Overview

• A YouGov survey shows belief in a supernatural deity among 18-24-year-olds more than doubled from 16% in 2021 to over one third in 2025 while atheism in that cohort fell from 49% to 32%.
• Respondents aged 25-49 and 50-64 also recorded modest belief gains and atheism declines, whereas those 65 and older saw belief dip and atheism rise.
• The Bible Society reports monthly church attendance among 18-24-year-olds quadrupled from 4% in 2018 to 16% earlier this year and Nielsen BookScan data show UK Bible sales almost doubled between 2019 and 2024.
• Religious leaders such as Bishop Jill Duff have described the trend as a “spiritual awakening” driven by pandemic-era prayer and outreach despite absence of definitive causal proof.
• Analysts caution that short-term increases in surveys and book sales alone do not confirm a lasting reversal of Britain’s long-term secularization trend.