Below are the ten most-viewed named posts for the period 1 July 2026 to 30 September 2026[1]. Over this three-month period, there were 84,839 page-reads in total – greater than in Q1 2026 for which there were 73,245; and in Q2 for which there were 67,701.

A total of 3.3M page-reads have now been recorded since 2012. The “top ten” posts for Q3 constituted 19.9% of the total for this quarter – a similar percentage to that for Q1 of 2026 [2].

Comment

These posts are listed in descending order of page-view numbers:

• Up to 50% of the “top 10” posts feature reports on clergy discipline in Q3[3];  Church Appointments – Statement by PM refers to the legislative bar against people of any faith performing all the functions of the Prime Minister and the Church Appointments (Repeal of Discriminatory Provision) Bill;
• Inclusion of the 2024 post on preventing a lawful and decent burial reflects the interest in the recent case in which Robert Bush, of Legacy Independent Funeral Directors.
• Posts on Parochial fees are a regular feature in these listings; revised by the Church of England each December on the basis of the ONS statistics in September, the two entries reflect searches for previous fees (for 2025)  in addition to the more recently announced ones (for 2026).

[1]  i.e. those other than “Archives” and “Index”. In the present analysis, these categories were not included in the “top 10” named posts. By 24 October 2026, the L&RUK had attracted a total of 3.3M page views.

[2] For comparison, there were 20% for January to April in 2025, ~12% for posts from 1 August 2024 to 4 July 2025, and 15.1% in 1 April 2026 to 30 June 2026.

[3] The CDM Tribunal: WhatsApp and Snapchat evidence relates to CDM Decision  and  Penalty on The Revd Samuel Cross (June 2026); and The Ecclesiastical court judgments – May 2026 include the CDM Decision and Penalty on The Revd Karen Padley (March 2026).

Updated: 25 October 2026 at 18:46.