How many Bibles are sold each year?
Bible Sales Statistics
The Bible is by far the worlds best-selling book of all time. No other book, fact or fiction, even comes close. Most estimates place the number of Bibles printed each year at over 100 million. 20 million Bibles are sold each year in the United States alone. Based on this number of 100 million Bibles printed per year, the following statistics show a breakdown for the number of Bibles that are sold or given away for different time frames.
- 273,972 a day
- 11,415 an hour
- 190 a minute
- 3 a second
Even With Bible Apps, Millions Of Bibles Are Still Sold Each Year
It is estimated that between 1815 and 1975 there was 2.5 billion copies of the Bible printed. A more recent estimate places the total number of Bibles in print at over 6 billion. These are absolutely staggering numbers.
An obvious trend that has no doubt affected the sales of printed Bibles is the ability to download the Bible on our devices. Bible apps have and are being downloaded by the millions. YouVersion’s Bible App alone had been downloaded over 400 million times by the end of 2019.
Even so, based on the number of Bibles that have been sold in the past, and are still being sold every year, there is obviously still something to be said about owning and having a printed Bible in your hand.
Bibles Sold In 2020
Many online bookstores reported record sales of Bibles for the year 2020. The surge in sales is attributed to people being closed up in their homes due to the coronavirus pandemic. Covid-19 has caused many to turn to the Bible for hope in these trying times.
The trend toward downloading Bible apps continued in 2020 as well. A couple of interesting statistics handpicked from 2020.
- Searches on the YouVersion Bible App totaled over 600 million.
- Fittingly so, (Isaiah 41:10) with it’s encouragement of “do not fear” was the most searched and read verse on the YouVersion App in 2020.
On a side note, in addition to being the most sold book, the Bible has long been claimed to be the most shop lifted book as well. Go figure.
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