Trending Religious Movements in France — the 12 months to October 2026
The 100 most-viewed religious movements on Wikipedia, the 12 months to October 2026 (French-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Order of the Solar Temple. Data as of 24 October 2026.
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Ranked
202,680
Total Views (the 12 months to October 2026)
1
Order of the Solar Temple
French cult and secret society
12,725
views
views
2
Hamas
Palestinian Islamist political and military organization
10,651
views
views
3
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Christian restorationist denomination centered on the Book of Mormon
10,430
views
views
4
Evangelicalism
Evangelical Christian movement
8,113
views
views
5
Catharism
Christian dualist movement that thrived in some areas of Southern Europe
7,763
views
views
6
Mormonism
religious tradition and theology founded by Joseph Smith and centered on the Book of Mormon
7,556
views
views
7
Sufism
body of mystical practice within Islam
7,433
views
views
8
Muslim Brotherhood
global Islamic supremacist organization that serves as the primary reference for many Islamic groups, classified as a terrorist organization
6,660
views
views
9
Falun Gong
religious movement originating in China
6,615
views
views
10
esotericism
wide range of loosely related ideas and movements associated with the occult or secrets
6,445
views
views
11
Raelism
UFO religion founded in 1974
5,296
views
views
12
Salafism
Sunni Islamic reformist movement
5,157
views
views
13
Hasidic Judaism
religious subgroup of modern Judaism
5,088
views
views
14
anthroposophy
esoteric philosophy founded by Rudolf Steiner postulating the existence of an objective spiritual world accessible to human experience
4,305
views
views
15
sedevacantism
belief that the Roman-Catholic Church currently has no legitimate pope
3,638
views
views
16
Wahhabism
Religious movement founded by Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab in Najd in the mid-18th century
3,578
views
views
17
Baháʼí Faith
monotheistic religion revealed by Bahāʾullāh
3,146
views
views
18
Heaven's Gate
American UFO religion, whose members committed mass suicide in 1997
2,882
views
views
19
New Age
spiritual or religious beliefs and practices that developed in Western nations during the 1970s
2,690
views
views
20
Nation of Islam
Black nationalist African-American new religious movement
2,570
views
views
21
Peoples Temple
defunct new religious movement founded in 1955
2,551
views
views
22
Haredi Judaism
strictest stream of the Orthodox Judaism faith
2,443
views
views
23
Theosophy
religion founded by Helena Blavatsky
2,390
views
views
24
Pharisees
ancient Jewish sect
2,308
views
views
25
Irenicism
attempts to unify Christian apologetical systems
2,270
views
views
26
liberation theology
Christian theological approach emphasizing the liberation of the oppressed
2,263
views
views
27
Unification Church
South Korean new religious movement
2,216
views
views
28
The Family International
Christian new religious movement founded by David Berg in 1968 in the United States
2,199
views
views
29
modern paganism
group of contemporary religious movements based on ancient European and Middle Eastern religions
1,980
views
views
30
Orthodox Judaism
one of the three major Judaism movement, and the formal one in Israel
1,901
views
views
31
traditionalist Catholicism
set of traditionalist tendencies and movements within and outside the Catholic Church
1,886
views
views
32
Quietism
17th-century ideas heretical to Catholics
1,883
views
views
33
Karaite Judaism
Jewish religious movement characterized by the recognition of the written Torah alone as its supreme authority in Jewish religious law and theology.
1,876
views
views
34
Counter-Reformation
Catholic political and religious response to the Protestant Reformation and earlier reformism
1,862
views
views
35
Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
fundamentalist Mormon denomination
1,782
views
views
36
Malikism
one of four major schools of madhhab of Islamic jurisprudence within Sunni Islam
1,738
views
views
37
Antoinism
new religious movement founded in 1910 in Belgium
1,679
views
views
38
Adventism
Christian denominational family
1,469
views
views
39
Monophysitism
Christological doctrine which emphasizes the one holy, divine aspect and nature of Christ
1,433
views
views
40
Waldensians
mediaval Christian movement
1,419
views
views
41
Hanafism
one of the four major schools of Sunni Islamic jurisprudence
1,343
views
views
42
Shafi'i
school of Islamic jurisprudence
1,337
views
views
43
Zealotry
religious-political movement in 1st-century Second Temple Judaism
1,316
views
views
44
sacred feminine
Women-based occult movement
1,212
views
views
45
Kimbanguist Church
new religious movement founded by Simon Kimbangu in 1921
1,190
views
views
46
nondenominational Christianity
churches which distance themselves from the confessionalism or creedalism of other Christian communities
1,170
views
views
47
Christian Zionism
political and religious ideology
1,122
views
views
48
Reform Judaism
denomination of Judaism
1,095
views
views
49
Messianic Judaism
religious movement
982
views
views
50
Pietism
movement christian
971
views
views
51
Sadducees
Jewish sect or group active in Judea from 2nd century BCE to 1st century CE
887
views
views
52
social catholicism
885
views
views
53
Jewish Christian
members of the Jewish movement that later became Christianity
883
views
views
54
Hanbalism
one of the schools or madhabs of Fiqh or religious law within Sunni Islam
880
views
views
55
Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis
largest Rosicrucian organization in the world
876
views
views
56
Montanism
2nd century Christian movement
805
views
views
57
Community of Sant'Egidio
lay Catholic association dedicated to social service
763
views
views
58
Petite Église
people and congregations who split from the Catholic Church in France following the Concordat of 1801
760
views
views
59
Rabbinic Judaism
mainstream form of Judaism since the 6th century CE
751
views
views
60
Assemblies of God
autonomous but loosely associated national groupings of churches
750
views
views
61
Christian Science
American religious movement (1866-)
748
views
views
62
Bishnoi
Environmental Friendly Hindu Community in India
747
views
views
63
Charismatic Movement
trend of historically mainstream congregations adopting beliefs and practices similar to Pentecostalism.
738
views
views
64
Sukyo Mahikari
Japanese organization
702
views
views
65
Hellenism
Hellenic Polytheistic Reconstructionism
678
views
views
66
Black Hebrew Israelites
a group of Black Americans holding the antisemitic pseudoscientific belief that they are the only descendants of ancient Israelites
665
views
views
67
Conservative Judaism
one of the three major Judaism movements
626
views
views
68
Ebionites
Jewish Christian movement that existed during the early centuries of the Christian Era
612
views
views
69
Millî Görüş
Turkish Islamist and conservative movement
605
views
views
70
Neocatechumenal Way
Catholic movement
590
views
views
71
liberalism and progressivism within Islam
overview of the history of liberalism and progressivism within Islam and amongst Muslims
589
views
views
72
Shincheonji Church of Jesus the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony
South Korean new religious movement
578
views
views
73
Focolare Movement
catholic lay movement
577
views
views
74
Christian fundamentalism
British and American protestant movement opposed to modernist theology
567
views
views
75
Evangelical charismatic movement
evangelical churches that have an emphasis on the gifts of the Spirit
556
views
views
76
Twelve Tribes communities
Christian intentional community & denomination
547
views
views
77
flagellant
practitioners of an extreme form of self-mortification
526
views
views
78
Laestadianism
conservative Lutheran revival movement
523
views
views
79
Latter Day Saint movement
religious movement centered on the Book of Mormon
520
views
views
80
illuminism
philosophical, spiritual and religious movement
519
views
views
81
Gülen movement
transnational Islamist movement
494
views
views
82
Ja'fari School
school of jurisprudence (fiqh) in Twelver
467
views
views
83
Bábism
religious movement
461
views
views
84
Deobandi
revivalist movement within Sunni Islam
456
views
views
85
Noahidism
Jewish new religious movement
447
views
views
86
Rodnovery
modern religious movement based on Slavic native beliefs
447
views
views
87
Devotio Moderna
medieval movement for religious reform
435
views
views
88
Radical Reformation
Anabaptist movement
424
views
views
89
The Church of Almighty God
Chinese new religious movement
422
views
views
90
Skoptsy
Russian Christian movement which practiced castration and mastectomy
421
views
views
91
Catholic Action
Roman Catholic movement
418
views
views
92
Restorationism
belief that the beliefs and practices of early Christianity were lost or adulterated and required restoration
411
views
views
93
sedeprivationism
Traditionalist Catholic doctrine that the current pope is duly-elected but lacks the authority to teach or govern unless he recants the Second Vatican Council
410
views
views
94
liberal Protestantism
Liberal current within Protestantism
398
views
views
95
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Khlysts
Russian Christian sect
378
views
views
96
Réveil
Christian revivalist movement
356
views
views
97
Community of the Lady of All Nations
Christian movement founded in Quebec in 1971 by Marie-Paule Giguère
356
views
views
98
Rāja yoga
one of the four major yogic paths of Hinduism
344
views
views
99
Azusa Street Revival
historic Pentecostal revival meeting
333
views
views
100
charismatic christianity
form of Christianity that emphasizes the work of the Holy Spirit, spiritual gifts, and modern-day miracles
322
views
views