Bible & Discipleship2025LI-X04F10C24

Adults who read the Bible weekly

Name: Adults who read the Bible weekly
Creator: Barna Group

Percent of U.S. adults who read the Bible weekly (in percent)

Key finding

Up 3 points from 2000 to 2025.

Latest reading (2025): 42%
Earliest reading (2000): 39%

Source: Barna Group, Gen Z and Millennials Fuel a Bible Reading Comeback · Barna tracking data: random samples of 138,556 adults over 25 years ending October 2025. Article published 2025-11-06.

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What does this statistic show?

Up 3 points from 2000 to 2025. Latest reading (2025): 42%. Earliest reading (2000): 39%.

Who published this data?

Barna Group, 2025. Source: Barna Group, Gen Z and Millennials Fuel a Bible Reading Comeback (https://www.barna.com/trends/bible-reading-trends/).

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Leader Insights collects statistics about U.S. churches from published research by organizations such as Lifeway Research, Barna Group, Springtide, the American Bible Society and PRRI. Every number is checked against the wording of the original source before it is published, and each statistic links back to the study it came from. Figures are reproduced from the publishers named above; see the source for full methodology.