Trending Religious Movements in USA — the 12 months to October 2026
The 100 most-viewed religious movements on Wikipedia, the 12 months to October 2026 (English-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Hamas. Data as of 25 October 2026.
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Ranked
3,593,826
Total Views (the 12 months to October 2026)
1
Hamas
Palestinian Islamist political and military organization
219,181
views
views
2
Baháʼí Faith
monotheistic religion revealed by Bahāʾullāh
213,811
views
views
3
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Christian restorationist denomination centered on the Book of Mormon
179,446
views
views
4
Heaven's Gate
American UFO religion, whose members committed mass suicide in 1997
140,692
views
views
5
Nation of Islam
Black nationalist African-American new religious movement
119,285
views
views
6
Hasidic Judaism
religious subgroup of modern Judaism
90,442
views
views
7
Sufism
body of mystical practice within Islam
90,107
views
views
8
Falun Gong
religious movement originating in China
79,759
views
views
9
Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
fundamentalist Mormon denomination
79,351
views
views
10
Mormonism
religious tradition and theology founded by Joseph Smith and centered on the Book of Mormon
78,576
views
views
11
Muslim Brotherhood
transnational Sunni Islamist organization
71,615
views
views
12
Christian Science
American religious movement (1866-)
70,950
views
views
13
Evangelicalism
Evangelical Christian movement
69,249
views
views
14
Unification Church
South Korean new religious movement
63,624
views
views
15
Haredi Judaism
strictest stream of the Orthodox Judaism faith
62,383
views
views
16
Black Hebrew Israelites
a group of Black Americans holding the antisemitic pseudoscientific belief that they are the only descendants of ancient Israelites
56,183
views
views
17
Wahhabism
Religious movement founded by Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab in Najd in the mid-18th century
55,754
views
views
18
Twelve Tribes communities
Christian intentional community & denomination
51,766
views
views
19
Catharism
Christian dualist movement that thrived in some areas of Southern Europe
51,548
views
views
20
Theosophy
religion founded by Helena Blavatsky
51,474
views
views
21
The Family International
Christian new religious movement founded by David Berg in 1968 in the United States
48,844
views
views
22
AllatRa
religious sect
47,440
views
views
23
Reform Judaism
denomination of Judaism
41,517
views
views
24
Five-Percent Nation
American religion (1964-)
41,173
views
views
25
Messianic Judaism
religious movement
40,783
views
views
26
New Age
spiritual or religious beliefs and practices that developed in Western nations during the 1970s
40,120
views
views
27
Ahmadi Religion of Peace and Light
Shia Islam-derived religious movement
39,816
views
views
28
Pharisees
ancient Jewish sect
37,770
views
views
29
Orthodox Judaism
one of the three major Judaism movement, and the formal one in Israel
35,877
views
views
30
Salafism
Ultraconservative fundamentalist movement within Islam
35,242
views
views
31
Peoples Temple
defunct new religious movement founded in 1955
33,169
views
views
32
New Apostolic Reformation
Christian movement advocating the restoration of the offices of prophet and apostle
32,172
views
views
33
Latter Day Saint movement
religious movement centered on the Book of Mormon
31,843
views
views
34
Lollardy
pre-Protestant Christian religious reform movement in England initially led by John Wycliffe
31,691
views
views
35
sedevacantism
belief that the Roman-Catholic Church currently has no legitimate pope
31,043
views
views
36
anthroposophy
esoteric philosophy founded by Rudolf Steiner postulating the existence of an objective spiritual world accessible to human experience
29,897
views
views
37
Hellenism
Hellenic Polytheistic Reconstructionism
28,362
views
views
38
Waldensians
mediaval Christian movement
25,875
views
views
39
Gülen movement
transnational Islamist movement
25,596
views
views
40
Assemblies of God
autonomous but loosely associated national groupings of churches
25,578
views
views
41
Karaite Judaism
Jewish religious movement characterized by the recognition of the written Torah alone as its supreme authority in Jewish religious law and theology.
25,561
views
views
42
Rajneesh movement
persons inspired by the Indian mystic Osho
25,253
views
views
43
Second Great Awakening
Protestant religious revival in the early 19th-century United States
24,778
views
views
44
Ghost Dance
new religious movement
24,023
views
views
45
Rabbinic Judaism
mainstream form of Judaism since the 6th century CE
23,726
views
views
46
Raelism
UFO religion founded in 1974
23,372
views
views
47
modern paganism
group of contemporary religious movements based on ancient European and Middle Eastern religions
23,009
views
views
48
Christian Zionism
political and religious ideology
21,690
views
views
49
New Thought
religious movement emphasizing accessible divine power, positive thinking, and faith healing
21,642
views
views
50
Conservative Judaism
one of the three major Judaism movements
21,540
views
views
51
Counter-Reformation
Catholic political and religious response to the Protestant Reformation and earlier reformism
21,388
views
views
52
liberation theology
Christian theological approach emphasizing the liberation of the oppressed
20,775
views
views
53
Love Has Won
new religious movement
20,170
views
views
54
Order of the Solar Temple
French cult and secret society
19,887
views
views
55
Restorationism
belief that the beliefs and practices of early Christianity were lost or adulterated and required restoration
19,833
views
views
56
First Great Awakening
Christian revivals in Britain and the Thirteen Colonies in the 1730s–1740s
18,966
views
views
57
World Mission Society Church of God
new religious movement
18,949
views
views
58
Christian Identity
Christian white supremacist movement which holds the view that only people of Northern European ancestry descend from the ancient Israelites
18,906
views
views
59
Brahma Kumaris
Spiritual organization
18,823
views
views
60
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.
18,258
views
views
61
Seven Mountain Mandate
Conservative Protestant Christian movement
18,040
views
views
62
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
17,775
views
views
63
British Israelism
Christian movement, according to which the people of England are the descendants of the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel
17,270
views
views
64
Twin Flames Universe
American religious cult
17,031
views
views
65
nondenominational Christianity
churches which distance themselves from the confessionalism or creedalism of other Christian communities
16,676
views
views
66
Deobandi
revivalist movement within Sunni Islam
16,439
views
views
67
charismatic christianity
form of Christianity that emphasizes the work of the Holy Spirit, spiritual gifts, and modern-day miracles
16,329
views
views
68
Sadducees
Jewish sect or group active in Judea from 2nd century BCE to 1st century CE
16,078
views
views
69
Reconstructionist Judaism
denomination of Judaism
16,071
views
views
70
Charismatic Movement
trend of historically mainstream congregations adopting beliefs and practices similar to Pentecostalism.
15,742
views
views
71
Sanātana Dharma
denomination of hinduism
15,685
views
views
72
Covenanters
Scottish religious movement
15,198
views
views
73
Hanafism
one of the four major schools of Sunni Islamic jurisprudence
15,024
views
views
74
Stone–Campbell Movement
Christian movement seeking church reformation and unification
14,895
views
views
75
Skoptsy
Russian Christian movement which practiced castration and mastectomy
14,774
views
views
76
Sabbateans
followers of Sabbatai Zevi
14,606
views
views
77
Shincheonji Church of Jesus the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony
South Korean new religious movement
14,540
views
views
78
Christian fundamentalism
British and American protestant movement opposed to modernist theology
14,372
views
views
79
Radha Soami
religion related to Sikhism and Hinduism (1861-)
14,342
views
views
80
Azusa Street Revival
historic Pentecostal revival meeting
14,191
views
views
81
Vipassana movement
Buddhist meditation movement (1754-)
13,956
views
views
82
Bhakti movement
religious movement during the Medieval period of the Indian Subcontinent
13,628
views
views
83
Moorish Science Temple of America
US religious movement founded in the early 20th century Noble Drew Ali
13,577
views
views
84
Noahidism
Jewish new religious movement
13,103
views
views
85
traditionalist Catholicism
set of traditionalist tendencies and movements within and outside the Catholic Church
12,989
views
views
86
Happy Science
global new religious movement founded in Japan by Ryuho Okawa
12,964
views
views
87
Pietism
movement christian
12,879
views
views
88
Bábism
religious movement
12,738
views
views
89
Quiverfull
evangelical Christian movement
12,552
views
views
90
Malaysian Islamic Party
Islamist political party in Malaysia
12,279
views
views
91
spiritualism
19th century religious movement based on the belief that one can communicate with the spirits of the dead
12,157
views
views
92
Adventism
Christian denominational family
12,125
views
views
93
Rodnovery
modern religious movement based on Slavic native beliefs
12,045
views
views
94
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.
12,018
views
views
95
Zealotry
religious-political movement in 1st-century Second Temple Judaism
11,969
views
views
96
Jewish Christian
members of the Jewish movement that later became Christianity
11,944
views
views
97
Tenrikyo
Japanese new religion of Shinto origin
11,712
views
views
98
Monophysitism
Christological doctrine which emphasizes the one holy, divine aspect and nature of Christ
11,575
views
views
99
Bishnoi
Environmental Friendly Hindu Community in India
11,521
views
views
100
Jesus movement
Evangelical Christian movement
11,464
views
views