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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 prevalence

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

Area	Internet	Irreligion	Average
Denmark	95%	80%	87.5%
Sweden	88%	82%	85.0%
Norway	88%	78%	83.0%
China, Hong Kong SAR	86%	74%	80.0%
United Kingdom	84%	73%	78.5%
Australia	88%	68%	78.0%
Netherlands	89%	66%	77.5%
New Zealand	87%	67%	77.0%
Iceland	94%	60%	77.0%
Czech Republic	73%	72%	72.5%
Finland	75%	69%	72.0%
Estonia	66%	78%	72.0%
Luxembourg	85%	59%	72.0%
Canada	86%	57%	71.5%
Switzerland	86%	57%	71.5%
Japan	71%	71%	71.0%
Singapore	89%	53%	71.0%
Korea, South	87%	52%	69.5%
France	68%	69%	68.5%
Germany	77%	59%	68.0%
Taiwan	88%	45%	66.5%
Belgium	68%	61%	64.5%
Austria	77%	49%	63.0%
Ireland	78%	46%	62.0%
Slovenia	72%	52%	62.0%
Israel	74%	48%	61.0%
United States of America	85%	33%	59.0%
China	27%	82%	54.5%
Russia	48%	60%	54.0%
Latvia	50%	58%	54.0%
Spain	56%	50%	53.0%
Hungary	47%	58%	52.5%
Lithuania	52%	52%	52.0%
Uruguay	37%	64%	50.5%
Bulgaria	41%	59%	50.0%
Belarus	42%	50%	46.0%
United Arab Emirates	86%	6%	46.0%
Portugal	56%	34%	45.0%
Cyprus	64%	24%	44.0%
Vietnam	14%	73%	43.5%
Italy	60%	25%	42.5%
Croatia	55%	28%	41.5%
Poland	59%	24%	41.5%
Ukraine	36%	46%	41.0%
Qatar	78%	4%	41.0%
Malta	72%	10%	41.0%
Serbia	37%	44%	40.5%
Kuwait	79%	2%	40.5%
Bahrain	79%	1%	40.0%
Montenegro	51%	28%	39.5%
Slovakia	26%	51%	38.5%
Kazakhstan	31%	45%	38.0%
Albania	16%	53%	34.5%
Mongolia	18%	50%	34.0%
Greece	39%	28%	33.5%
Saudi Arabia	62%	4%	33.0%
Cuba	2%	64%	33.0%
Chile	36%	29%	32.5%
Jamaica	35%	29%	32.0%
Azerbaijan	9%	54%	31.5%
Macedonia	40%	22%	31.0%
Argentina	31%	30%	30.5%
Libya	30%		30.0%
Kosovo	51%	8%	29.5%
Belize	25%	33%	29.0%
Romania	41%	12%	26.5%
Moldova	31%	21%	26.0%
Iran	34%	16%	25.0%
Venezuela	29%	21%	25.0%
Lebanon	36%	14%	25.0%
Mexico	17%	31%	24.0%
Turkey	31%	15%	23.0%
Bosnia and Herzegovina	25%	21%	23.0%
Uzbekistan	5%	39%	22.0%
Kyrgyzstan	7%	36%	21.5%
Brazil	28%	13%	20.5%
Colombia	28%	13%	20.5%
Costa Rica	22%	19%	20.5%
Puerto Rico	28%	13%	20.5%
Armenia	23%	18%	20.5%
Malaysia	30%	10%	20.0%
Georgia	25%	15%	20.0%
Algeria	33%	5%	19.0%
Iraq	18%	14%	16.0%
Palestinian Territory, Occupied	29%	3%	16.0%
Syria	17%	14%	15.5%
Peru	16%	15%	15.5%
Dominican Republic	18%	13%	15.5%
Guyana	19%	11%	15.0%
Morocco	22%	6%	14.0%
Ecuador	9%	19%	14.0%
Haiti	6%	22%	14.0%
Panama	15%	11%	13.0%
Botswana	4%	22%	13.0%
Jordan	21%	4%	12.5%
Trinidad and Tobago	16%	8%	12.0%
Zimbabwe	9%	14%	11.5%
South Africa	8%	15%	11.5%
Turkmenistan	5%	18%	11.5%
Paraguay	12%	10%	11.0%
El Salvador	5%	16%	10.5%
Honduras	6%	15%	10.5%
Mozambique	6%	13%	9.5%
Tunisia	16%	3%	9.5%
Philippines	12%	6%	9.0%
Bolivia	5%	13%	9.0%
Guatemala	8%	9%	8.5%
Nicaragua	2%	15%	8.5%
Angola	5%	10%	7.5%
Togo	1%	13%	7.0%
Namibia	6%	8%	7.0%
Thailand	12%	2%	7.0%
Pakistan	9%	4%	6.5%
Kenya	10%	3%	6.5%
Cote d\'Ivoire	1%	12%	6.5%
Tajikistan	2%	11%	6.5%
Egypt	10%	2%	6.0%
India	3%	9%	6.0%
Sudan	7%	4%	5.5%
Nigeria	9%	2%	5.5%
Ethiopia	1%	10%	5.5%
Tanzania	6%	5%	5.5%
Ghana	6%	5%	5.5%
Indonesia	9%	1%	5.0%
Somalia	9%	1%	5.0%
Liberia	2%	7%	4.5%
Djibouti	7%	2%	4.5%
Nepal	3%	6%	4.5%
Central African Republic	3%	6%	4.5%
Uganda	3%	5%	4.0%
Yemen	3%	5%	4.0%
Zambia	3%	5%	4.0%
Chad	3%	5%	4.0%
Congo, Rep. of the	2%	6%	4.0%
Madagascar	0%	7%	3.5%
Mauritania	7%	0%	3.5%
Cambodia	1%	6%	3.5%
Benin	1%	6%	3.5%
Congo, Dem. Rep. of the	1%	5%	3.0%
Sri Lanka	5%	1%	3.0%
Afghanistan	3%	3%	3.0%
Cameroon	2%	4%	3.0%
Burkina Faso	0%	6%	3.0%
Mali	1%	4%	2.5%
Rwanda	0%	5%	2.5%
Guinea	2%	3%	2.5%
Laos	2%	3%	2.5%
Bangladesh	3%	1%	2.0%
Comoros	3%	1%	2.0%
Burma (Myanmar)	0%	3%	1.5%
Senegal	2%	1%	1.5%
Burundi	1%	2%	1.5%
Sierra Leone	1%	2%	1.5%
Malawi	1%	1%	1.0%