// Congregation using a church app weekly

18–26%

Most congregations engage digitally between Sundays — but a dedicated app isn't the only way to reach them, and it isn't always the most cost-effective.

Updated June 2026

How it compares

Weekly app users (of attendance)~22%

Push notification open rate~9%

Sermon replay rate (of attendance)~14%

By church size

Under 200

12%

App often overkill

200–500

18%

500–2,000

24%

2,000+

31%

What the above-average churches share

01A reason to open midweek — real content, not just announcements
02Push notifications used sparingly and purposefully
03Sermon clips that pull people back to the full message

Tools like preachly.io help churches deliver sermon notes, clips, and follow-up to their congregation without the cost of building and maintaining a dedicated app.

Sources

Church tech platform averages
Pushpay engagement data

Related benchmarks

Sermon Stream & Online Attendance1 : 4 →Church Social Media Engagement2.5–4% →