Trending Imams — September 2026
The 100 most-viewed imams on Wikipedia, September 2026. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Malcolm X. Data as of 24 October 2026.
- Source
- Wikipedia pageviews — complete hourly data from Wikimedia (CC0)
- Window
- September 2026 · Data as of 24 October 2026
- Showing
- 100 imams — drawn from 12,391,362 articles Wikipedia recorded views for in this window
This counts a Wikipedia language edition, not a country's residents. Nothing here is capped or sampled: it is every view Wikipedia published for these articles in the window. Rows carrying a 📰 badge add news coverage from GDELT; entity names and types come from Wikidata. Looking for what one country read? That is what the world reads — a different, capped measurement.
Where this data comes from ›100
Ranked
1,329,778
Total Views (September 2026)
1
Malcolm X
American Black rights activist (1925–1965)
241,420
views
views
2
Rahim Aga Khan
50th Imam of the Nizari Isma'ili community (born 1971)
180,709
views
views
3
Aga Khan IV
49th Imam of Nizari Isma'ilism Muslims
94,859
views
views
4
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Leader of the Islamic State (1971-2019)
94,791
views
views
5
Louis Farrakhan
American religious (born 1935), leader of Nation of Islam (since 1981)
81,196
views
views
6
Elijah Muhammad
American religious leader (1897-1975)
55,757
views
views
7
Anwar al-Awlaki
American-Yemeni imam and suspected Islamist extremist (1971–2011)
45,700
views
views
8
Umar ibn Al-Khattāb
2nd Rashidun Caliph from 634 to 644
38,266
views
views
9
Aga Khan III
48th Imam of the Nizari Ismaili community (1877-1957)
37,080
views
views
10
Muhammad al-Mahdi
twelfth and last Imam in Shia Twelver of Islam
20,506
views
views
11
Shamil
North Caucasian imam and warrior (1797-1871)
17,318
views
views
12
Fethullah Gülen
Turkish preacher and imam (1941–2024)
16,569
views
views
13
Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais
imam and preacher at the Grand Mosque in Mecca
16,240
views
views
14
Warith Deen Mohammed
Leader of the Nation of Islam (1933-2008)
16,019
views
views
15
Aga Khan II
Member of the Iranian royal family.
14,520
views
views
16
Zayd ibn Ali
Alid political and religious leader (c.695–740)
13,803
views
views
17
Aga Khan I
politician (1800–1881)
13,591
views
views
18
Hassan Yousef
Leader of Hamas
13,135
views
views
19
Yasir al-Dawsari
Imam of Masjid-al-Haraam
13,044
views
views
20
Jaafar Al-Sadiq
Muslim scholar and Imam (died 765)
12,938
views
views
21
Armando Bukele Kattán
Salvadorean chemist (1944-2015)
10,431
views
views
22
Abdul Rahman bin Faisal
Saudi monarch and the last Emir of Nejd (1850–1928)
9,818
views
views
23
Ali ibn al-Husayn Zayn al-'Abidin
Great-grandson of Muhammad and the fourth of the Shiite Imams
9,259
views
views
24
Abdelhakim Sefrioui
9,226
views
views
25
Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah
6th Fatimid caliph (r. 996–1021) and 16th Ismaili Imam
8,812
views
views
26
Omar Suleiman
American Islamic scholar and author (born 1986)
8,729
views
views
27
Muhammad al-Baqir
Fifth of the Twelve Shia Imams
7,542
views
views
28
Hasan al-Askari
eleventh of the Twelve Shia Imams
7,220
views
views
29
Musa al-Kazim
seventh of the Twelve Imams (745–799 CE)
7,011
views
views
30
Hassen Chalghoumi
French imam
7,002
views
views
31
Al Sayed Musa al-Sadr
Lebanese Shiite jurist and political activist
6,735
views
views
32
Ali al-Rida
eighth of the Twelve Shia Imams (766–818)
6,403
views
views
33
Assim al-Hakeem
Saudi Arabian Minangkabau Islamic Da'i
6,323
views
views
34
Mohammad Tawhidi
Muslim influencer and reformist Imam
5,915
views
views
35
Muhsin Hendricks
South African imam and LGBTQIA activist
5,854
views
views
36
Khalid Abdul Muhammad
Black nationalist leader in the United States (1948-2001)
5,571
views
views
37
Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-ʻUthaymīn
Saudi Arabian Islamic scholar (1929-2001)
5,393
views
views
38
Idris Ibn Abdallah
Idrisid ruler (r. 788–791)
5,202
views
views
39
Sheikh Mansur
military general and politician (1760-1794)
4,941
views
views
40
Saud Al-Shuraim
Former Imam Saudi at Masjid al-Haram
4,756
views
views
41
Izz ad-Din al-Qassam
Syrian Muslim preacher (1882–1935)
4,442
views
views
42
Mishary Rashid Al-Afasy
Imam of Grand Mosque (Kuwait), Quran reciter, preacher, Nasheed artist
4,329
views
views
43
Rashid ad-Din Sinan
leader of the Syrian wing of the Hashshashin sect and figure in the history of the Crusades
4,296
views
views
44
Shah Khalil Allah III
Nizari imam (1740-1817)
4,211
views
views
45
Ahmad Sirhindi
Philosopher (1564-1624)
4,184
views
views
46
Al-Hadi ila'l-Haqq Yahya
10th-century Arab religious leader; founder of the Zaydi Imamate
4,059
views
views
47
Hassan Iquioussen
4,051
views
views
48
Ali al-Hadi
tenth of the Twelve Shia Imams (828–868)
3,946
views
views
49
Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi
16th century Somali Imam and General of the Adal Sultanate
3,889
views
views
50
Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah
Isma'ili Imam and Fatimid Caliph from 909 to 934
3,637
views
views
51
Muhammad al-Jawad
ninth of the Twelve Imams of Twelver Shi'ism
3,626
views
views
52
Siraj Wahhaj
American Imam (born 1950)
3,579
views
views
53
Ahmad al-Tayyeb
Imam of al-Azhar Mosque in Egypt
3,568
views
views
54
Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah
Alid political and religious leader (c.637-700)
3,385
views
views
55
Turki bin Abdullah Al Saud
5th King of the Saudi State
3,342
views
views
56
Salman Al-Ouda
Saudi Muslim Scholar (born 1956)
3,231
views
views
57
Abu Isa at-Tirmidhi
Islamic hadith scholar (824–892)
3,213
views
views
58
Omar Bakri Muhammad
Islamist militant leader
3,177
views
views
59
Maher Almuaiqly
Saudi imam
3,016
views
views
60
Ali Jaber
former Imam of Masjid al-Haram (1954–2005)
2,928
views
views
61
Seyran Ateş
Turkish-German attorney (born 1963)
2,838
views
views
62
Abdelbaki Es Satty
Moroccan terrorist
2,793
views
views
63
Al-Mustansir
Egyptian caliph from 1036 to 1094/95
2,670
views
views
64
Kahina Bahloul
French imam (born 1979)
2,653
views
views
65
Muhammad Ayyub
Imam of Prophet's Mosque (1952–2016)
2,639
views
views
66
Isma'il ibn Jafar
sixth of the Isma'ili Shia Imams
2,585
views
views
67
Muhammad ibn Ismail
Seventh of the Isma'ili Shia Imams (740–813
2,530
views
views
68
Imam Samudra
Indonesian terrorist (1970–2008)
2,474
views
views
69
Ahmad bin Said Al Busaidi
Iman of Oman, first ruler from the Al Bu Said dynasty
2,309
views
views
70
Saʻd al-Ghāmidī
Saudi Arabian Imam and Qari
2,202
views
views
71
Al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah
4th Caliph of the Fatimid dynasty (r. 953–975)
2,200
views
views
72
Saud al-Kabeer
ruler of the Emirate of Diriyah from 1803 to 1814
2,191
views
views
73
Ghazi Muhammad
Imam of Dagestan (1795–1832)
2,180
views
views
74
Nizar
Fatimid prince and Nizari imam (1045–1095)
2,063
views
views
75
Adil al-Kalbani
Saudi Arabian Muslim cleric
2,016
views
views
76
Abdur Rahman Al Huthaify
Saudi Imam
1,975
views
views
77
Saleh Al-Talib
Saudi scholar and Imam
1,899
views
views
78
Abdullah bin Faisal
Emir of Nejd (1831–1889)
1,879
views
views
79
Ludovic-Mohamed Zahed
Tunisian-French LGBTQ+ activist
1,852
views
views
80
Syed Ahmed Bukhari
Shahi Imam of the Jama Masjid, Delhi
1,840
views
views
81
Bandar Baleela
Saudi Islamic scholar and imam (born 1975)
1,797
views
views
82
Hussain Ahmad Madani
Indian freedom struggle leader and scholar
1,732
views
views
83
Ayuba Suleiman Diallo
Senegalese slave
1,723
views
views
84
Uthman al-Khamis
Kuwaiti Islamic scholar
1,675
views
views
85
Bilal Bosnić
Bosnian imam
1,651
views
views
86
Najmuddin Faraj Ahmad
Islamic scholar
1,630
views
views
87
Al-Musta'li
Fatimid caliph and imam (1074–1101)
1,620
views
views
88
Amin Ahsan Islahi
Quran translator
1,536
views
views
89
Al-Qa'im Bi-Amrillah
second Fatimid caliph from 934 to 946
1,531
views
views
90
Muhammad al-Arifi
Saudi Arabian author and Da'i
1,517
views
views
91
Haq Nawaz Jhangvi
Islamic scholar
1,492
views
views
92
Conrad Tillard
American religious leader & politician (1964-)
1,429
views
views
93
Al-Amir bi-Ahkam Allah
Fatimid caliph and imam (1096–1130)
1,395
views
views
94
Ibrahim Ahmad Maqari
Nigerian religious leader (Tijjaniya)
1,392
views
views
95
Taha Najmuddin
Indian imam
1,379
views
views
96
Ahmed Talib Hameed
Saudi Islamic scholar and Imam (born 1981)
1,373
views
views
97
Abdul Rashid Ghazi
Pakistani fundamentalist
1,372
views
views
98
Al-Aziz Billah
Fatimid dynasty caliph from 975 to 996
1,360
views
views
99
Abdullah Awad Al Juhany
Saudi imam
1,341
views
views
100
Kunta-haji
Chechen mystic (1800–1867)
1,332
views
views