Driven by a recent increase, young men in the U.S. have now surpassed young women in saying religion is “very important” in their lives. Gallup\u2019s latest data, from 2024-2025, show 42% of young men saying religion is very important to them, up sharply from 28% in 2022-2023. By contrast, during this period, young women\u2019s attachment to religion has held steady at about 30%.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Although young men had previously tied young women on this key marker of religiosity, young men now lead by a statistically significant margin. The recent increase among young men also contrasts with minimal changes since 2022-2023 among older men and women.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
With the recent surge in their attachment to religion, young men have returned to the high point of their expressed religiosity of the past 25 years, roughly tying the 43% found in 2000-2001. By contrast, women of all age groups and older men are at or near their historical lows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
These findings are based on biennial aggregates of Gallup\u2019s religion data from 2000-2001 through 2024-2025, allowing for stable estimates across age and gender groups.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Read it all<\/a>.<\/p> Skeptics claimed that the supposed religious revival among young men wasn\u2019t showing up in the polling. Gallup says otherwise. A shift is here, and it\u2019s massive. https:\/\/t.co\/ItPM1mWc7h<\/a><\/p>— Walter Russell Mead (@wrmead) April 16, 2026<\/a><\/blockquote>