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Summary
- Jehovah’s Witnesses counted 9,205,326 publishers worldwide in their 2025 service year, in 119,652 congregations and 241 lands.
- They count only people who preach and report it each month, not everyone who calls themselves a Witness.
- The peak number of publishers rose every year from 8,699,048 in 2022 to 9,205,326 in 2025.
- The United States has the most Witnesses, with 1,256,919 publishers in 2025, followed by Brazil and Mexico.
- The yearly Memorial of Christ’s death drew 20,635,015 people in 2025, more than twice the number of publishers.
- Ordinary publishers have not reported their hours since 2023; the last worldwide total was 1,791,490,713 hours in the 2023 service year.
Bibliography (Click to show)
- Scripture quotations from the King James Version: Acts 2:41; Revelation 7:9. https://www.biblegateway.com/versions/King-James-Version-KJV-Bible/
- “How Many of Jehovah’s Witnesses Are There Worldwide?” Frequently Asked Questions, jw.org (2025 report). https://www.jw.org/en/jehovahs-witnesses/faq/how-many-jw/
- “2025 Grand Totals,” 2025 Service Year Report of Jehovah’s Witnesses Worldwide, jw.org. https://www.jw.org/en/library/books/2025-Service-Year-Report-of-Jehovahs-Witnesses-Worldwide/2025-Grand-Totals/
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- “The Lord’s Evening Meal—An Observance That Honors God,” appendix to What Does the Bible Really Teach?, jw.org. https://www.jw.org/en/library/books/bible-teach/the-lords-evening-meal/
- Associated Press, “Timekeepers no more, rank-and-file Jehovah’s Witnesses say goodbye to tracking proselytizing hours,” NBC News, November 2023. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/religion/timekeepers-no-rank-file-jehovahs-witnesses-say-goodbye-tracking-prose-rcna126582
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