Gallup has been asking Americans for decades about the importance of religion in their lives. For both sexes and across various age groups, the general trend since 2000 has been downward.
With the exception of an increase from 2010 to 2013, this was certainly the case among men ages 18-29, but no longer.
‘A similar increase has occurred among young Republican women.’
A possible course correction athwart the forces of atomization and disenchantment appears to be under way, with young men stating en masse that religion is now “very important” to them.
Whereas in 2022-2023, only 28% of this cohort said religion was very important to them, that number skyrocketed to 42% in 2024-2025.
Women lag
Women in the same age group are plumbing new lows, with only 29% of respondents
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