
views
views
64
Sabbateans
followers of Sabbatai Zevi
9,946
views
views
65
nondenominational Christianity
churches which distance themselves from the confessionalism or creedalism of other Christian communities
9,871
views
views
66
Cheondoism
20th-century Korean pantheistic religion, based on the 19th-century Donghak religious movement founded by Choe Je-u and codified under Son Byong-hi
9,804
views
views
67
Deobandi
revivalist movement within Sunni Islam
9,748
views
views
68
Charismatic Movement
trend of historically mainstream congregations adopting beliefs and practices similar to Pentecostalism.
9,393
views
views
69
charismatic christianity
form of Christianity that emphasizes the work of the Holy Spirit, spiritual gifts, and modern-day miracles
9,357
views
views
70
Sadducees
Jewish sect or group active in Judea from 2nd century BCE to 1st century CE
9,277
views
views
71
Hanafism
one of the four major schools of Sunni Islamic jurisprudence
8,820
views
views
72
Stone–Campbell Movement
Christian movement seeking church reformation and unification
8,488
views
views
73
Radha Soami
religion related to Sikhism and Hinduism (1861-)
8,395
views
views
74
Bhakti movement
religious movement during the Medieval period of the Indian Subcontinent
8,221
views
views
75
Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light
Shia Islam-derived religious movement
8,182
views
views
76
Happy Science
global new religious movement founded in Japan by Ryuho Okawa
8,172
views
views
77
Moorish Science Temple of America
US religious movement founded in the early 20th century Noble Drew Ali
8,158
views
views
78
Shincheonji Church of Jesus the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony
South Korean new religious movement
8,097
views
views
79
Bishnoi
Environmental Friendly Hindu Community in India
7,999
views
views
80
Skoptsy
Russian Christian movement which practiced castration and mastectomy
7,958
views
views
81
Azusa Street Revival
historic Pentecostal revival meeting
7,949
views
views
82
Christian fundamentalism
British and American protestant movement opposed to modernist theology
7,942
views
views
83
Vipassana movement
Buddhist meditation movement (1754-)
7,899
views
views
84
Sanātana Dharma
denomination of hinduism
7,806
views
views
85
Covenanters
Scottish religious movement
7,792
views
views
86
Noahidism
Jewish new religious movement
7,396
views
views
87
Quiverfull
evangelical Christian movement
7,322
views
views
88
Two by Twos
international Christian primitivism movement, from 19th-century Ireland, whose itinerant lay ministers preach in pairs, living in voluntary apostolic poverty; participatory services are held in adherents’ homes; and makes no publications or creeds.
7,234
views
views
89
Pietism
movement christian
7,230
views
views
90
Malaysian Islamic Party
Islamist political party in Malaysia
7,123
views
views
91
Bábism
religious movement
7,116
views
views
92
Jewish Christian
members of the Jewish movement that later became Christianity
7,109
views
views
93
traditionalist Catholicism
set of traditionalist tendencies and movements within and outside the Catholic Church
7,086
views
views
94
Tenrikyo
Japanese new religion of Shinto origin
7,084
views
views
95
Zealotry
religious-political movement in 1st-century Second Temple Judaism
7,040
views
views
96
Adventism
Christian denominational family
6,976
views
views
97
spiritualism
19th century religious movement based on the belief that one can communicate with the spirits of the dead
6,943
views
views
98
Brahmo Samaj
Hindu reform movement
6,711
views
views
99
Rodnovery
modern religious movement based on Slavic native beliefs
6,676
views
views
100
Shafi'i
school of Islamic jurisprudence
6,572
views
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