48% of Americans Say They’ve Read Half the Bible or More, Survey Finds

48% of Americans Say They’ve Read Half the Bible or More, Survey Finds

A new nationwide survey reports that close to half of Americans say they have read a substantial portion of the Bible, though a much smaller share engages with it regularly. When participants were asked about how much of the Bible they have read, 48% indicated they had read at least half.

Rising numbers read the Bible on apps, says developer

GROWTH in access to the Bible through apps is being reported by YouVersion, the company whose free apps have been downloaded on more than one billion devices worldwide. It reported last week that an average of 18.7 million people had accessed one ...

Millions more Americans are curious about the Bible, even as engagement slips: Report

(The Lion)–For people of faith heartened by the recent resurgence in Bible reading and sales, the latest State of the Bible report offers a mix of encouraging signs, discouraging news – and plenty of uncertainty. The first batch of data from the American Bible Society’s 2026 State of the Bible report was released this week, about three months after Circana BookScan reported a 21-year high for Bible sales in the U.S. for 2025, with sales from las…