---
"title": "Video: How much ‘religious switching’ is there in the U.S.?"
"description": "35% of U.S. adults no longer identify with the religion in which they were raised – that's about 90 million people who have changed their religious identities."
"date": "2025-06-10"
"authors":
  -
    "name": "Kim Arias"
    "job_title": "Former Video Lead"
    "link": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/staff/kim-arias/"
  -
    "name": "Justine Coleman"
    "job_title": "Content Strategy Analyst"
    "link": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/staff/justine-coleman/"
  -
    "name": "Alan Cooperman"
    "job_title": "Director, Religion Research"
    "link": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/staff/alan-cooperman/"
"url": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/religion/2025/06/10/video-how-much-religious-switching-is-there-in-the-us/"
"categories":
  - "Catholicism"
  - "Christianity"
  - "Non-Religion & Secularism"
  - "Religious Identity & Affiliation"
  - "Religiously Unaffiliated"
"datasets":
  -
    "name": "2023-24 Religious Landscape Study (RLS) Dataset"
    "url": "https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/dataset/2023-24-religious-landscape-study-rls-dataset/"
---

# Video: How much ‘religious switching’ is there in the U.S.?

35% of U.S. adults no longer identify with the religion in which they were raised – that’s about 90 million people who have changed their religious identities. Pew Research Center’s Alan Cooperman, director of religion research, explains the trends. Learn more about the study at [pewresearch.org/rls](https://pewresearch.org/rls).

https://youtu.be/eQCO2DgFSTw

**Publications from the Religious Landscape Study**

- Read the report: [Decline of Christianity in the U.S. Has Slowed, May Have Leveled Off](https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/religion/2025/02/26/decline-of-christianity-in-the-us-has-slowed-may-have-leveled-off/)

- Explore the interactive database: [Religious Landscape Study](https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/religious-landscape-study/)

- About this research project: [About the Religious Landscape Study](https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/religious-landscape-study/about/)

- Read the methodology: [Methodology](https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/religion/2025/02/26/religious-landscape-study-methodology/)

- Watch the main video: [Religion and Spirituality in America](https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/religion/2025/03/21/video-religion-and-spirituality-in-america/)

- Watch our other topical videos:

  - [How common are spiritual beliefs in the U.S.?](https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/religion/2025/05/13/video-how-common-are-spiritual-beliefs-in-the-us/)
  - [How religious are young Americans today?](https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/religion/2025/05/28/video-how-religious-are-young-americans-today/)
  - [How do American men and women differ religiously?](https://alpha.pewresearch.org/pewresearch-org/religion/2025/06/25/video-how-do-american-men-and-women-differ-religiously/)