Overview
- Gallup, in a report released Thursday, said 42% of men ages 18 to 29 now call religion very important and about 40% attend at least monthly, both up from 2022 to 2023.
- PRRI’s 2025 Census, based on about 40,000 adults, finds weekly attendance stuck at 26% and religious affiliation largely steady at 66% Christian and 28% unaffiliated.
- Gallup links most recent gains to Republicans, with bigger attendance increases among young GOP men and women than among their Democratic peers.
- PRRI reports a widening split by gender identity, with 43% of young women unaffiliated versus 35% of young men, while Gallup shows young women’s attendance near men’s at 39%.
- Researchers caution that question wording, response choices, and Gallup’s two‑year combined samples for small youth groups can drive gaps, so more polling is needed before calling a broad revival.