Trending Literary Movements — October 2026
The 100 most-viewed literary movements on Wikipedia, October 2026. Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Romanticism. Data as of 1 November 2026.
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Ranked
668,018
Total Views (October 2026)
1
Romanticism
artistic, literary, musical, and intellectual movement
92,720
views
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2
Dada
avant-garde art movement in the early 20th century
65,691
views
views
3
avant-garde
works that are experimental or innovative
46,815
views
views
4
Beat Generation
literary movement
36,934
views
views
5
Symbolism
late nineteenth-century art movement of French, Russian and Belgian origin seeking to represent absolute truths symbolically through language and metaphorical images
24,022
views
views
6
Decadent movement
late-19th-century artistic and literary movement centered in Western Europe
23,544
views
views
7
Sturm und Drang
Proto-Romantic movement in German literature and music
21,517
views
views
8
ero guro
literary and artistic movement originating circa 1930 in Japan
19,752
views
views
9
literary realism
literary movement
19,047
views
views
10
Aestheticism
art movement emphasizing aesthetic considerations over social values
17,541
views
views
11
naturalism
literary movement
17,243
views
views
12
Mandarin Ducks and Butterflies
school of Chinese literature in the early 20th century
16,525
views
views
13
Spanish Golden Age
period of flourishing in arts and literature in Spain
14,183
views
views
14
postmodern literature
literary form and movement of the twentieth century
13,977
views
views
15
Japonisme
European imitation of Japanese art during the 19th and 20th centuries
9,941
views
views
16
modernist literature
characterized by a self-conscious break with traditional styles of poetry and verse
8,911
views
views
17
Generation of '98
literary movement in Spain at the time of the Spanish–American War
8,197
views
views
18
New Objectivity
attitude of public life in Weimar Germany as well as the art, literature, music, and architecture created to adapt to it
8,079
views
views
19
parnassianism
19th century French literary movement
7,838
views
views
20
Catalan modernism
architectural and artistic movement originating in late-19th-century Catalonia, Spain
6,894
views
views
21
Weimar Classicism
German literary and cultural movement, whose practitioners established a new humanism
6,856
views
views
22
La Pléiade
group of French Renaissance poets
6,699
views
views
23
impressionism
movement in literature
6,663
views
views
24
cosmicism
literary philosophy
6,509
views
views
25
Latín mmg todos
late 20th global century proliferation of Latin American literature
6,497
views
views
26
Vormärz
Period of German history before the 1848 revolution
6,136
views
views
27
Victorian literature
literature during the period of Queen Victoria's reign
5,863
views
views
28
Acmeist poetry
school of poetry
5,265
views
views
29
proletarian literature
literature created by working-class writers mainly for the class-conscious proletariat
5,049
views
views
30
Dolce Stil Novo
literary movement
5,012
views
views
31
Sentimentalism
literary movement
4,884
views
views
32
Modernismo
Spanish-American literary movement
4,687
views
views
33
Nouveau Roman
French literary movement
4,299
views
views
34
verguismo
Italian literary movement
4,243
views
views
35
vorticism
short-lived modernist movement in British art and poetry of the early 20th century
4,218
views
views
36
Baroque literature
literary movement of the Baroque era
3,902
views
views
37
Imagism
20th-century poetry movement
3,698
views
views
38
Indigenismo
trend in social and political thought, visual arts, and literature in Latin American countries where Indians make up a significant part of the population, rehabilitating them
3,597
views
views
39
dirty realism
subgenre of literature
3,562
views
views
40
New Culture Movement
revolt against Confucian values
3,322
views
views
41
Renaissance literature
European literature influenced by the Renaissance
3,134
views
views
42
Précieuses
art movement in literature
3,122
views
views
43
imaginism
Russian poetry movement
3,072
views
views
44
Neo-romanticism
movements from the era of Romanticism
2,927
views
views
45
Jena Romanticism
German philosophical and literary movement
2,909
views
views
46
Romantic literature
literature of the Romantic Period
2,779
views
views
47
Félibrige
association to promote Occitan language
2,646
views
views
48
Scapigliatura
Milanese artistic and literary movement of the sixties of the 1800s
2,634
views
views
49
Золотой век русской литературы
2,628
views
views
50
Ultraist movement
Spanish literary movement opposing modernism
2,319
views
views
51
Dalit Panther
social organization
2,265
views
views
52
Costumbrismo
art movement
2,055
views
views
53
visual poetry
poetry where the text’s layout, typography, and visual arrangement enhance its meaning, blending design with literary art
1,978
views
views
54
hermeticism
literary movement in poetry started in Italy
1,897
views
views
55
Trümmerliteratur
literary movement
1,832
views
views
56
expressionism
literary movement
1,777
views
views
57
Hussards
French literary movement in the 1950s
1,776
views
views
58
Young Germany
disestablishmentarian think tank consiting of young German artists from 1830-1850
1,653
views
views
59
genbun itchi
unification of the written and spoken forms of Japanese language
1,600
views
views
60
The Third Generation of Postwar Writers
modern Japanese literature classification
1,558
views
views
61
Translation Movement
movement that resulted in the translation of texts from various languages into Arabic
1,531
views
views
62
Generation of '36
group of Spanish artists
1,494
views
views
63
infrarealism
a poetic movement founded in Mexico City in 1975
1,479
views
views
64
Neue Sachlichkeit (Literatur)
1,473
views
views
65
Pre-romanticism
literary movement developed in Europe in the last third of the century XVIII
1,461
views
views
66
Atticism
rhetorical movement originating from 1st century BC Greece
1,401
views
views
67
Old Comedy
earliest period of ancient Greek comedic drama
1,312
views
views
68
Barroquismo (barroco)
Spanish stylistic movement in the Baroque period
1,238
views
views
69
Galician-Portuguese lyric
lyric and poetic movement
1,230
views
views
70
Conceptismo
literary movement of the Baroque period of Portuguese and Spanish literature
1,224
views
views
71
Graveyard poets
pre-Romantic English poets of the 18th century
1,206
views
views
72
Gruppo 63
Italian literary movement
1,142
views
views
73
Restoration literature
literature written during the English restoration
1,130
views
views
74
Southern Agrarians
twelve authors of the Southern Agrarians manifesto
1,125
views
views
75
symbolism
literary expression of the symbolism art movement
1,117
views
views
76
euphuism
an affected bombastic style of language
1,116
views
views
77
ukiyozōshi
Japanese literature movement
1,098
views
views
78
Shinkankakuha
Japanese literary group
1,090
views
views
79
Generation of '50
Spanish literary movement
1,088
views
views
80
San Francisco Renaissance
American avant-garde cultural activity in San Francisco as an historical hub
1,047
views
views
81
Latin translations of the 12th century
1,044
views
views
82
nadaism
Colombian counterculture movement
1,043
views
views
83
Stridentism
Mexican literary movement
969
views
views
84
Black Mountain poets
group of mid-20th-century American postmodern poets
917
views
views
85
Spanish Baroque literature
literary movement
913
views
views
86
Progressive Writers' Movement
progressive literary movement in pre-partition British India
897
views
views
87
New Formalism
movement in American poetry since the 1970s
884
views
views
88
Native American Renaissance
Artistic movement
831
views
views
89
New Narrative
literary movement founded in San Francisco in the 1970s by Robert Glück and Bruce Boone, aiming to represent subjective experience without pretense at absolute objectivity or absolute fluidity of a text
812
views
views
90
Ego-Futurism
Russian literary movement of the 1910s, developed within Russian Futurism by Igor Severyanin and his early followers
801
views
views
91
crepuscolarism
785
views
views
92
Village Prose
movement in Soviet literature
768
views
views
93
Catholic literary revival
1860-1960 movement in France and England
760
views
views
94
scar literature
Chinese literature portraying damage caused by the Cultural Revolution; Chinese fiction of the late 1970s and early 1980s that focuses on the physical and mental suffering that occurred during the Cultural Revolution.
716
views
views
95
Lieutenant prose
704
views
views
96
Marinism
name now given to an ornate, witty style of poetry and verse drama written in imitation of Giambattista Marino, following in particular La Lira and L'Adone
674
views
views
97
Petrarchism
literary style inspired by Petrarch
670
views
views
98
McOndo
Latin American literary movement
661
views
views
99
The Movement
English literary movement of the 1950s
649
views
views
100
Mahjar
Levantine diaspora's cultural movement
625
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