Trending Imams — the 12 months to October 2026
The 100 most-viewed imams on Wikipedia, the 12 months to October 2026. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Malcolm X. Data as of 24 October 2026.
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1,971,108
Total Views (the 12 months to October 2026)
1
Malcolm X
American Black rights activist (1925–1965)
371,616
views
views
2
Rahim Aga Khan
50th Imam of the Nizari Isma'ili community (born 1971)
202,710
views
views
3
Louis Farrakhan
American religious (born 1935), leader of Nation of Islam (since 1981)
156,073
views
views
4
Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi
Leader of the Islamic State (1971-2019)
135,658
views
views
5
Aga Khan IV
49th Imam of Nizari Isma'ilism Muslims
125,556
views
views
6
Elijah Muhammad
American religious leader (1897-1975)
95,674
views
views
7
Anwar al-Awlaki
American-Yemeni imam and suspected Islamist extremist (1971–2011)
66,981
views
views
8
Umar ibn Al-Khattāb
2nd Rashidun Caliph from 634 to 644
62,938
views
views
9
Aga Khan III
48th Imam of the Nizari Ismaili community (1877-1957)
51,049
views
views
10
Fethullah Gülen
Turkish preacher and imam (1941–2024)
32,537
views
views
11
Muhammad al-Mahdi
twelfth and last Imam in Shia Twelver of Islam
30,165
views
views
12
Warith Deen Mohammed
Leader of the Nation of Islam (1933-2008)
28,774
views
views
13
Shamil
North Caucasian imam and warrior (1797-1871)
24,576
views
views
14
Abdul Rahman Al-Sudais
imam and preacher at the Grand Mosque in Mecca
23,728
views
views
15
Jaafar Al-Sadiq
Muslim scholar and Imam (died 765)
21,621
views
views
16
Yasir al-Dawsari
Imam of Masjid-al-Haraam
20,173
views
views
17
Aga Khan II
Member of the Iranian royal family.
18,067
views
views
18
Zayd ibn Ali
Alid political and religious leader (c.695–740)
17,783
views
views
19
Aga Khan I
politician (1800–1881)
17,101
views
views
20
Armando Bukele Kattán
Salvadorean chemist (1944-2015)
17,047
views
views
21
Hassan Yousef
Leader of Hamas
17,039
views
views
22
Ali ibn al-Husayn Zayn al-'Abidin
Great-grandson of Muhammad and the fourth of the Shiite Imams
15,996
views
views
23
Al-Hakim bi-Amr Allah
6th Fatimid caliph (r. 996–1021) and 16th Ismaili Imam
14,545
views
views
24
Abdul Rahman bin Faisal
Saudi monarch and the last Emir of Nejd (1850–1928)
14,362
views
views
25
Omar Suleiman
American Islamic scholar and author (born 1986)
14,277
views
views
26
Muhammad al-Baqir
Fifth of the Twelve Shia Imams
12,223
views
views
27
Ali al-Rida
eighth of the Twelve Shia Imams (766–818)
11,848
views
views
28
Al Sayed Musa al-Sadr
Lebanese Shiite jurist and political activist
11,595
views
views
29
Musa al-Kazim
seventh of the Twelve Imams (745–799 CE)
11,581
views
views
30
Assim al-Hakeem
Saudi Arabian Minangkabau Islamic Da'i
11,468
views
views
31
Hasan al-Askari
eleventh of the Twelve Shia Imams
11,019
views
views
32
Khalid Abdul Muhammad
Black nationalist leader in the United States (1948-2001)
10,804
views
views
33
Abdelhakim Sefrioui
10,592
views
views
34
Mohammad Tawhidi
Muslim influencer and reformist Imam
8,700
views
views
35
Muḥammad ibn Ṣāliḥ al-ʻUthaymīn
Saudi Arabian Islamic scholar (1929-2001)
8,065
views
views
36
Idris Ibn Abdallah
Idrisid ruler (r. 788–791)
7,909
views
views
37
Ahmad Sirhindi
Philosopher (1564-1624)
7,701
views
views
38
Hassen Chalghoumi
French imam
7,679
views
views
39
Mishary Rashid Al-Afasy
Imam of Grand Mosque (Kuwait), Quran reciter, preacher, Nasheed artist
7,386
views
views
40
Saud Al-Shuraim
Former Imam Saudi at Masjid al-Haram
7,320
views
views
41
Ali al-Hadi
tenth of the Twelve Shia Imams (828–868)
7,211
views
views
42
Muhsin Hendricks
South African imam and LGBTQIA activist
6,897
views
views
43
Izz ad-Din al-Qassam
Syrian Muslim preacher (1882–1935)
6,641
views
views
44
Ahmad ibn Ibrahim al-Ghazi
16th century Somali Imam and General of the Adal Sultanate
6,579
views
views
45
Rashid ad-Din Sinan
leader of the Syrian wing of the Hashshashin sect and figure in the history of the Crusades
6,564
views
views
46
Muhammad ibn al-Hanafiyyah
Alid political and religious leader (c.637-700)
6,441
views
views
47
Sheikh Mansur
military general and politician (1760-1794)
6,370
views
views
48
Muhammad al-Jawad
ninth of the Twelve Imams of Twelver Shi'ism
6,085
views
views
49
Abdullah al-Mahdi Billah
Isma'ili Imam and Fatimid Caliph from 909 to 934
5,521
views
views
50
Shah Khalil Allah III
Nizari imam (1740-1817)
5,297
views
views
51
Siraj Wahhaj
American Imam (born 1950)
5,275
views
views
52
Ahmad al-Tayyeb
Imam of al-Azhar Mosque in Egypt
5,176
views
views
53
Salman Al-Ouda
Saudi Muslim Scholar (born 1956)
5,155
views
views
54
Omar Bakri Muhammad
Islamist militant leader
5,135
views
views
55
Turki bin Abdullah Al Saud
5th King of the Saudi State
4,981
views
views
56
Abu Isa at-Tirmidhi
Islamic hadith scholar (824–892)
4,931
views
views
57
Ali Jaber
former Imam of Masjid al-Haram (1954–2005)
4,857
views
views
58
Al-Hadi ila'l-Haqq Yahya
10th-century Arab religious leader; founder of the Zaydi Imamate
4,653
views
views
59
Maher Almuaiqly
Saudi imam
4,497
views
views
60
Muhammad Ayyub
Imam of Prophet's Mosque (1952–2016)
4,411
views
views
61
Hassan Iquioussen
4,260
views
views
62
Al-Mustansir
Egyptian caliph from 1036 to 1094/95
4,170
views
views
63
Muhammad ibn Ismail
Seventh of the Isma'ili Shia Imams (740–813
4,124
views
views
64
Ahmad bin Said Al Busaidi
Iman of Oman, first ruler from the Al Bu Said dynasty
3,821
views
views
65
Isma'il ibn Jafar
sixth of the Isma'ili Shia Imams
3,604
views
views
66
Imam Samudra
Indonesian terrorist (1970–2008)
3,520
views
views
67
Al-Mu'izz li-Din Allah
4th Caliph of the Fatimid dynasty (r. 953–975)
3,498
views
views
68
Seyran Ateş
Turkish-German attorney (born 1963)
3,487
views
views
69
Abdur Rahman Al Huthaify
Saudi Imam
3,347
views
views
70
Adil al-Kalbani
Saudi Arabian Muslim cleric
3,335
views
views
71
Saud al-Kabeer
ruler of the Emirate of Diriyah from 1803 to 1814
3,335
views
views
72
Hussain Ahmad Madani
Indian freedom struggle leader and scholar
3,266
views
views
73
Saʻd al-Ghāmidī
Saudi Arabian Imam and Qari
3,216
views
views
74
Abdelbaki Es Satty
Moroccan terrorist
3,204
views
views
75
Ghazi Muhammad
Imam of Dagestan (1795–1832)
3,127
views
views
76
Kahina Bahloul
French imam (born 1979)
3,012
views
views
77
Ayuba Suleiman Diallo
Senegalese slave
2,971
views
views
78
Abdullah bin Faisal
Emir of Nejd (1831–1889)
2,917
views
views
79
Syed Ahmed Bukhari
Shahi Imam of the Jama Masjid, Delhi
2,823
views
views
80
Saleh Al-Talib
Saudi scholar and Imam
2,803
views
views
81
Bandar Baleela
Saudi Islamic scholar and imam (born 1975)
2,778
views
views
82
Haq Nawaz Jhangvi
Islamic scholar
2,729
views
views
83
Najmuddin Faraj Ahmad
Islamic scholar
2,684
views
views
84
Nizar
Fatimid prince and Nizari imam (1045–1095)
2,679
views
views
85
Uthman al-Khamis
Kuwaiti Islamic scholar
2,614
views
views
86
Osman Nuhu Sharubutu
Ghanaian Islamic cleric
2,532
views
views
87
Bilal Bosnić
Bosnian imam
2,527
views
views
88
Ludovic-Mohamed Zahed
Tunisian-French LGBTQ+ activist
2,504
views
views
89
Taha Najmuddin
Indian imam
2,484
views
views
90
Amin Ahsan Islahi
Quran translator
2,462
views
views
91
Al-Musta'li
Fatimid caliph and imam (1074–1101)
2,398
views
views
92
Al-Qa'im Bi-Amrillah
second Fatimid caliph from 934 to 946
2,345
views
views
93
Shaikh Noreen Muhammad Siddique
Qari
2,308
views
views
94
Muhammad al-Arifi
Saudi Arabian author and Da'i
2,291
views
views
95
Abdul Rashid Ghazi
Pakistani fundamentalist
2,287
views
views
96
Abdullah Awad Al Juhany
Saudi imam
2,284
views
views
97
Conrad Tillard
American religious leader & politician (1964-)
2,216
views
views
98
Al-Aziz Billah
Fatimid dynasty caliph from 975 to 996
2,183
views
views
99
Ahmed Talib Hameed
Saudi Islamic scholar and Imam (born 1981)
2,177
views
views
100
Ibrahim Ahmad Maqari
Nigerian religious leader (Tijjaniya)
2,173
views
views