Religion, Prayer, and Faith Statistics (2026)
Clear, sourced answers about how people pray and practice their faith, drawn from primary research like Pew Research Center and Gallup. New topics are added as the data is verified.
- 44%
- of US adults pray at least once a day
- 95%
- pray daily in Indonesia, the highest worldwide
- 14 of 35
- countries where a majority pray every day
Statistics by country
Dig into how faith and prayer differ by country. Pick a country to see its data, or start with the worldwide view.
Statistics by topic
Explore sourced data across prayer, the Bible, the church, faith and wellbeing, youth, and faith technology.
Prayer
How Many People Pray? US and Global Statistics (2026)
About 44% of US adults pray daily, a rate that fell for years and then leveled off. Here is how often people pray in the US and around the world, by age, gender, race, and country.
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Prayer Habits: How, When, and Where People Pray (2026)
About 44% of US adults pray daily, women more than men, and daily prayer climbs steeply with age. Here is what Pew, Gallup, and peer-reviewed research actually found about how, when, and where people pray.
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What People Pray For: US Statistics (2026)
What people actually bring to God when they pray, from gratitude and family to health, guidance, and forgiveness. Here is what Barna, Lifeway, Pew, Gallup, and the American Bible Society found, with every figure sourced and dated.
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Global Prayer Rates: How Often the World Prays (by Country)
Prayer is a daily habit for most of the world, but rates swing hard by country, from 95% in Indonesia to 8% in Sweden. Here is the sourced, country-by-country picture from Pew Research Center.
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Prayer Among Young Adults: US Statistics (2025)
About a quarter of the youngest US adults pray daily, versus nearly six in ten of the oldest. Here is what Pew, Springtide, and Barna actually found, and why the gap is not simply about being less spiritual.
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Bible and Scripture
Bible Reading Statistics: How Often Americans Read Scripture
How many Americans read the Bible, how often, and how they view it. Sourced Bible reading statistics from Pew Research Center, the American Bible Society, and Gallup.
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Bible Engagement and Wellbeing: US Statistics (2025)
Bible engagement tracks with higher wellbeing in the American Bible Society, the Global Flourishing Study, and Harvard research. Here is what those studies actually found, framed honestly as association rather than proof of cause.
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Bible Reading Among Gen Z: US Statistics (2025)
Weekly Bible reading among US Gen Z climbed to 49% in 2025, up from 30% a year earlier. Here is what Barna, the American Bible Society, and Pew actually found, and why the surge should be read with care.
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How People Read the Bible: Print, App, and Audio (2025)
The Bible app is now the default reading surface for millions, but print has not disappeared. Here is what YouVersion, the American Bible Society, Pew, and United Bible Societies actually report about how people read Scripture in 2025.
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Church and Christianity
Church Attendance Statistics: Weekly Attendance Now vs Two Decades Ago (2025)
Weekly church attendance in the US has fallen from about 42% two decades ago to roughly 30% today. Here is what Gallup, Pew, PRRI, and the Hartford Institute actually found, including a first rise in congregation attendance in 25 years.
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Christianity in America: Statistics and Trends (2025)
About 62% of US adults identify as Christian, down from 78% in 2007 but broadly stable since 2019. Here is what Pew, PRRI, and Gallup actually found on belief, prayer, attendance, and the decline that appears to have leveled off.
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Global Christianity Statistics: How Many Christians (2025)
About 2.65 billion Christians worldwide in 2025, still the largest faith, with 68.9% now in the Global South. Here is what Gordon-Conwell, Pew, and the Vatican actually found on the size and shape of world Christianity.
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Christian Denominations in the US: Statistics (2024)
How US adults divide among Christian traditions: 40% Protestant, 19% Catholic, and a nondenominational family that is the only one still growing. Here is what Pew, PRRI, and the US Religion Census found.
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The Religiously Unaffiliated (Nones): US Statistics (2025)
About 29% of US adults now claim no religion, but the decades-long surge has leveled off, and most nones still believe in God. Here is what Pew, PRRI, and Gallup actually found.
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Faith and Wellbeing
Prayer and Mental Health: What the Research Says
Personal prayer and faith-integrated therapy show modest correlational links with coping and wellbeing, while distant intercessory-prayer trials found no effect. Here is what the peer-reviewed evidence actually shows, framed as association not cause.
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Faith and Wellbeing: What the Research Actually Shows
Faith is consistently associated with higher wellbeing across large studies from Harvard, Pew, and Gallup. Here is what the research actually found, and why these links are associations rather than proof that faith causes happiness or health.
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Prayer and Health Research: What the Evidence Shows (2026)
The evidence on prayer and physical health is mixed and limited. Intercessory prayer trials are mostly null, personal prayer shows modest correlations, and no study shows prayer cures illness. Here is what the peer-reviewed research actually found.
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Spiritual Practices Statistics: US Data (2025)
Roughly two-thirds of US adults do some spiritual activity every week, from listening to music to meditating. Here is what Pew, the NIH, and peer-reviewed research actually found about how Americans practice, and whether it helps.
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Youth and Gen Z
Gen Z and Religion: US Statistics (2025)
The Gen Z faith picture is genuinely mixed. Rising commitment on some measures, high unaffiliation on others, and no clear nationwide revival. Here is what Pew, Gallup, Springtide, Barna, and the American Bible Society actually found.
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Young Men and Faith: US Statistics on the Narrowing Religious Gender Gap
The religious gender gap is narrowing among young US adults, and on some measures it has flipped. Here is what Barna, Gallup, PRRI, and Pew actually found, and why the sources disagree about whether it is a male revival.
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Youth Prayer Habits: Teen and Young-Adult Prayer Statistics
Youth prayer runs lower than in older generations but has not collapsed. Here is what Pew, Springtide, and Barna actually found about how teens and young adults pray, and why the revival headlines need care.
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Faith Technology
Prayer and Faith App Market: Size and Growth Statistics (2025)
How large the prayer and faith app market is, how fast it is growing, and who leads it. Sourced statistics from Pew, YouVersion, Grand View Research, and more, with every vendor estimate labeled.
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Faith App Adoption: Prayer and Bible App Statistics (2026)
The YouVersion Bible App crossed 1 billion installs in 2025, and Catholic prayer app Hallow reports 22 million-plus downloads. Here is what the primary data says about who uses faith apps, and how honestly the numbers hold up.
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AI and Faith: Statistics on AI in Prayer, Bible Study, and Ministry (2025-2026)
Practicing Christians are adopting AI faster than the general public, and 87% of pastors use it in ministry, yet trust runs thin: 73% of Americans want AI to play no role in faith. Here is what Barna, Pew, Lifeway, and YouVersion actually found.
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How these statistics are compiled
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Primary sources
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Dated figures
Each statistic is dated to the year the data was collected, so nothing reads as timeless.
Reviewed and updated
Pages are revised as new research is released, and contested evidence is flagged as such.
Every statistic in this hub is traced to a primary source, such as Pew Research Center, Gallup, the American Bible Society, or peer-reviewed research, and dated to the year the data was collected. We link each figure to the original study, note the definitions and caveats behind it, and revise pages as new research is released. Where the evidence is mixed or contested, we say so rather than pick the most flattering number.
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