Adults 23-26 are America’s least religious age group: Study
The study's finding that 23-to-26-year-olds are the least religious age group cuts against a lot of recent coverage about young men rediscovering faith. It's easy to spot a handful of high-profile converts on podcasts and assume a wave is forming, but the broad data tells a quieter story.
That doesn't mean the revival stories are pure noise. Conservative men in particular may be bucking the trend within their own demographic, and that's worth tracking. But a few visible outliers don't move the overall numbers for the whole age bracket, and this study is a reminder to check the averages before declaring a comeback.
I'd want to know how the study defines religiosity, whether it's attendance, belief, or affiliation, because those can diverge sharply. And I'd be curious whether this is a life-stage effect, since people in their mid-20s often drift from church and return later when they have kids. Either way, the picture is more complicated than a simple revival or a simple collapse.