The global population of Buddhists shrank by roughly 5% between 2010 and 2020, the sole major religious group to decline.

Buddhism has a long history in America. In the 1800s, Chinese migrants working in the gold rush and building railroads brought their Buddhist beliefs and practices with them. Today, ...

Buddhism is the only major religion whose global population shrank between 2010 and 2020. Learn why it declined in East Asia, particularly in Japan and South Korea.

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Across 25 countries, Americans are the most likely to see the morality and ethics of people in their country as somewhat or very bad.

About half of Americans (53%) said in a summer 2025 survey that they had seen a movie in theaters in the past year.

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