# Six in ten find statistics useful in everyday life

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## Reading

A majority of Americans consider statistics useful in everyday life, with 61% agreeing, including 17% who strongly agree, according to an August 2025 Verasight survey.

Just 7% disagree; the remaining 32% are neutral.

## Topline

To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statement? I believe statistics is useful in everyday life.

Six in ten find statistics useful in everyday life.

Net findings combine adjacent response options from the same scale.

- Agree: 43.4%
- Neutral: 32.1%
- Strongly Agree: 17.1%
- Disagree: 5.5%
- Strongly Disagree: 1.9%

## Methodology

- Mode: Verasight panel recruited via random address-based sampling, random person-to-person text messaging, and dynamic online targeting
- Population: United States adults
- Field dates: 2025-08-13 → 2025-08-18
- Base (unweighted): 1,000
- Margin of error: +/- 3.1%
- Module: Verasight JSM Omnibus Survey
- Sponsor: Verasight
- Weight variable: weight
- Weighting targets: age, race/ethnicity, sex, income, education, region, metropolitan status

## Source

- Canonical question URL: [https://reports.verasight.io/r/jsm-2025#usefulness-of-statistics](https://reports.verasight.io/r/jsm-2025#usefulness-of-statistics)

## Citation

Verasight JSM Omnibus Survey, fielded August 13-18, 2025, N=1,000 United States adults, +/- 3.1%.

Canonical question URL: [https://reports.verasight.io/r/jsm-2025#usefulness-of-statistics](https://reports.verasight.io/r/jsm-2025#usefulness-of-statistics)