How many Americans meditate?

The strongest peer-reviewed benchmark (NHIS data, published in Scientific Reports 2024) puts U.S. adult meditation use at 18.3% in 2022, or about 60.5 million people. A separate NCCIH-cited analysis gives 17.3%. Pew Research’s 2023 spirituality survey found 38% meditate at least a few times a month. These measure different aspects of the same behavior.