The pandemic caused a lot of change. Some changes that show up in survey data result from changes in survey methods. For example, a rise in the share of Spaniards identifying with no religion coincides with a switch from in-person to phone surveys. Read more: sociologicalscience.com/download/vol...

The pandemic caused a lot of change. Some changes that show up in survey data result from changes in survey methods. For example, a rise in the share of Spaniards identifying with no religion coincides with a switch from in-person to phone surveys. Read more: sociologicalscience.com/download/vol...

"No, there is no Christian revival in the West," argues David Voas. https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/no-no-christian-revival-west-080000197.html

NEW: How Measurement Changes Can Exaggerate the Growth of Religious “Nones” from Matthew Conrad & me https://sociologicalscience.com/articles-v13-5-89/

This @ncronline.bsky.social story does a nice job of presenting different perspectives on the Christian revival narrative. I welcome a public discussion of the data. Bible Society leaders declined my invitation to participate in a conversation at last week's @policyatkings.bsky.social event.

NEW: How Measurement Changes Can Exaggerate the Growth of Religious “Nones” from Matthew Conrad & me https://sociologicalscience.com/articles-v13-5-89/

This @ncronline.bsky.social story does a nice job of presenting different perspectives on the Christian revival narrative. I welcome a public discussion of the data. Bible Society leaders declined my invitation to participate in a conversation at last week's @policyatkings.bsky.social event.

Calling me a "doomster" distracts from the facts. The Quiet Revival story is that churchgoing increased 50% from 2018-2024. However, data from national churches & random sample surveys point in the opposite direction -- Christian identity & practice dropped. No one denies some congregations grew.

Can someone please explain to me how young women are finding Christianity through astrology, tarot and manifestation? www.thetablet.co.uk/news/revival...

The Bible Society's @robb-s.bsky.social says he is now "more confident" in the Quiet Revival report's "overall story." The report famously claims church attendance has gone up a lot since 2018. However, data from national churches and the British Social Attitudes survey suggests otherwise.

The Bible Society's @robb-s.bsky.social says he is now "more confident" in the Quiet Revival report's "overall story." The report famously claims church attendance has gone up a lot since 2018. However, data from national churches and the British Social Attitudes survey suggests otherwise.

According to online opt-in pollster YouGov, belief in God among British 18-24 year olds rose from 16% in 2021 to 45% in 2025. New YouGov data indicates it is now down to 27% in 2026. https://yougov.co.uk/topics/society/trackers/brits-beliefs-about-gods?crossBreak=1824 #quietrevival

According to online opt-in pollster YouGov, belief in God among British 18-24 year olds rose from 16% in 2021 to 45% in 2025. New YouGov data indicates it is now down to 27% in 2026. https://yougov.co.uk/topics/society/trackers/brits-beliefs-about-gods?crossBreak=1824 #quietrevival

Evangelical Christian media company Christian Today reported on my analysis of the survey data fueling claims of a Christian revival in the UK. The story includes response from a Bible Society spokesperson (the Bible Society produced the Quiet Revival report).

I am the unnamed "global analyst" from Pew Research Center who is "pouring cold water" on claims of Christian revival among young adults in Britain. https://www.thetimes.com/uk/religion/article/christian-revival-pew-study-gen-z-6dbl8n3wg

Delighted that @conradhackett.bsky.social will be visiting Brunel to give us a talk on “Is the world becoming more religious or less religious?”, this Thursday 29 January. All welcome, talk will be live-streamed 😊

Betteridge's law of headlines: "Any headline that ends in a question mark can be answered by the word no."

There's a lot of buzz about Christian revival among young adults in the UK & US. Perceptions of revival are fueled by results from opt-in online surveys. However, these surveys may be misleading. Surveys from random samples of the population don't show any clear evidence of revival. My new post:

There's a type of survey that is fueling talk of a young adult religious revival in the UK & the US. You should be concerned about this type of survey because it is increasingly common and it may produce misleading results on many topics other than religion. Read more:

There's a type of survey that is fueling talk of a young adult religious revival in the UK & the US. You should be concerned about this type of survey because it is increasingly common and it may produce misleading results on many topics other than religion. Read more:

Last year, the 'Quiet Revival' report said church attendance in England & Wales rose by 50% from 2018 to 2024. However, the share of churchgoing Christians in Britain dropped from 12% to 9% during this period, according to the British Social Attitudes survey. www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

Last year, the 'Quiet Revival' report said church attendance in England & Wales rose by 50% from 2018 to 2024. However, the share of churchgoing Christians in Britain dropped from 12% to 9% during this period, according to the British Social Attitudes survey. www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

In my post yesterday, I wrote, "The narrative of a religious revival in the U.K. appears to be receiving much more attention than data and commentary challenging this narrative." Here's a just published example: www.christiantoday.com/news/2025-wa...

Online opt-in polls suggest a young adult religious resurgence in the US. Based on their opt-in polls, Barna says, "Regular church attendance is on the rise for all young adults." Their chart is below. www.barna.com/trends/churc... But surveys using random samples do not support this narrative.

Surveys using random samples of the British population show that between 2018 & 2024: 1. The Christian share of the population declined, including among young adults. 2. There was no increase in the share of the population who were churchgoing Christians, including among young adults.

Online opt-in polls suggest a young adult religious resurgence in the US. Based on their opt-in polls, Barna says, "Regular church attendance is on the rise for all young adults." Their chart is below. www.barna.com/trends/churc... But surveys using random samples do not support this narrative.

"Many recent surveys have pointed to a Christian resurgence among young adults in the United Kingdom. This narrative, however, may be misleading" Ahead of our event on this next week, @conradhackett.bsky.social looks at the evidence for claims there has been a "quiet revival" in religious belief

There's a lot of buzz about Christian revival among young adults in the UK & US. Perceptions of revival are fueled by results from opt-in online surveys. However, these surveys may be misleading. Surveys from random samples of the population don't show any clear evidence of revival. My new post:

Please share - multiple summer 2026 in-person undergrad internship opportunities at @pewresearch.org! - religion - digital - social trends - data journalism - global - news - internet - AI - admin - race - science - methods - politics Apply soon! pewtrusts.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Center...

It's been a joy to work on this report & I want to end on a personal note Here's the 2014 Pew report on this topic that I picked up as a grad student. Those tabs are all things I cited for my doctoral work on Catholics in Colombia. So grateful to have contributed to our newest report on this topic!

Catholicism has significantly declined since 2013-14 across all six countries we surveyed. 2/

NEW @pewresearch.org report I led with my team on religion in Latin America! The study focuses on Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico and Peru, a group of countries that together make up roughly 75% of the region’s population. pewrsr.ch/3NofOy9 A few key takeaways in the:thread:below: 1/

Please share - multiple summer 2026 in-person undergrad internship opportunities at @pewresearch.org! - religion - digital - social trends - data journalism - global - news - internet - AI - admin - race - science - methods - politics Apply soon! pewtrusts.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/Center...

"Compensation to researchers will be contingent on receipt of a paper draft of at least 3,000 words during the month of August 2026. Payment can be made directly to individual researchers....The researcher will own all IP rights to their final research publication."

Is the world becoming more religious? Is a Christian revival underway in the UK? I'll discuss these questions in London next week: Wed. at @ucl.ac.uk www.ucl.ac.uk/ioe/events/2... Thur. at @brunelpsy.bsky.social students.brunel.ac.uk/whats-on/sha... & Thur. at Kings www.linkedin.com/pulse/really...

Please share: Pew Research Center will provide $3,000 each for 19 new papers using our recent global datasets. We encourage reuse of our Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures data! https://www.pewresearch.org/2026/01/16/seeking-research-using-recent-pew-templeton-global-religious-futures-datasets/

📉 Amid depressing news, getting back into office life after a break, and slowly inching toward the end of my PhD, I wanted a simple way to track how my days actually felt — ideally colour-coded in a calendar so I could look back and reflect. So I built one (well, two) and made them open-source. 🧵⬇️

Please share: Pew Research Center will provide $3,000 each for 19 new papers using our recent global datasets. We encourage reuse of our Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures data! https://www.pewresearch.org/2026/01/16/seeking-research-using-recent-pew-templeton-global-religious-futures-datasets/

Languages with the most Wikipedia articles 1. English 2. Cebuano 3. German 4. French 5. Swedish 6. Dutch Linguist Sverker Johansson built a Wikipedia bot that creates articles in Cebuano (a language spoken in the southern Philippines) & Swedish. www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/...

Gallup reports new high of 45% in U.S. identify as political independents news.gallup.com/poll/700499/...

You're rich. You own a luxury apartment and a couple of supercars. Do you park a supercar inside your fancy apartment?

A great opportunity for someone with a background in data archives!

Please share - @pewresearch.org wants to hire a data archivist who will be an advocate for data users, helping to ensure that our datasets are easy to discover and reuse by researchers, journalists, and the public. pewtrusts.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/CenterExtern...

I'm grateful for all the enthusiasm here for sharing opportunities like the one below. My post about our new @pewresearch.org data archivist position has been shared 151 times here, 26 times on Mastodon and 0 times on X.

Great opportunity for an open science data archivist in the DC area! I was able to work with this team in 2024 through some contract work, and I highly recommend them. Please share.

Please do this so it's easier to search their site, something I do often!

Please share - @pewresearch.org wants to hire a data archivist who will be an advocate for data users, helping to ensure that our datasets are easy to discover and reuse by researchers, journalists, and the public. pewtrusts.wd5.myworkdayjobs.com/CenterExtern...

While there continues to be much attention paid to the growth of the religiously unaffiliated population in Europe and North America, two-thirds of the world’s 1.9 billion religious “nones” (67%) live in China.

NEW DATA: Where the teens are YouTube 92% TikTok 68% Instagram 63% Snapchat 55% Facebook 31% (down from 71%) WhatsApp 24% Reddit 17% X 16% (down from 33%) https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2025/12/09/teens-social-media-and-ai-chatbots-2025/

About 3 in 10 young teens. say they use AI chatbots (like ChatGPT) daily https://www.pewresearch.org/internet/2025/12/09/teens-social-media-and-ai-chatbots-2025/