Americans’ experiences with religious audio programming
About half of U.S. adults listen to religious programming, including music and podcasts. Read about who tunes in, what they listen to and why, based on a 2025 survey.
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Where religious radio stations are located, and who owns them
More than 4,000 religious AM/FM stations broadcast across the U.S. Read about where they are, what their range looks like and independent versus group ownership.
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4. Views on the importance of religion to national identity
Across the 21 countries where we asked this question, the role of religion in national identity varies widely by country. Majorities in 12 countries – most of which are high-income – say being part of the country’s main religious group is not an important piece of national identity. In the other nine countries where we asked […]
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1. Religious landscape and change
Most identify as Buddhist or unaffiliated, and religious “switching” over a person’s lifetime is common.
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Voters’ views of Trump and Biden differ sharply by religion
Most registered voters who are White Christians would vote for Republican Donald Trump over Democrat Joe Biden if the 2024 presidential election were held today.
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Columbus Day, Indigenous Peoples Day or just a regular Monday? It depends on where you are
30 states and three U.S. territories recognize Columbus Day in some form, but only 20 states and two territories make Columbus Day a paid holiday for state workers.
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3. How important is following a specific religion to national belonging?
Across the 36 countries surveyed, people’s views on the importance of religion to national identity vary widely. Large shares in middle-income countries say being a member of the historically predominant religion in their country is very important to truly sharing the national identity – for example, to being truly Filipino or truly Nigerian. In high-income […]
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2. Views on the importance of customs and traditions to national identity
Majorities in all 23 countries surveyed say that sharing in their country’s customs and traditions is at least somewhat important to national identity. This includes seven countries where majorities say these national customs are very important to true belonging in their country. Customs and traditions are seen as important to national identity by nine-in-ten or […]
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Appendix C: Comparing the Center’s religion trends with those of other major surveys
Pew Research Center has tracked trends in American religion since 2007 via the Religious Landscape Study (RLS) and since 2020 using the annual National Public Opinion Reference Survey (NPORS). But the RLS and NPORS are hardly the only sources of survey data on religion in the United States. Among others, the General Social Survey (GSS) […]
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Religious Radio Across America
Almost all U.S. adults live in range of a religious radio station, most commonly Christian radio. Stations tend to broadcast either mostly music or mostly talk.
