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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.
reportMar 26, 2026

Where do Americans turn first for information about breaking news?

☀️ Happy Thursday! The Briefing is your guide to the world of news and information. Sign up here! In today’s email: 🔥 Featured story The Federal Communications Commission last week approved the merger of two major local television companies, allowing Nexstar Media Group to buy Tegna for $6.2 billion. The deal creates a local TV news giant that will own 265 stations in 44 states. In recent weeks, attorneys general in […]
reportMar 26, 2026

Political commentary on religious radio, and what listeners think about it

Most religious radio listeners say keeping up with news and politics isn’t a major reason they tune in. Still, some stations have a heavy focus on political commentary.
reportMar 26, 2026

How Catholic radio differs from other Christian radio

Catholic radio features more talk programming and distinct topics compared with other Christian stations. Explore how it stands out in the U.S. media landscape.
short readsDec 2, 2025

Key facts about Black Americans and religion

Most Black Americans are Christian, though the share who identify as such has fallen since 2007.
reportMar 5, 2024

Globally, Government Restrictions on Religion Reached Peak Levels in 2021, While Social Hostilities Went Down

In 2021, government restrictions on religion – laws, policies and actions by state officials that limit religious beliefs and practices – reached a new peak globally. Harassment of religious groups and interference in worship were two of the most common forms of government restrictions worldwide that year.
short readsSep 28, 2023

The pope is concerned about climate change. How do U.S. Catholics feel about it?

71% of Hispanic Catholics see climate change as an extremely or very serious problem, compared with 49% of White, non-Hispanic Catholics.
reportMar 26, 2026

Methodology

This study of religious radio in the United States uses three different data sources with accompanying methodologies: This is a Pew Research Center report from the Pew-Knight Initiative, a research program funded jointly by The Pew Charitable Trusts and the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation. Find related reports online at https://www.pewresearch.org/pew-knight/. The American Trends […]
decodedMay 11, 2023

Can machines compete with humans in transcribing audio? A case study using sermons from U.S. religious services

To test whether machine transcription would be practical for studies of sermons in 2019 and 2020, we compared human and machine transcriptions of snippets from a random sample of 200 audio and video sermons.
reportJun 2, 2023

1. Americans’ experiences with virtual religious services

Roughly a quarter of U.S. adults (27%) regularly watch religious services online or on TV, while a third regularly attend services in person, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted in November 2022. The survey took place as the coronavirus pandemic was winding down but before the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention declared […]

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Globally, Government Restrictions on Religion Reached Peak Levels in 2021, While Social Hostilities Went Down

Can machines compete with humans in transcribing audio? A case study using sermons from U.S. religious services

1. Americans’ experiences with virtual religious services

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