On the basis of small surveys stated atheists are not a majority but they are a far larger number that practicing believers in ithe ainstream religions.
For those of us who were compulsarilly taught religion, atheism carried a stigma, making our atheism a no-go area in 'polite company'.
On this basis, random head-counting is meaningless.
One thing is certain - preachers are increasingly preaching to all-but-empty churches.
That fact can only accelerate - unless some religious nutter causes a war, of course.
Jim Carroll