A survey from 2021 found that 11 percent of Americans read the Bible daily. Trends in reading habits over four years showed that the majority of Americans never read the Bible, however in 2021 this number dropped to 29 percent of respondents. Bible readership demographics Bible readership varies across each demographic, with Millennials most likely to have never read the Bible, whereas the most frequent readers were those aged over 70 years old. Looking at the preferences of the older readers, traditional books were favored, with 91 percent opting for a print version of the Bible to read over other formats.

Although figures show that fewer people are reading the Bible, there is still a genuine desire to read the Bible amongst the American population, with 56 percent of those asked in 2019 expressing a wish to read it. Changes in attitudes have not been drastic, but rather it seems that disengagement with the Christian scripture has been a gradual process. Why are fewer people reading the Bible? Certainly, it is no small undertaking, as with approximately 1,200 pages the Bible is of comparable length to the popular epic ‘Lord of the Rings’ series by J.R.R. Tolkien. Other possible frustrations with the Bible and reasons for disengagement could come from complexities in language or simply not knowing when to use it. However, despite these challenges in reading the text, a significant proportion of the U.S. population consider their belief in God to be compatible with the representation in the Bible.

The statistic shows the impact of the Bible on the behavior of people who read it monthly in the United States as of February 2019. At the time of survey, 22 percent of respondents who read the Bible at least monthly very strongly agreed that they were more willing to engage in their faith, while 13 percent stated that reading the Bible made them more generous with their time, energy or financial resources.

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Despite the average daily time spent reading per capita in the United States decreasing in recent years, the average amount of time spent reading the Bible has remained stable. A survey showed that 23 percent of U.S. adults reported spending one hour of more with the bible in each sitting in 2017, compared to 24 percent four years earlier.

The Bible: consumption in the United States

The frequency of reading the Bible among adults in the U.S. changed very little between 2018 and 2019, however reading habits among survey respondents were at two extremes. Whilst the majority reported never reading the Bible at all, the second largest share of adults said that they read the text every day. Whilst the average time spent with the Bible has only very mildly fluctuated over the last few years, attitudes and consumption habits are changing.

Back in 2011, 67 percent of surveyed U.S. adults said that they wished they used the Bible more, however by 2019 this figure had dropped to 56 percent. In addition to this, digital formats have become more prevalent and have proved more appealing to younger readers than to older generations. Print is still by far the most popular format, however more Millennials and Gen-Xers prefer to read the Bible via a smartphone or tablet app than their older peers, and the frequency of reading online versions of the Bible was also higher among younger generations.

Whilst to older generations using digital versions of religious or sacred texts may seem strange or even a step too far, clearly a demand for such content exists. The Bible app came second in a ranking of the highest rated iOS apps in the United States with over 97 percent positive user reviews – that’s almost ten percent more than Spotify. With consumers all over the world making the move from print to digital, it is possible that digital versions of the Bible will increase in popularity even further, though there will likely always be groups who simply believe such a text should be kept in its traditional format.

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This statistic displays the Bible reading frequency among Christians in the Netherlands in 2017. Respondents taking part in this survey considered themselves Christian and saw the Bible as relevant. Of these participants, less than ** percent stated to read the Bible daily. On the other hand, over ** percent of the participants answered that they never read the Bible, despite acknowledging its relevance.

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The graph presents the share of adults who wish that they used the Bible more in the United States from 2011 to 2019. During the 2019 survey period, 56 percent of respondents stated they wished they read the Bible more than they did at the time of the study, marking a decrease of eleven percent who felt this way in the year 2011.

The study this datasets is part of focusses on intercultural Biblical hermeneutics and was necessary to gain insights into how the participants understood concepts and processes of forgiveness when reading Matthew 18.15-35. Moreover, since social identity complexity theory plays an important role in intercultural hermeneutics, it was necessary to gather the data in a social, or group reading context. Each of the two participating groups were largely homogenous in terms of race and culture. Demographic information was an important component in ascertaining to what extent social identity categories (such as race and culture) influence the hermeneutic perspectives of the participants. The participants self-reported their race, age and gender in an individual information session that took place before the first group meeting.In order to gain data from the participants related to their intercultural Biblical hermeneutic views of forgiveness, the researcher designed a series of group readings of the Biblical text in which the participants had the opportunity to read the text and then share their understandings of forgiveness with the researcher and the rest of the group. These group readings where structured in the form of focus group encounters in which the conversations were recorded by means of an audio recording device and then transcribed for later analysis.This dataset contains the raw data (transcripts) that was gathered in a series of 6 focus group meetings (datasets D1 - D6). The datasets each are numbered according to the Atlas.ti convention. The data is recorded in Rich Text File (RTF) format. In the heading of each data file the date and location of the recording of the data is noted (e.g., Church Street Methodist Church, 21/06/2015).The data has been anonymised in order to protect the privacy of the participants, except for the original Atlas.ti file (which is only available on request). Each participant has been allocated a code represent their inputs (P1-P12). The P* remains the same for that participant in all of the datasets. The interviewer has been allocated the symbol 'I' or [I].A methodology text and read me text are part of the dataset and explain the context of the dataset. In these documents, references are made to parts of the corresponding publication (PhD dissertation):Forster, DA. 2017. 'The (im)possibility of forgiveness? An empirical intercultural Bible reading of Matthew 18.15-35'. PHD thesis. Radboud University.

The graph presents data on the desire for reading the Bible in the United States as of January 2016. During a survey, 55 percent of Millennials stated they wished they read the Bible more than they did at the time of the survey.

The graph presents data on the popularity of the versions of the Bible read in the United States as of January 2017. During the survey, 31 percent of the respondents stated they most often read the King James Version of the Bible. During the same survey, 32 percent of respondents stated that they had never read the Bible, whilst 16 percent stated that they read the Bible every day. New ways of reading the Bible have begun to become popular, such as using the internet to access Bible content or searching for Bible verses on a smartphone. However, reading from a print version of the Bible still remains the most popular method.

This statistic displays the share of Christians reading the Bible every day in the Netherlands in 2018, by denomination. It shows that Protestants in the Netherlands read the Bible much more frequently than Catholics. Of the Protestant respondents taking part in this survey, ** percent said to read the Bible daily. This was only *** percent among the Catholic participants.

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This statistic displays the share of people sometimes reading the Bible in the Netherlands 1996 and 2017. Between 1996 and 2017, the share of people sometimes reading the Bible in the Netherlands decreased. Whereas in 1996, just over 30 percent of respondents said to sometimes read the Bible. By 2017, this was only 16 percent.

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The statistic shows the results of a survey about the most popular book genres among adult readers in the Philippines in 2017. During the period examined, ***** percent of the respondents stated to read the bible, followed by ** percent of the respondents who claimed that they read picture and story books for children.