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reportFeb 26, 2025

Executive summary

Read key findings about trends in Americans’ religious beliefs and practices in the 2023-24 Religious Landscape Study’s executive summary. Pew Research Center.
short readsOct 3, 2023

Americans differ over how important it is for political candidates they support to share their personal traits

66% of U.S. adults say it is extremely or very important that candidates share their views on political issues.
short readsMay 10, 2023

Most U.S. parents pass along their religion and politics to their children

Most parents pass along religious and political affiliations, and they do so at similarly high rates, according to a new analysis of several surveys.
reportMar 5, 2024

3. Median scores for government restrictions peak, social hostilities involving religion tick down in 2021

Government restrictions on religion, by region The global median score on the Government Restrictions Index (GRI) rose from 2.8 in 2020 to 3.0 in 2021, the highest it’s been since Pew Research Center created the index in 2007. Both Europe and the Americas saw increases in their regional GRI scores, though their median scores remained […]
short readsSep 21, 2023

6 facts about Buddhism in China

While only 4% of Chinese adults formally identify as Buddhists, formal affiliation doesn’t reflect the full extent of Buddhist belief and practice.
reportFeb 26, 2025

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) […]
short readsMar 5, 2024

Key findings about religious restrictions around the world in 2021

The most common kinds of government restrictions on religion in 2021 included harassment of religious groups and interference in worship.
short readsMar 15, 2024

5 facts about religion and Americans’ views of Donald Trump

Among religious groups, White evangelical Protestants continue to have the most positive opinion of Trump.
reportMar 15, 2023

Americans Feel More Positive Than Negative About Jews, Mainline Protestants, Catholics

Most U.S. adults are neutral toward several religious groups, though Americans tend to rate their own religious group positively. More than a third of Americans hold unfavorable views of multiple religious groups.
reportDec 18, 2024

2. Number of countries where religious groups were harassed reached new peak level in 2022

In 2022, governments and/or social actors harassed religious groups in 192 countries and territories out of the 198 analyzed – two more than 2021.

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Americans differ over how important it is for political candidates they support to share their personal traits

Most U.S. parents pass along their religion and politics to their children

3. Median scores for government restrictions peak, social hostilities involving religion tick down in 2021

6 facts about Buddhism in China

Key findings about religious restrictions around the world in 2021

5 facts about religion and Americans’ views of Donald Trump

Americans Feel More Positive Than Negative About Jews, Mainline Protestants, Catholics

2. Number of countries where religious groups were harassed reached new peak level in 2022

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