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Pew Research Center joined the Aspen Institute’s Trust in Practice Summit on May 8, 2025, to present data on Americans’ declining trust in each other and the reasons behind it.

The event featured a presentation by Vice President of Research Neha Sahgal and Associate Director of Research Laura Silver.

Learn more about Americans’ trust in one another at the link in our bio.

Over the last two decades, we’ve conducted surveys about religion and spirituality in more than 100 countries and territories. But in this survey, for the first time, we asked more than 50,000 people across six continents about some beliefs and practices that we previously had explored only in Asia or the United States. 🌎✨

This allows us to draw a fuller picture of spirituality around the world. Some of the concepts we asked about have roots in specific religious traditions – such as Judaism, Christianity and Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism, or Asian folk religions. Others are associated with less formal religious traditions that some people might label New Age. 🔮

We find that adults around the world – often across religious and geographic boundaries – share many of the beliefs and practices we asked about. 🤝

Comment “spirits” and we’ll DM you the full analysis 📨

Over the last two decades, we’ve conducted surveys about religion and spirituality in more than 100 countries and territories. But in this survey, for the first time, we asked more than 50,000 people across six continents about some beliefs and practices that we previously had explored only in Asia or the United States. 🌎✨ This allows us to draw a fuller picture of spirituality around the world. Some of the concepts we asked about have roots in specific religious traditions – such as Judaism, Christianity and Islam, Hinduism and Buddhism, or Asian folk religions. Others are associated with less formal religious traditions that some people might label New Age. 🔮 We find that adults around the world – often across religious and geographic boundaries – share many of the beliefs and practices we asked about. 🤝 Comment “spirits” and we’ll DM you the full analysis 📨

After many years of steady decline, the share of Americans who identify as Christians shows signs of leveling off – at least temporarily – at slightly above six-in-ten, according to a massive new Pew Research Center survey of 36,908 U.S. adults.

The Religious Landscape Study (RLS) is the largest single survey the Center conducts, aiming to provide authoritative figures on the size of U.S. religious groups. The U.S. census does not collect that information.

We have conducted three of these landscape surveys over the past 17 years, with more than 35,000 randomly sampled respondents each time. That’s enough to paint a statistical portrait of religion not only nationally, but also in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, as well as in 34 large metro areas. To explore this data for your state, visit our interactive at pewresearch.org/rls.

After many years of steady decline, the share of Americans who identify as Christians shows signs of leveling off – at least temporarily – at slightly above six-in-ten, according to a massive new Pew Research Center survey of 36,908 U.S. adults. The Religious Landscape Study (RLS) is the largest single survey the Center conducts, aiming to provide authoritative figures on the size of U.S. religious groups. The U.S. census does not collect that information. We have conducted three of these landscape surveys over the past 17 years, with more than 35,000 randomly sampled respondents each time. That’s enough to paint a statistical portrait of religion not only nationally, but also in all 50 states and the District of Columbia, as well as in 34 large metro areas. To explore this data for your state, visit our interactive at pewresearch.org/rls.