Internet Religion

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Through the ages priests were the keepers of knowledge, as religions were the only source of it for most people. Religion was also the major source of news and the means to control the common people. One religion came after another together with changes to society and its technology. So the new one comes.

As the number of literate people increases following the general increase of population and the normal distribution of the IQs. As increases the number of people, who have more time to educate themselves instead of working all day long to barely feed themselves. Old religious forms become obsolete. At least for them.

To find the new religion, we have to look at what this Brave New World worships. Find which place except of work these people visit. Every day. Something like a temple, a church. Or maybe some idol they worship.

This new source of knowledge, of news, and ultimately control came in the forms of a book, a newspaper, a radio broadcast, then television and finally all these internets, which encompassed every single new idol from computer games to pop singers.

So, when identified, easy to calculate the spread. Gallup managed to ask people, do they have this new idol at home... But as in any transition period we would be also interested, where the traditional religions yet hold the ground. And thankfully Gallup again provides us with information, asking if [traditional] religion plays an important role in peoples' lives.

No surprise, the new religion has more spread, where the society, the technology or plainly civilization is more advanced. Yet we can see some undecided regions, like the US where the new and old religions overlap, creating a potential for a conflict, and the PRC where the potential for the new idol spread is not yet exhausted.

A certain level of intelligence for a person to accept the new religion would be required. I would call those who qualify white people for convenience, not meaning the skin color at all. Almost.

The list of countries by Internet Religion adherents

This list shows the minimum for questions 'Religion important?' -- 'No' and 'Home has access to internet?' -- 'Yes'.

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Area	Internet	Irreligion	Minimum	Population	Netizens
China	27%	82%	27%	1,334,016,197	360,184,373
United States	85%	33%	33%	312,021,929	102,967,237
Japan	71%	71%	71%	126,623,502	89,902,686
Russia	48%	60%	48%	139,000,714	66,720,343
Germany	77%	59%	59%	82,253,637	48,529,646
United Kingdom	84%	73%	73%	61,386,824	44,812,382
France	68%	69%	68%	64,259,635	43,696,552
India	3%	9%	3%	1,182,732,646	35,481,979
Brazil	28%	13%	13%	202,502,183	26,325,284
South Korea	87%	52%	52%	48,711,247	25,329,848
Spain	56%	50%	50%	40,560,807	20,280,404
Canada	86%	57%	57%	33,920,309	19,334,576
Mexico	17%	31%	17%	113,217,744	19,247,016
Ukraine	36%	46%	36%	45,248,193	16,289,349
Australia	88%	68%	68%	21,665,415	14,732,482
Italy	60%	25%	25%	58,063,052	14,515,763
Vietnam	14%	73%	14%	90,156,901	12,621,966
Argentina	31%	30%	30%	41,598,827	12,479,648
Turkey	31%	15%	15%	78,391,575	11,758,736
Netherlands	89%	66%	66%	16,822,006	11,102,524
Iran	34%	16%	16%	67,412,156	10,785,945
Taiwan	88%	45%	45%	23,053,702	10,374,166
Poland	59%	24%	24%	38,452,255	9,228,541
Sweden	88%	82%	82%	9,082,687	7,447,803
Czech Republic	73%	72%	72%	10,195,035	7,340,425
Pakistan	9%	4%	4%	178,868,052	7,154,722
Belgium	68%	61%	61%	10,428,451	6,361,355
Philippines	12%	6%	6%	101,046,456	6,062,787
Colombia	28%	13%	13%	44,515,408	5,787,003
Venezuela	29%	21%	21%	27,469,236	5,768,540
Hong Kong	86%	74%	74%	7,109,937	5,261,353
Chile	36%	29%	29%	16,832,114	4,881,313
Kazakhstan	31%	45%	31%	15,497,250	4,804,148
Hungary	47%	58%	47%	9,864,787	4,636,450
Peru	16%	15%	15%	30,118,589	4,517,788
Denmark	95%	80%	80%	5,524,429	4,419,543
Switzerland	86%	57%	57%	7,633,409	4,351,043
Iraq	18%	14%	14%	30,103,794	4,214,531
Belarus	42%	50%	42%	9,591,487	4,028,425
Austria	77%	49%	49%	8,216,113	4,025,895
South Africa	8%	15%	8%	49,094,509	3,927,561
Portugal	56%	34%	34%	10,751,083	3,655,368
Norway	88%	78%	78%	4,685,480	3,654,674
Finland	75%	69%	69%	5,257,567	3,627,721
Israel	74%	48%	48%	7,425,250	3,564,120
Syria	17%	14%	14%	22,455,456	3,143,764
Nigeria	9%	2%	2%	154,000,119	3,080,002
Greece	39%	28%	28%	10,756,973	3,011,952
Bulgaria	41%	59%	41%	7,116,059	2,917,584
New Zealand	87%	67%	67%	4,275,030	2,864,270
Serbia	37%	44%	37%	7,324,324	2,710,000
Romania	41%	12%	12%	22,160,187	2,659,222
Malaysia	30%	10%	10%	26,424,654	2,642,465
Singapore	89%	53%	53%	4,725,105	2,504,306
Indonesia	9%	1%	1%	244,557,288	2,445,573
Tanzania	6%	5%	5%	42,398,491	2,119,925
Ireland	78%	46%	46%	4,277,958	1,967,861
Morocco	22%	6%	6%	31,830,502	1,909,830
Lithuania	52%	52%	52%	3,539,417	1,840,497
Algeria	33%	5%	5%	34,828,818	1,741,441
Sudan	7%	4%	4%	42,516,781	1,700,671
Egypt	10%	2%	2%	81,428,713	1,628,574
Bangladesh	3%	1%	1%	159,259,303	1,592,593
Slovakia	26%	51%	26%	5,474,534	1,423,379
Uzbekistan	5%	39%	5%	28,021,465	1,401,073
Ecuador	9%	19%	9%	14,919,870	1,342,788
Mozambique	6%	13%	6%	22,297,539	1,337,852
Thailand	12%	2%	2%	66,641,562	1,332,831
Uruguay	37%	64%	37%	3,519,777	1,302,317
Dominican Republic	18%	13%	13%	9,880,668	1,284,487
Croatia	55%	28%	28%	4,485,280	1,255,878
Ghana	6%	5%	5%	24,608,990	1,230,450
Kenya	10%	3%	3%	40,663,206	1,219,896
Saudi Arabia	62%	4%	4%	29,511,153	1,180,446
Latvia	50%	58%	50%	2,210,057	1,105,029
Guatemala	8%	9%	8%	13,713,172	1,097,054
Zimbabwe	9%	14%	9%	11,856,212	1,067,059
Slovenia	72%	52%	52%	2,001,469	1,040,764
Uganda	3%	5%	3%	34,105,563	1,023,167
Bosnia and Herzegovina	25%	21%	21%	4,622,148	970,651
Moldova	31%	21%	21%	4,315,686	906,294
Ethiopia	1%	10%	1%	89,687,918	896,879
Afghanistan	3%	3%	3%	29,548,922	886,468
Nepal	3%	6%	3%	29,196,269	875,888
Costa Rica	22%	19%	19%	4,552,467	864,969
Estonia	66%	78%	66%	1,286,257	848,930
Jamaica	35%	29%	29%	2,859,928	829,379
Azerbaijan	9%	54%	9%	8,343,499	750,915
Democratic Republic of the Congo	1%	5%	1%	72,252,952	722,530
Yemen	3%	5%	3%	23,873,907	716,217
Georgia	25%	15%	15%	4,591,799	688,770
Angola	5%	10%	5%	13,228,208	661,410
Paraguay	12%	10%	10%	6,425,486	642,549
Albania	16%	53%	16%	3,671,800	587,488
Lebanon	36%	14%	14%	4,140,453	579,663
Mongolia	18%	50%	18%	3,114,447	560,600
Haiti	6%	22%	6%	9,303,757	558,225
Armenia	23%	18%	18%	2,967,155	534,088
Puerto Rico	28%	13%	13%	3,984,284	517,957
Bolivia	5%	13%	5%	10,049,138	502,457
Honduras	6%	15%	6%	8,081,563	484,894
North Macedonia	40%	22%	22%	2,075,289	456,564
Cameroon	2%	4%	2%	19,541,918	390,838
Kyrgyzstan	7%	36%	7%	5,554,803	388,836
Panama	15%	11%	11%	3,440,281	378,431
Zambia	3%	5%	3%	12,173,046	365,191
Chad	3%	5%	3%	10,671,337	320,140
Tunisia	16%	3%	3%	10,650,090	319,503
United Arab Emirates	86%	6%	6%	5,080,901	304,854
El Salvador	5%	16%	5%	6,063,938	303,197
Luxembourg	85%	59%	59%	500,969	295,572
Cyprus	64%	24%	24%	1,113,559	267,254
Jordan	21%	4%	4%	6,489,363	259,575
Turkmenistan	5%	18%	5%	4,974,403	248,720
Cuba	2%	64%	2%	11,492,471	229,849
Sri Lanka	5%	1%	1%	21,623,988	216,240
Ivory Coast	1%	12%	1%	21,322,968	213,230
Guinea	2%	3%	2%	10,486,678	209,734
Iceland	94%	60%	60%	310,196	186,118
Montenegro	51%	28%	28%	663,638	185,819
Malawi	1%	1%	1%	15,700,974	157,010
Tajikistan	2%	11%	2%	7,569,841	151,397
Cambodia	1%	6%	1%	14,909,447	149,094
Central African Republic	3%	6%	3%	4,906,856	147,206
Kosovo	51%	8%	8%	1,815,048	145,204
Senegal	2%	1%	1%	14,310,539	143,105
Laos	2%	3%	2%	7,088,984	141,780
Mali	1%	4%	1%	14,010,432	140,104
Namibia	6%	8%	6%	2,139,986	128,399
Palestine	29%	3%	3%	4,182,264	125,468
Nicaragua	2%	15%	2%	6,057,954	121,159
Somalia	9%	1%	1%	10,281,392	102,814
Burundi	1%	2%	1%	10,071,869	100,719
Trinidad and Tobago	16%	8%	8%	1,228,034	98,243
Benin	1%	6%	1%	9,214,299	92,143
Republic of the Congo	2%	6%	2%	4,194,844	83,897
Guyana	19%	11%	11%	746,039	82,064
Botswana	4%	22%	4%	2,051,506	82,060
Belize	25%	33%	25%	318,449	79,612
Liberia	2%	7%	2%	3,745,982	74,920
Togo	1%	13%	1%	6,300,836	63,008
Kuwait	79%	2%	2%	2,847,169	56,943
Sierra Leone	1%	2%	1%	5,314,930	53,149
Malta	72%	10%	10%	407,714	40,771
Qatar	78%	4%	4%	845,276	33,811
Djibouti	7%	2%	2%	750,126	15,003
Comoros	3%	1%	1%	785,960	7,860
Bahrain	79%	1%	1%	743,445	7,434
Burkina Faso	0%	6%	0%	16,541,150	0
Myanmar	0%	3%	0%	53,763,689	0
Madagascar	0%	7%	0%	21,660,154	0
Mauritania	7%	0%	0%	3,250,220	0
Rwanda	0%	5%	0%	11,241,335	0
Libya	30%			6,542,893
Total					1,222,070,280