Trending Religious Movements in France — September 2026
The 100 most-viewed religious movements on Wikipedia, September 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
186,695
Total Views (September 2026)
1
Order of the Solar Temple
French cult and secret society
12,227
views
views
2
Hamas
Palestinian Islamist political and military organization
9,823
views
views
3
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
Christian restorationist denomination centered on the Book of Mormon
9,659
views
views
4
Catharism
Christian dualist movement that thrived in some areas of Southern Europe
7,195
views
views
5
Evangelicalism
Evangelical Christian movement
7,180
views
views
6
Sufism
body of mystical practice within Islam
6,862
views
views
7
Mormonism
religious tradition and theology founded by Joseph Smith and centered on the Book of Mormon
6,774
views
views
8
Falun Gong
religious movement originating in China
6,352
views
views
9
Muslim Brotherhood
global Islamic supremacist organization that serves as the primary reference for many Islamic groups, classified as a terrorist organization
6,251
views
views
10
esotericism
wide range of loosely related ideas and movements associated with the occult or secrets
5,994
views
views
11
Salafism
Sunni Islamic reformist movement
4,845
views
views
12
Hasidic Judaism
religious subgroup of modern Judaism
4,832
views
views
13
Raelism
UFO religion founded in 1974
4,719
views
views
14
anthroposophy
esoteric philosophy founded by Rudolf Steiner postulating the existence of an objective spiritual world accessible to human experience
3,979
views
views
15
sedevacantism
belief that the Roman-Catholic Church currently has no legitimate pope
3,387
views
views
16
Wahhabism
Religious movement founded by Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab in Najd in the mid-18th century
3,333
views
views
17
Baháʼí Faith
monotheistic religion revealed by Bahāʾullāh
2,838
views
views
18
Heaven's Gate
American UFO religion, whose members committed mass suicide in 1997
2,770
views
views
19
New Age
spiritual or religious beliefs and practices that developed in Western nations during the 1970s
2,495
views
views
20
Peoples Temple
defunct new religious movement founded in 1955
2,323
views
views
21
Nation of Islam
Black nationalist African-American new religious movement
2,275
views
views
22
Haredi Judaism
strictest stream of the Orthodox Judaism faith
2,198
views
views
23
Theosophy
religion founded by Helena Blavatsky
2,166
views
views
24
liberation theology
Christian theological approach emphasizing the liberation of the oppressed
2,131
views
views
25
Pharisees
ancient Jewish sect
2,076
views
views
26
The Family International
Christian new religious movement founded by David Berg in 1968 in the United States
2,066
views
views
27
Irenicism
attempts to unify Christian apologetical systems
2,040
views
views
28
Unification Church
South Korean new religious movement
2,036
views
views
29
modern paganism
group of contemporary religious movements based on ancient European and Middle Eastern religions
1,874
views
views
30
Karaite Judaism
Jewish religious movement characterized by the recognition of the written Torah alone as its supreme authority in Jewish religious law and theology.
1,767
views
views
31
Quietism
17th-century ideas heretical to Catholics
1,755
views
views
32
traditionalist Catholicism
set of traditionalist tendencies and movements within and outside the Catholic Church
1,745
views
views
33
Orthodox Judaism
one of the three major Judaism movement, and the formal one in Israel
1,725
views
views
34
Counter-Reformation
Catholic political and religious response to the Protestant Reformation and earlier reformism
1,689
views
views
35
Malikism
one of four major schools of madhhab of Islamic jurisprudence within Sunni Islam
1,576
views
views
36
Antoinism
new religious movement founded in 1910 in Belgium
1,539
views
views
37
Adventism
Christian denominational family
1,337
views
views
38
Monophysitism
Christological doctrine which emphasizes the one holy, divine aspect and nature of Christ
1,312
views
views
39
Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints
fundamentalist Mormon denomination
1,261
views
views
40
Shafi'i
school of Islamic jurisprudence
1,261
views
views
41
Hanafism
one of the four major schools of Sunni Islamic jurisprudence
1,237
views
views
42
Waldensians
mediaval Christian movement
1,196
views
views
43
Zealotry
religious-political movement in 1st-century Second Temple Judaism
1,176
views
views
44
sacred feminine
Women-based occult movement
1,161
views
views
45
Kimbanguist Church
new religious movement founded by Simon Kimbangu in 1921
1,072
views
views
46
nondenominational Christianity
churches which distance themselves from the confessionalism or creedalism of other Christian communities
1,002
views
views
47
Christian Zionism
political and religious ideology
989
views
views
48
Reform Judaism
denomination of Judaism
984
views
views
49
Messianic Judaism
religious movement
934
views
views
50
Pietism
movement christian
911
views
views
51
Ancient Mystical Order Rosae Crucis
largest Rosicrucian organization in the world
831
views
views
52
Jewish Christian
members of the Jewish movement that later became Christianity
823
views
views
53
social catholicism
819
views
views
54
Sadducees
Jewish sect or group active in Judea from 2nd century BCE to 1st century CE
817
views
views
55
Hanbalism
one of the schools or madhabs of Fiqh or religious law within Sunni Islam
801
views
views
56
Montanism
2nd century Christian movement
746
views
views
57
Bishnoi
Environmental Friendly Hindu Community in India
736
views
views
58
Community of Sant'Egidio
lay Catholic association dedicated to social service
713
views
views
59
Petite Église
people and congregations who split from the Catholic Church in France following the Concordat of 1801
709
views
views
60
Rabbinic Judaism
mainstream form of Judaism since the 6th century CE
697
views
views
61
Christian Science
American religious movement (1866-)
695
views
views
62
Assemblies of God
autonomous but loosely associated national groupings of churches
690
views
views
63
Sukyo Mahikari
Japanese organization
668
views
views
64
Charismatic Movement
trend of historically mainstream congregations adopting beliefs and practices similar to Pentecostalism.
666
views
views
65
Black Hebrew Israelites
a group of Black Americans holding the antisemitic pseudoscientific belief that they are the only descendants of ancient Israelites
613
views
views
66
Hellenism
Hellenic Polytheistic Reconstructionism
611
views
views
67
Conservative Judaism
one of the three major Judaism movements
599
views
views
68
Millî Görüş
Turkish Islamist and conservative movement
560
views
views
69
liberalism and progressivism within Islam
overview of the history of liberalism and progressivism within Islam and amongst Muslims
555
views
views
70
Ebionites
Jewish Christian movement that existed during the early centuries of the Christian Era
554
views
views
71
Neocatechumenal Way
Catholic movement
541
views
views
72
Focolare Movement
catholic lay movement
541
views
views
73
Shincheonji Church of Jesus the Temple of the Tabernacle of the Testimony
South Korean new religious movement
540
views
views
74
Christian fundamentalism
British and American protestant movement opposed to modernist theology
519
views
views
75
Evangelical charismatic movement
evangelical churches that have an emphasis on the gifts of the Spirit
512
views
views
76
Twelve Tribes communities
Christian intentional community & denomination
492
views
views
77
illuminism
philosophical, spiritual and religious movement
477
views
views
78
flagellant
practitioners of an extreme form of self-mortification
464
views
views
79
Latter Day Saint movement
religious movement centered on the Book of Mormon
460
views
views
80
Gülen movement
transnational Islamist movement
453
views
views
81
Ja'fari School
school of jurisprudence (fiqh) in Twelver
432
views
views
82
Rodnovery
modern religious movement based on Slavic native beliefs
423
views
views
83
Noahidism
Jewish new religious movement
418
views
views
84
Deobandi
revivalist movement within Sunni Islam
414
views
views
85
Bábism
religious movement
407
views
views
86
The Church of Almighty God
Chinese new religious movement
400
views
views
87
Skoptsy
Russian Christian movement which practiced castration and mastectomy
387
views
views
88
Catholic Action
Roman Catholic movement
387
views
views
89
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
383
views
views
90
Restorationism
belief that the beliefs and practices of early Christianity were lost or adulterated and required restoration
383
views
views
91
Devotio Moderna
medieval movement for religious reform
381
views
views
92
liberal Protestantism
Liberal current within Protestantism
377
views
views
93
Radical Reformation
Anabaptist movement
367
views
views
94
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Khlysts
Russian Christian sect
351
views
views
95
Laestadianism
conservative Lutheran revival movement
345
views
views
96
Réveil
Christian revivalist movement
344
views
views
97
Community of the Lady of All Nations
Christian movement founded in Quebec in 1971 by Marie-Paule Giguère
337
views
views
98
Rāja yoga
one of the four major yogic paths of Hinduism
332
views
views
99
League for Catholic Counter-Reformation
301
views
views
100
charismatic christianity
form of Christianity that emphasizes the work of the Holy Spirit, spiritual gifts, and modern-day miracles
295
views
views