Conspiracy theories - Statistics & Facts

Share of devout Americans from 2011 to 2017

Do you believe in God?

Americans who believe in God or a universal spirit 1976-2016

Do you believe in God or a universal spirit?

Share of Americans who believe God determines what happens to them 2017

Do you believe that God determines what happens to you?

Share of Americans who believe in God by age group 2017

United States: Believe in God or a higher power in 2017, by age group

Americans who identify as spiritual but not religious 2017

Share of Americans who identify as spiritual but not religious in 2017, by age

Americans' opinion on religious influence on life 2000-2021

At the present time, do you think religion as a whole is increasing its influence on American life or losing its influence?

Fear of death in the United States in 2019

United States: How afraid are you of death?

Belief in survival of the soul after death in the United States 2016

Do you believe in survival of the soul after death? (by age group)

Belief in karma in the United States in 2019

United States: How strongly do you believe in the concept of karma?

Views of Americans on creationism and evolution from 1982 to 2017

What are your views on the origin and development of human beings?

U.S. poll on the existence of a supreme being as the creator of the universe 2014

How confident are you that the following is correct?:The universe is so complex, there must be a supreme being guiding its creation.

Evolution of life on earth through natural selection 2014

How confident are you that the following is correct: Life on earth, including human beings, evolved through a process of natural selection?

State of moral values in the United States from 2003 to 2018

How would you rate the state of moral values in the United States today - excellent, good, only fair, or poor?

Americans' moral stance towards sex between unmarried persons in 2018

Do you think sex between an unmarried man and woman is morally acceptable or morally wrong?

Moral views on gay or lesbian relations in the United States 2001-2022

Are gay or lesbian relationships morally acceptable?

Americans' moral stance towards polygamy in 2018

Do you consider polygamy morally acceptable or morally wrong?

Americans' moral stance towards affairs between married persons in 2018

Do you think married men and women having an affair is morally acceptable or morally wrong?

Americans' moral stance towards divorce in 2022

Do you think getting a divorce is morally acceptable, or morally wrong?

Americans' moral stance towards suicide from 2001 to 2022

Do you consider suicide morally acceptable or morally wrong?

Americans' moral stance towards gambling in 2018

Do you consider gambling morally acceptable or morally wrong?

Belief in superstitions in the United States in 2019

United States: Do you believe any of these superstitions?

Belief in ghosts in the United States 2016

Do you believe in ghosts? (by age group)

Belief in reincarnation among respondents in the United States 2016

Do you believe in reincarnation? (by age group)

Belief in conspiracy theories in the United States in 2019

United States: Belief in selected conspiracy theories in 2019

Belief that the moon landing was faked in the United States in 2019

To what extent do you believe in the conspiracy theory that the moon landing was faked?

Belief in a deep state in the United States in 2019

To what extent do you believe in the conspiracy theory of a"deep state" working against Trump and his supporters?

Belief that September 11 was an inside job in the United States in 2019

To what extent do you believe in the conspiracy theory that 9/11 was an inside job?

Belief that Oswald had help in assassinating JFK in the United States 2019

To what extent do you believe in the conspiracy theory that Lee Harvey Oswald didn't act alone in assassinating JFK?

Belief that the government is hiding aliens in Area 51 in the United States 2019

To what extent do you believe in the conspiracy theory that the government is hiding aliens in Area 51?

Belief among U.S. respondents that the Illuminati secretly control the world 2019

To what extent do you believe in the conspiracy theory that the Illuminati secretly control the world?

Belief that search engines discriminate against conservatives in the U.S. 2019

To what extent do you believe in the conspiracy theory that search engines are discriminatory towards conservatives?

Belief that the CIA created HIV to kill homosexual and black people in U.S. 2019

To what extent do you believe in the conspiracy theory that the CIA created HIV to reduce homosexual and African American populations?

Belief in chemtrails in the U.S. 2019

To what extent do you believe in the conspiracy theory that the government is using chemicals to control the population (chemtrails)?

Belief that climate change is a hoax in the U.S. 2019

To what extent do you believe in the conspiracy theory that climate change is a hoax?