The percentage of Americans who say religion is “very important” in their lives has leveled off below 50% in recent years, including 47% in 2025. The reading has been gradually declining from 58% in 2012 and was as high as 70% to 75% in the 1950s and 1960s.
Meanwhile, in each year since 2022, 28% of Americans have said religion is “not very important” in their lives. This is the highest proportion in Gallup’s trend and more than double the rate seen as recently as the early 2000s. Another 25% today, down only slightly over the long term, say religion is “fairly important” to them.
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