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reportMar 26, 2025

2. Religious switching into and out of the religiously unaffiliated group

Read about where religiously unaffiliated populations have had the largest net gains, and how those who’ve joined the “nones” identified previously.
reportMar 26, 2025

3. Religious switching into and out of Buddhism

Find out what percentage of adults have joined or left Buddhism, or remained Buddhist since childhood, in six countries.
reportMar 26, 2025

4. Religious switching into and out of Islam

Find out what percentage of adults have joined or left Islam, or remained Muslim since childhood, in 13 countries.
reportMar 26, 2025

5. Religious switching into and out of Hinduism

Find out what percentage of adults have joined or left Hinduism, or remained Hindu since childhood, in four countries.
reportMar 26, 2025

6. Religious switching into and out of Judaism

Find out what percentage of adults have joined or left Judaism, or remained Jewish since childhood, in the U.S. and Israel.
short readsApr 20, 2023

Many people in U.S., other advanced economies say it’s not necessary to believe in God to be moral

Most Americans say it’s not necessary to believe in God in order to be moral and have good values, according to a spring 2022 survey.
reportNov 17, 2022

Appendix: Does mentioning religious leaders’ support for environmental protection influence respondents’ answers to survey questions about it?

Pew Research Center conducted an experiment to better understand how religious leaders’ messages might influence their followers’ views on the environment. Using a sample of more than 3,000 U.S. adults that was separate from the main survey, the experiment posed two questions. A third of the respondents were shown the following: As you may know, […]
reportMar 26, 2025

1. Religious switching into and out of Christianity

Read about where Christianity has had the largest net losses, and how those who’ve left Christianity now identify religiously.
reportNov 17, 2022

2. Environmentalism in U.S. religious congregations

CORRECTION (May 23, 2024): A previous version of this report listed an incorrect figure for Hispanic Americans who regularly attend religious services and say they have heard at least a little about climate change in sermons. This has been updated and does not substantively affect the findings of this report. While many Americans tie their […]
reportSep 29, 2022

1. Hispanics’ views of the U.S. political parties

Hispanics generally have more positive attitudes toward the Democratic Party than the Republican Party, viewing the Democratic Party as more concerned about Hispanics and their interests. They also are more likely to say Democrats work hard to earn the votes of Hispanics than they are to say the same about Republicans. Even so, the positive […]