Lauren Jackson

And then separately, we got a new survey from Gallup that found a sharp rise in the share of men under 30 who say that religion is, quote, very important to them.

It went from 28 percent in 2023 to 42 percent in 2025.

That's a huge jump.

It is.

And it was surprising as well, because historically we've seen that young women tend to be more religious than young men.

That's changing.

So a lot of numbers pointing in a similar direction.

How should we be looking at them in aggregate?

How are you seeing this moment?

It's a really good question, and it's one that has sparked a lot of debate, both in the pages of The New York Times and also in the people I'm speaking to.

on the religion beat.

You know, plenty of people have declared this a revival.

That's a strong word.

And plenty of other people have said that is very premature and potentially erroneous.

But what we do know is that this trend continues.

So in 2025, the non-religious share of the American population declined yet again.

And the number of atheists and agnostics is

back down to the levels we saw in 2014.

That's close to 15 years ago.

We do have signs that this shift is happening more on the right, particularly among young men.