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    This Pew Research Center study calculates Religious Diversity Index (RDI) scores for countries, territories and world regions based on the distribution of seven religious categories: Christians, Muslims, Hindus, Buddhists, Jews, adherents of all other religions (an umbrella category) and people with no religious affiliation.  The underlying estimates of the size of religious populations were previously […]

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    About Pew Research Center’s Spring 2024 Global Attitudes Survey Results for the survey are based on telephone, face-to-face and online interviews conducted under the direction of Gallup, Langer Research Associates, Social Research Centre and Verian. The results are based on national samples, unless otherwise noted. Read more details about our international survey methodology and country-specific sample […]

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    Why is Buddhism shrinking worldwide?

    The global population of Buddhists shrank by roughly 5% between 2010 and 2020, the sole major religious group to decline. 

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    Methodology

    About Pew Research Center’s Spring 2024 Global Attitudes Survey Pew Research Center’s Spring 2024 Global Attitudes Survey was conducted in 36 countries via telephone, face-to-face and online interviews, under the direction of Gallup, Langer Research Associates, Social Research Centre and Verian. The results are based on national samples, unless otherwise noted. This report draws on […]

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    Americans’ experiences with news from AI chatbots and search summaries

    ☀️ Happy Thursday! The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information. Sign up here! In today’s email: 🔥 Featured story YouTube has agreed to pay a $24.5 million settlement to President Donald Trump and others whose accounts were suspended following the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol. The platform froze Trump’s account, blocking him from […]

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    Methodology

    About Pew Research Center’s Spring 2024 Global Attitudes Survey Results for the survey are based on face-to-face interviews conducted under the direction of Gallup, Langer Research Associates and Verian. The results are based on national samples, unless otherwise noted. Here are more details about our international survey methodology and country-specific sample designs.