2026 Fasting Survey
In March of 2026 I shared a survey link asking about fasting practices. This page contains the results.
The Survey
Introduction
This is an anonymous questionnaire about fasting in the Christian faith in 2026 (non-religious respondents are also welcome)
- For the purposes of this questionnaire, fasting refers to abstinence from food
- For the purposes of this questionnaire, fasting for health/nutrition/weight loss, etc., does NOT count
Questions
1. Do you regularly fast?
- Yes
- No
2. I have fasted…
- I have never fasted
- It’s been more than a year
- In the last year
- In the last six months
- In the last month
3. I generally fast…
- Once per year (or less frequently)
- 2 – 4 times per year
- 4 – 8 times per year
- 8 – 12 times per year
- 12 – 24 times per year
- More than 24 times per year
4. Religious affiliation
- Anabaptist: Beachy-Amish
- Anabaptist: Mennonite
- Anabaptist: Other
- Baptist
- Luteran
- Mrhtodist
- Non-Denominational
- Orthodox
- Presbyterian
- Roman Catholic
- Prefer not to say
- Non-religious
- Other
The Results
There were 251 responses. The survey was open for 26 days but all responses came in the first five days.
Overview
Details
