In short
The YouVersion Bible App reached 1 billion device installs across its app family in October 2025 (Life.Church), the first faith app to do so, 17 years after launch. Catholic prayer app Hallow reports 22 million-plus downloads, with Appfigures modeling roughly 40 million dollars in 2025 net revenue. Independent survey data is more sober: Pew found 21% of US adults use a scripture-reading app and 14% use a prayer app (2023), and 54% use no religious technology at all.
- YouVersion hit 1 billion installs in 2025, the first faith app to do so.
- Hallow leads prayer apps with 22 million-plus downloads by 2026.
- Independent surveys are soberer: only 21% of US adults use a scripture app.
- A majority of US adults, 54%, use no religious technology at all.
The YouVersion Bible App reached 1 billion installs across its app family in October 2025, becoming the first faith app to hit that milestone, according to YouVersion (Life.Church). It took 17 years from its 2008 launch. Catholic prayer app Hallow reports 22 million-plus downloads by 2026, while Pray.com claims more than 14 million downloads. Modeled estimates from Appfigures put Hallow's 2025 net revenue near 40 million dollars. Adoption is real but uneven: Pew Research Center found 21 percent of US adults use a scripture-reading app and 14 percent use a prayer app (2023), and the American Bible Society counts 41 percent of US adults as Bible Users in 2025, most of whom now reach for a Bible app first.
Key findings at a glance
| Metric | Value | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| YouVersion Bible App installs | 1 billion | 2025 | YouVersion (Life.Church) |
| Hallow downloads | 22 million+ | 2026 | Contrary Research |
| Pray.com app downloads | 14 million+ | 2025 | Pray.com |
| US adults using a scripture-reading app or website | 21% | 2023 | Pew Research Center |
| US adults using a prayer app or website | 14% | 2023 | Pew Research Center |
| Digital Bible Users who use a Bible app | 62% | 2025 | American Bible Society |
YouVersion: the billion-install Bible app
The category leader is YouVersion, the Bible App from Life.Church, and its first-party engagement metrics dwarf the rest of the field. Its milestone numbers are self-reported, and they count installs across a family of apps rather than unique or active users.
The YouVersion Bible App reached 1 billion device installs across its family of apps in October 2025, according to YouVersion (Life.Church).
The YouVersion family of apps registers 1 billion app opens every 39 days as of 2025, according to YouVersion (Life.Church).
The 1 billion figure counts device installs across the YouVersion app family, not unique users or active users. It is a first-party metric self-reported by Life.Church.
| Statistic | Value | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Years to reach 1 billion installs (launched 2008) | 17 years | 2008-2025 | YouVersion (Life.Church) |
| Global app installs, year-over-year growth | 12% | 2025 | YouVersion (Life.Church) |
| Daily usage increase vs previous year | 18% | 2025 | YouVersion (Life.Church) |
| Languages available | 2,300+ | 2025 | YouVersion (Life.Church) |
| Bible translations offered | 3,600+ | 2025 | YouVersion (Life.Church) |
| Installs in the United Kingdom alone | 17.7 million | 2025 | YouVersion (Life.Church) |
| Partners (including 25,000+ churches) | 31,000+ | 2025 | YouVersion (Life.Church) |
Hallow: the largest prayer app
Hallow is widely cited as the largest prayer app in the world. Its download counts are company-reported and cumulative rather than unique users, and its revenue figures are modeled third-party estimates from Appfigures, not official disclosures.
Hallow reports more than 22 million downloads across iOS, Android, and web by 2026, according to Contrary Research and Hallow.
Hallow became the first religious app to reach No. 1 on the US Apple App Store on Ash Wednesday, February 14, 2024, according to Contrary Research.
Hallow earned roughly 40 million dollars in net revenue in 2025, according to Appfigures (estimated).
Hallow revenue and Lent download figures are modeled third-party estimates from Appfigures, reported after Apple and Google fees. Hallow does not disclose official revenue. Download totals from Contrary Research are company-reported and cumulative, not unique users.
| Statistic | Value | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Downloads reached (May 2023 milestone) | 10 million | 2023 | PR Newswire (Hallow) |
| Downloads during the 2024 Lent surge (estimated) | 2 million (est.) | 2024 | Appfigures |
| Average monthly downloads outside Lent (estimated) | ~280,000 / month (est.) | 2025 | Appfigures |
| Net revenue in April 2025, post-Lent peak (estimated) | $9.7M (est.) | 2025 | Appfigures |
| Total funding raised, incl. $50M Series C | $105 million | 2025 | Contrary Research |
| Prayers completed by users | 600 million | 2024 | Contrary Research |
| Share of user base that is not Catholic | ~40% | 2024 | Contrary Research |
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The rest of the field: Pray.com, Glorify, and others
Beyond YouVersion and Hallow, several other major Christian apps report meaningful adoption and funding. These figures are company-reported or drawn from funding coverage, and some date back several years without recent re-verification.
Pray.com reports more than 14 million app downloads as of 2025, according to Pray.com.
Christian daily-worship app Glorify raised a 40 million dollar Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz in December 2021, according to TechCrunch.
Pray.com download totals are company-reported, and some Pray.com materials cite higher figures across mobile and web combined. Glorify's 250,000 daily active users is a company-reported 2021 figure that has not been recently re-verified.
| Statistic | Value | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pray.com podcast downloads (and 2.5 billion minutes of prayer) | 100 million | 2024 | Pray.com |
| Glorify daily active users at its 2021 Series A | ~250,000 DAU | 2021 | TechCrunch |
How many people actually use faith apps
Vendor milestones are impressive, but independent survey data offers a more sober picture of adoption. Pew Research Center's 2023 study of US adults shows faith-app use is real but concentrated among the highly religious, with a majority of adults using no religious technology at all.
21 percent of US adults use an app or website to help or remind them to read Scripture (2023), according to Pew Research Center.
14 percent of US adults use an app or website to help or remind them to pray (2023), according to Pew Research Center.
54 percent of US adults are non-users of religious technology, using none of six online religious activities Pew measured (2023), according to Pew Research Center.
| Statistic | Value | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highly religious adults using a scripture-reading app or website | 52% | 2023 | Pew Research Center |
| Highly religious adults using a prayer app or website | 28% | 2023 | Pew Research Center |
| Black adults using an app to read Scripture (vs 17% of White adults) | 41% | 2023 | Pew Research Center |
Bible apps vs. other ways to read Scripture
Among people who do read the Bible digitally, apps have become the default. The American Bible Society tracks a proprietary "Bible User" measure: someone who reads the Bible outside of church at least three times a year. That is a lower bar than weekly reading, so its numbers differ from other surveys.
Among US Bible Users who access Scripture digitally, 62 percent use a Bible app, the most popular digital method (2025), according to the American Bible Society.
41 percent of US adults, about 110 million people, qualified as Bible Users in 2025, up from 38 percent in 2024, according to the American Bible Society.
The American Bible Society "Bible User" measure counts anyone who reads the Bible outside of church at least three times a year. It is a proprietary definition and a lower bar than weekly reading, so it is not comparable to weekly-reading figures.
| Statistic | Value | Year | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bible Users who access Scripture digitally at least sometimes | two-thirds | 2025 | American Bible Society |
| Millennial Bible Use, up from 30% in 2024 (a 29% YoY rise) | 39% | 2025 | American Bible Society |
| Global consumer spending on mobile apps, up 13% YoY | $150 billion | 2024 | Sensor Tower |
How we compiled these statistics
Every figure on this page is traced to a primary source and dated to the year the data was collected. Install, engagement, and reach figures for YouVersion come from Life.Church's October 2025 one-billion-installs announcement. Hallow download counts, funding, and prayer totals come from Contrary Research and Hallow's own reporting, and its revenue and Lent surge figures are modeled estimates from Appfigures, which we label as estimated. Pray.com and Glorify figures come from company reporting and TechCrunch's 2021 funding coverage. Adoption rates come from Pew Research Center's 2023 survey (Tier-1) and the American Bible Society's State of the Bible USA 2025, whose "Bible User" definition we flag wherever it is used. The market-size figure is from Sensor Tower's State of Mobile 2025. We exclude the retracted UK Quiet Revival / YouGov 2025 data and avoid any prayer-and-health causation framing; this page is about app adoption only.
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Frequently asked questions
Sources
- YouVersion (Life.Church), Bible App Reaches One Billion Installs
- Contrary Research, Hallow Business Breakdown
- Appfigures, Hallow Lent Surge and Prayer App Revenue Estimates
- American Bible Society, State of the Bible USA 2025 release
- Pew Research Center, Use of Apps and Websites in Religious Life (2023)
- PR Newswire (Hallow), Hallow App Crosses 10 Million Downloads and Closes $50M Series C
- TechCrunch, Glorify Lands $40M Series A Led by a16z
- Pray.com (via Newswire), First Religious App to Reach 100 Million Podcast Downloads
- Sensor Tower, State of Mobile 2025
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