Christians declining in raw numbers *and* as share of American population

[afleitch]

Wow, an 8 percent drop in 7 years is huge.

The USA's general 'religiousity' (at least in terms of self perception) has been a bit of an exception in the west for the past two decades (even taking into account American exceptionalism in itself...)

I tend to think it's been somewhat overinflated, coupled with general (and deliberate) misunderstanding of what not having faith actually means on a person to person level. I think it's starting to correct itself in survey's like this.