In US, 77% Believe in Angels

Hark! A sizable majority of Americans believe the herald angels really might be practicing their chorus. A new AP-GfK poll shows that 77% of adults think angels are real. That’s significantly lower than the 92% who professed belief in God in a May poll, but a lot higher than the 34% of people who said, in a 2007 poll, that they believe in non-religious fantastical entities like ghosts or UFOs.

Perhaps unsurprisingly, 88% of Christians and 94% of those who attend weekly religious services buy into the existence of angels, but they weren’t alone; a majority of non-Christians and 4 in 10 of those who never attend religious services believe as well. Interestingly, those over 30 are more likely than younger adults to think they exist. (More angels stories.)