Trending Priests in USA — the 7 days to 26 October 2026
The 100 most-viewed priests on Wikipedia, the 7 days to 26 October 2026 (English-language edition). Ranked by real-world attention. Top: Leo XIV. Data as of 26 October 2026.
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1,168,937
Total Views (the 7 days to 26 October 2026)
1
Leo XIV
267th Pope of the Catholic Church (2025–)
65,077
views
views
2
Jesus Christ
central figure of Christianity (c. 6 or 4 BC – AD 30 or 33)
53,150
views
views
3
Julius Caesar
Roman general and dictator
45,307
views
views
4
John Paul II
pope, cardinal, bishop, priest, author
43,769
views
views
5
Martin Luther King Jr.
American Baptist minister and civil rights leader (1929–1968)
39,443
views
views
6
Urbain Grandier
French priest
36,775
views
views
7
Adam Hamilton
American pastor
35,717
views
views
8
Pope Francis
266th pope of the Catholic Church from 2013 to 2025 (1936–2025)
31,048
views
views
9
Martin Luther
German priest and theologian (1483–1546)
29,375
views
views
10
Pinhead
fictional character from the Hellraiser series
27,356
views
views
11
Jim Jones
American cult leader (1931–1978)
25,348
views
views
12
Saint Peter
apostle of Jesus Christ
22,312
views
views
13
Chad Ripperger
American Roman Catholic priest and exorcist
21,558
views
views
14
Augustine of Hippo
Christian theologian, philosopher, and saint (354–430)
19,556
views
views
15
Benedict XVI
265 th pope of the Catholic Church (2005–2013)
19,507
views
views
16
Alexander VI
pope of the Catholic Church 1492–1503 from the Borgia family (1430/32-1503)
17,412
views
views
17
Armand-Jean du Plessis, duc de Richelieu
French clergyman, cardinal, noble and statesman (1585-1642)
17,252
views
views
18
Thomas Aquinas
Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, Catholic priest, and Doctor of the Church (1225–1274)
16,525
views
views
19
Billy Graham
American Baptist evangelist (1918–2018)
15,798
views
views
20
Cicero
Roman statesman, lawyer, orator, and philosopher (106–43 BC)
15,248
views
views
21
Raphael Warnock
American pastor and politician (born 1969)
13,735
views
views
22
Richard Coles
British musician, writer, presenter and priest (born 1962)
13,142
views
views
23
Franz Liszt
Hungarian romantic composer and virtuoso pianist (1811-1886)
12,218
views
views
24
Padre Pio
Italian saint, priest, stigmatist and mystic
11,959
views
views
25
Nicolaus Copernicus
Polish mathematician and astronomer (1473-1543)
11,930
views
views
26
Joel Osteen
American preacher and author
11,410
views
views
27
Saint Nicholas
4th-century Christian bishop and saint
11,156
views
views
28
Jesse Jackson
American Baptist minister, activist, civil rights leader, politician, and founder of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition (1941–2026)
11,069
views
views
29
Carl Lentz
American pastor
10,915
views
views
30
Andy Stanley
American Christian minister
10,827
views
views
31
Alan Watts
British American author and lecturer (1915–1973)
10,472
views
views
32
Hildegard of Bingen
German Benedictine abbess, polymath, mystic and Doctor of Church (1098–1179)
10,361
views
views
33
Ralph Waldo Emerson
American philosopher (1803–1882)
9,930
views
views
34
Thomas Becket
English archbishop and martyr, 1119/1120–1170
9,270
views
views
35
Antonio Vivaldi
Italian composer and violinist (1678–1741)
9,269
views
views
36
James Ussher
Archbishop of Armagh (1581-1656)
9,022
views
views
37
Fulton J. Sheen
American roman catholic bishop and television presenter (1895–1979)
8,983
views
views
38
Thomas Wolsey
English political figure, archbishop of York and cardinal-priest of Santa Cecilia (1473-1530)
8,776
views
views
39
Jonathan Swift
Anglo-Irish satirist and essayist (1667–1745)
8,725
views
views
40
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
German Lutheran pastor, theologian, anti-Nazi dissident (1906–1945)
8,720
views
views
41
Erasmus
Dutch Renaissance humanist, Catholic priest, and theologian (1466-1536)
8,567
views
views
42
Jack Gilpin
American actor
8,484
views
views
43
Pius XII
pope of the Catholic Church from 1939 to 1958
8,447
views
views
44
James Golka
American Catholic archbishop
8,246
views
views
45
John Paul I
pope of the Catholic Church in 1978
8,188
views
views
46
John Calvin
French Protestant reformer (1509–1564)
8,180
views
views
47
Franklin Graham
American Christian evangelist and missionary, son of Billy Graham
8,153
views
views
48
Melchizedek
biblical person; King of Salem and priest of the Most High (Gen. 14)
7,967
views
views
49
Anthony of Padua
Franciscan saint, Doctor of the Church (1195–1231)
7,877
views
views
50
Charles Stanley
American television evangelist
7,856
views
views
51
Jezebel
biblical Phoenician princess
7,315
views
views
52
James the Just
Jewish bishop of Jerusalem figure in Early Christianity
7,289
views
views
53
Paul VI
pope of the Catholic Church from 1963 to 1978 (1897–1978)
7,252
views
views
54
Saint Patrick
5th-century Romano-British Christian missionary and bishop in Ireland
7,133
views
views
55
Plutarch
Greek philosopher and historian (c. AD 46 – after AD 119)
6,987
views
views
56
John of Capistrano
Franciscan friar and Catholic saint (1386–1456)
6,804
views
views
57
Jan Hus
Czech theologian, philosopher and preacher (1369-1415)
6,628
views
views
58
Ignatius of Loyola
Spanish Catholic priest and theologian (1491–1556)
6,585
views
views
59
Sam Childers
American activist
6,459
views
views
60
John Wesley
British cleric and founder of the Methodist movement (1703-1791)
6,354
views
views
61
Mariam Soulakiotis
Greek Orthodox (Old Calendarist) abbess and convicted serial killer (1883-1954)
6,351
views
views
62
John Ball
English rebel and priest (1338-1381)
6,321
views
views
63
Maximilian Kolbe
Polish Conventual Franciscan friar, martyr and saint of the Roman Catholic Church (1894–1941)
6,311
views
views
64
John XXIII
priest, bishop, cardinal, pope
6,234
views
views
65
Keith Green
American contemporary Christian musician and songwriter (1953–1982)
6,066
views
views
66
William Tyndale
English Bible translator and reformer
5,986
views
views
67
Michael A. Aquino
American military officer and occultist
5,967
views
views
68
Desmond Tutu
South African churchman, politician, archbishop, Nobel Prize winner (1931–2021)
5,944
views
views
69
Giordano Bruno
Italian Dominican friar, philosopher and mathematician (1548–1600)
5,770
views
views
70
Bartholomew the Apostle
Christian apostle and martyr
5,667
views
views
71
Matthew the Apostle
Christian evangelist and apostle (10-74)
5,634
views
views
72
Leo XIII
Pope of the Catholic Church from 1878 to 1903 (1810–1903)
5,610
views
views
73
Ignatius of Antioch
late 1st/early 2nd century Christian author and Patriarch of Antioch
5,601
views
views
74
Januarius
Bishop of Naples (232-305)
5,592
views
views
75
Gregor Mendel
Moravian scientist and Augustinian friar (1822–1884)
5,588
views
views
76
Francis Xavier
Spanish Catholic saint and missionary (1506–1552)
5,532
views
views
77
Charbel Makhluf
Lebanese Maronite monk and saint (1828–1898)
5,420
views
views
78
Paul of the Cross
Italian mystic (1694-1775)
5,297
views
views
79
Nightcrawler
fictional character in Marvel Comics
5,220
views
views
80
Anthony Mary Claret
Spanish Roman Catholic bishop, missionary and saint (1807-1870)
5,205
views
views
81
Geoffrey of Monmouth
Historian and Bishop of St Asaph, Wales (c.1095–1155)
5,083
views
views
82
Isaac Jogues
Beatified Martyred Jesuit Priest
5,064
views
views
83
Bodhidharma
Indian-Chinese philosopher and Buddhist Monk
4,970
views
views
84
John Henry Newman
English cleric and cardinal (1801–1890)
4,967
views
views
85
Imhotep
character and the titular antagonist in the 1932 film "The Mummy"
4,945
views
views
86
Sophocles
ancient Greek playwright
4,837
views
views
87
Gabriele Amorth
Italian Roman Catholic priest and exorcist (1925–2016)
4,831
views
views
88
Thomas Cranmer
leader of the English Reformation and Archbishop of Canterbury
4,696
views
views
89
Óscar Romero
Salvadoran Catholic archbishop and saint (1917–1980)
4,688
views
views
90
Luis Antonio Tagle
Filipino Roman Catholic cardinal (1957-)
4,685
views
views
91
John Wycliffe
English theologian and dissident in the Roman Catholic Church
4,599
views
views
92
David Jeremiah
American pastor and author
4,549
views
views
93
Gaius Marius
Roman general, statesman and military reformer (157-86 BC)
4,533
views
views
94
Leo X
pope from 1513 to 1521 (1475-1521)
4,470
views
views
95
Jean de Brébeuf
Jesuit missionary and martyr (1593-1649)
4,470
views
views
96
Paula White-Cain
American televangelist and pastor (born 1966)
4,465
views
views
97
Charles Spurgeon
British preacher, author, pastor and evangelist (1834-1892)
4,421
views
views
98
Pius IX
Pope of the Catholic Church from 1846 to 1878
4,413
views
views
99
Aaron
male human biblical and quranic figure, brother of Moses
4,387
views
views
100
John Chrysostom
Church father, Archbishop of Constantinople and Christian saint (c. 347–407)
4,355
views
views