Pew Research Center Staff

Two-thirds say they think it’s important that a president have strong religious beliefs.

About four-in-ten smartphone owners say they used their phones recently to look up a sports score.

A plurality of Asian Americans say they are Christians, though Asian Americans are more religiously diverse than the U.S. population as a whole

Even before the most recent fighting in Syria, many in neighboring countries wanted Bashar al-Assad to leave office

While most news videos posted to YouTube by individuals are made up of raw footage, news organizations post primarily edited videos.

Faith in capitalism has fallen in Europe, with 58% of the public saying that most people are better off in a free market economy.

Christianity is the dominant religion in the Americas, with 86% of the population, or 804,070,000 people identified as Catholic, Protestant, Orthodox or some other Christian religious faith.

On the issue of gun control, Americans have become more conservative in recent years, with 49% now putting the priority on protecting the right of Americans to own guns.

Most in the world’s emerging economies rate their national economic situation as good, reflecting a much more positive outlook than in the United States or the European Union.

About half of Republicans agree that stricter laws and regulations are needed to protect the environment. That’s down 17 points since 2009 and down nearly 40 points since 1992.