{
  "name": "Religious Organizations & Worship",
  "edition_label": "October 2026",
  "edition_updated_at": "2026-10-11",
  "slug": "religious-organizations-worship",
  "kind": "industry",
  "parent_slug": null,
  "url": "https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/religious-organizations-worship",
  "scope": "Category research. Verified account AOV aggregate supplied separately.",
  "directory_status": "deferred",
  "page_readiness": "published",
  "directory_notice": null,
  "benchmark": {
    "status": "verified_aggregate",
    "slug": "religious-organizations-worship",
    "parent_slug": null,
    "cohort_scope": "root_and_children",
    "median_aov_usd": 30.39,
    "p25_aov_usd": 11.53,
    "p75_aov_usd": 66.88,
    "metric_window": null,
    "scope_label": "Equal-weight account aggregate · Reporting period not supplied",
    "methodology": "Median and middle 50% of account-level average order values. Each account value is purchase ROAS multiplied by cost per purchase in USD. Successful classifications, including manual corrections, with positive finite spend, purchases, ROAS and cost per purchase. Accounts are counted once with equal weight. Quartiles use linear interpolation. Root cohorts include direct root classifications and their child categories; exact-child cohorts exclude parent and sibling categories. The source selects the highest-spend coverage row per account among snapshots dated within the preceding 30 days; the underlying reporting period is not supplied. This is a dated aggregate advertising-data snapshot, not business-wide AOV or a census.",
    "read_at": "2026-10-11T14:11:21.001573+00:00",
    "period_label": "Dated snapshot · underlying reporting period not supplied",
    "citation": "Madgicx Research & Labs. Religious Organizations & Worship account AOV: median $30.39; middle 50% $11.53–$66.88. Snapshot read 2026-10-11T14:11:21.001573+00:00; underlying reporting period not supplied. https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/religious-organizations-worship#benchmark",
    "source": {
      "name": "Madgicx Research & Labs",
      "url": "https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/religious-organizations-worship#benchmark"
    }
  },
  "metric_definitions": [],
  "metric_definitions_scope": "Definitions only; no ACV, MRR or ARPU benchmark or measured correlation is supplied.",
  "brands": null,
  "answers": [
    {
      "group": "In this industry",
      "id": "answer-r5-worship-visit",
      "question": "Does a cathedral sightseeing ticket charge establish a fee for worship?",
      "text": "Washington National Cathedral says there is no charge for worship services or private prayer while sightseeing ticket fees support its operations and programs. Visitor admission and worship participation are different activities. Reporting should identify the purchased visitor offer and avoid interpreting ticket revenue as a worship fee or evidence of an individual's religious commitment.",
      "context": "",
      "url": "https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/religious-organizations-worship#answer-r5-worship-visit",
      "citation": "Madgicx Research & Labs. Religious Organizations & Worship. Does a cathedral sightseeing ticket charge establish a fee for worship? Washington National Cathedral says there is no charge for worship services or private prayer while sightseeing ticket fees support its operations and programs. Visitor admission and worship participation are different activities. Reporting should identify the purchased visitor offer and avoid interpreting ticket revenue as a worship fee or evidence of an individual's religious commitment.  Source: https://cathedral.org/visit-tour/plan-your-visit/ Answer: https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/religious-organizations-worship#answer-r5-worship-visit",
      "source_url": "https://cathedral.org/visit-tour/plan-your-visit/"
    },
    {
      "group": "In this industry",
      "id": "answer-r5-worship-live",
      "question": "Is a religious-service livestream view the same as an in-person attendance record?",
      "text": "Central Synagogue publishes several broadcast routes, including live and encore television services and online channels. A view can refer to different times and destinations. Community measurement should distinguish broadcast engagement from in-person attendance; a platform view alone does not establish a member record, donation, belief or participation in a particular live service.",
      "context": "",
      "url": "https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/religious-organizations-worship#answer-r5-worship-live",
      "citation": "Madgicx Research & Labs. Religious Organizations & Worship. Is a religious-service livestream view the same as an in-person attendance record? Central Synagogue publishes several broadcast routes, including live and encore television services and online channels. A view can refer to different times and destinations. Community measurement should distinguish broadcast engagement from in-person attendance; a platform view alone does not establish a member record, donation, belief or participation in a particular live service.  Source: https://www.centralsynagogue.org/worship/livestreaming Answer: https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/religious-organizations-worship#answer-r5-worship-live",
      "source_url": "https://www.centralsynagogue.org/worship/livestreaming"
    },
    {
      "group": "In this industry",
      "id": "answer-r5-worship-gift",
      "question": "Do all donations to a religious institution identify the same program purpose?",
      "text": "Temple Israel lists separate tribute funds, including support for virtual programming and its library. Named fund purposes distinguish the contribution's stated destination. Reporting should retain that designation rather than merge every gift into the same program action; the directory of funds does not prove how a particular donation was spent or its religious or social outcome.",
      "context": "",
      "url": "https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/religious-organizations-worship#answer-r5-worship-gift",
      "citation": "Madgicx Research & Labs. Religious Organizations & Worship. Do all donations to a religious institution identify the same program purpose? Temple Israel lists separate tribute funds, including support for virtual programming and its library. Named fund purposes distinguish the contribution's stated destination. Reporting should retain that designation rather than merge every gift into the same program action; the directory of funds does not prove how a particular donation was spent or its religious or social outcome.  Source: https://www.temple-israel.org/funds Answer: https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/religious-organizations-worship#answer-r5-worship-gift",
      "source_url": "https://www.temple-israel.org/funds"
    },
    {
      "group": "In this industry",
      "id": "answer-r5-worship-school",
      "question": "Is interest in a congregation's school the same as enrollment in a specific program?",
      "text": "Temple Israel's Tyner Religious School page lists grade-specific formats and a separate school registration route. A school-page visit does not establish enrollment in one of those programs. Community acquisition reporting should distinguish information browsing, program registration and attendance without inferring religious commitment or promising educational or spiritual results.",
      "context": "",
      "url": "https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/religious-organizations-worship#answer-r5-worship-school",
      "citation": "Madgicx Research & Labs. Religious Organizations & Worship. Is interest in a congregation's school the same as enrollment in a specific program? Temple Israel's Tyner Religious School page lists grade-specific formats and a separate school registration route. A school-page visit does not establish enrollment in one of those programs. Community acquisition reporting should distinguish information browsing, program registration and attendance without inferring religious commitment or promising educational or spiritual results.  Source: https://www.temple-israel.org/education/tyner-religious-school Answer: https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/religious-organizations-worship#answer-r5-worship-school",
      "source_url": "https://www.temple-israel.org/education/tyner-religious-school"
    },
    {
      "group": "Read the benchmark",
      "id": "answer-median-aov",
      "question": "What is the average order value benchmark for Religious Organizations & Worship?",
      "text": "The median account AOV for Religious Organizations & Worship is $30.39 USD. This is the middle account-level average order value in the benchmark.",
      "context": "USD · Equal-weight account aggregate. Snapshot read 11 October 2026; underlying reporting period not supplied.",
      "url": "https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/religious-organizations-worship#answer-median-aov",
      "citation": "Madgicx Research & Labs. Religious Organizations & Worship. What is the average order value benchmark for Religious Organizations & Worship? The median account AOV for Religious Organizations & Worship is $30.39 USD. This is the middle account-level average order value in the benchmark. USD · Equal-weight account aggregate. Snapshot read 11 October 2026; underlying reporting period not supplied. Source: https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/religious-organizations-worship#benchmark Answer: https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/religious-organizations-worship#answer-median-aov",
      "source_url": "https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/religious-organizations-worship#benchmark"
    },
    {
      "group": "Read the benchmark",
      "id": "answer-aov-range",
      "question": "What is the typical AOV range in Religious Organizations & Worship?",
      "text": "The middle 50% of account AOVs runs from $11.53 to $66.88 USD. This is the interquartile range, not the minimum and maximum.",
      "context": "USD · Equal-weight account aggregate. Snapshot read 11 October 2026; underlying reporting period not supplied.",
      "url": "https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/religious-organizations-worship#answer-aov-range",
      "citation": "Madgicx Research & Labs. Religious Organizations & Worship. What is the typical AOV range in Religious Organizations & Worship? The middle 50% of account AOVs runs from $11.53 to $66.88 USD. This is the interquartile range, not the minimum and maximum. USD · Equal-weight account aggregate. Snapshot read 11 October 2026; underlying reporting period not supplied. Source: https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/religious-organizations-worship#benchmark Answer: https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/religious-organizations-worship#answer-aov-range",
      "source_url": "https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/religious-organizations-worship#benchmark"
    },
    {
      "group": "Read the benchmark",
      "id": "answer-lower-quartile-aov",
      "question": "What is the lower-quartile AOV?",
      "text": "The 25th-percentile account AOV is $11.53 USD. It marks the lower edge of the middle 50% of this distribution.",
      "context": "USD · Equal-weight account aggregate. Snapshot read 11 October 2026; underlying reporting period not supplied.",
      "url": "https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/religious-organizations-worship#answer-lower-quartile-aov",
      "citation": "Madgicx Research & Labs. Religious Organizations & Worship. What is the lower-quartile AOV? The 25th-percentile account AOV is $11.53 USD. It marks the lower edge of the middle 50% of this distribution. USD · Equal-weight account aggregate. Snapshot read 11 October 2026; underlying reporting period not supplied. Source: https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/religious-organizations-worship#benchmark Answer: https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/religious-organizations-worship#answer-lower-quartile-aov",
      "source_url": "https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/religious-organizations-worship#benchmark"
    },
    {
      "group": "Read the benchmark",
      "id": "answer-upper-quartile-aov",
      "question": "What is the upper-quartile AOV?",
      "text": "The 75th-percentile account AOV is $66.88 USD. It marks the upper edge of the middle 50%, not a performance target.",
      "context": "USD · Equal-weight account aggregate. Snapshot read 11 October 2026; underlying reporting period not supplied.",
      "url": "https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/religious-organizations-worship#answer-upper-quartile-aov",
      "citation": "Madgicx Research & Labs. Religious Organizations & Worship. What is the upper-quartile AOV? The 75th-percentile account AOV is $66.88 USD. It marks the upper edge of the middle 50%, not a performance target. USD · Equal-weight account aggregate. Snapshot read 11 October 2026; underlying reporting period not supplied. Source: https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/religious-organizations-worship#benchmark Answer: https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/religious-organizations-worship#answer-upper-quartile-aov",
      "source_url": "https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/religious-organizations-worship#benchmark"
    },
    {
      "group": "Read the benchmark",
      "id": "answer-aov-calculation",
      "question": "How is account AOV calculated for this benchmark?",
      "text": "Each account value is purchase ROAS multiplied by cost per purchase in USD. The benchmark reports the median and middle 50% of those account values. Accounts are counted once and receive equal weight.",
      "context": "USD · Equal-weight account aggregate. Snapshot read 11 October 2026; underlying reporting period not supplied.",
      "url": "https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/religious-organizations-worship#answer-aov-calculation",
      "citation": "Madgicx Research & Labs. Religious Organizations & Worship. How is account AOV calculated for this benchmark? Each account value is purchase ROAS multiplied by cost per purchase in USD. The benchmark reports the median and middle 50% of those account values. Accounts are counted once and receive equal weight. USD · Equal-weight account aggregate. Snapshot read 11 October 2026; underlying reporting period not supplied. Source: https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/religious-organizations-worship#benchmark Answer: https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/religious-organizations-worship#answer-aov-calculation",
      "source_url": "https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/religious-organizations-worship#benchmark"
    },
    {
      "group": "Put it in context",
      "id": "answer-median-or-mean",
      "question": "Is this the mean AOV across all orders?",
      "text": "No. It is the median of account-level average order values. Each account receives equal weight; it is not a pooled average of every order.",
      "context": "USD · Equal-weight account aggregate. Snapshot read 11 October 2026; underlying reporting period not supplied.",
      "url": "https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/religious-organizations-worship#answer-median-or-mean",
      "citation": "Madgicx Research & Labs. Religious Organizations & Worship. Is this the mean AOV across all orders? No. It is the median of account-level average order values. Each account receives equal weight; it is not a pooled average of every order. USD · Equal-weight account aggregate. Snapshot read 11 October 2026; underlying reporting period not supplied. Source: https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/religious-organizations-worship#benchmark Answer: https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/religious-organizations-worship#answer-median-or-mean",
      "source_url": "https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/religious-organizations-worship#benchmark"
    },
    {
      "group": "Put it in context",
      "id": "answer-benchmark-period",
      "question": "What dates does this AOV benchmark cover?",
      "text": "The snapshot was read on 11 October 2026. The underlying reporting period was not supplied. The October 2026 label identifies the page edition, not the period in which the advertising results were measured.",
      "context": "USD · Equal-weight account aggregate. Snapshot read 11 October 2026; underlying reporting period not supplied.",
      "url": "https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/religious-organizations-worship#answer-benchmark-period",
      "citation": "Madgicx Research & Labs. Religious Organizations & Worship. What dates does this AOV benchmark cover? The snapshot was read on 11 October 2026. The underlying reporting period was not supplied. The October 2026 label identifies the page edition, not the period in which the advertising results were measured. USD · Equal-weight account aggregate. Snapshot read 11 October 2026; underlying reporting period not supplied. Source: https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/religious-organizations-worship#benchmark Answer: https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/religious-organizations-worship#answer-benchmark-period",
      "source_url": "https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/religious-organizations-worship#benchmark"
    },
    {
      "group": "Put it in context",
      "id": "answer-benchmark-coverage",
      "question": "Which industry or subcategory does this benchmark cover?",
      "text": "This benchmark covers Religious Organizations & Worship classifications at the industry root and its subcategories. It is an aggregated advertising-data benchmark, not a census of all businesses.",
      "context": "USD · Equal-weight account aggregate. Snapshot read 11 October 2026; underlying reporting period not supplied.",
      "url": "https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/religious-organizations-worship#answer-benchmark-coverage",
      "citation": "Madgicx Research & Labs. Religious Organizations & Worship. Which industry or subcategory does this benchmark cover? This benchmark covers Religious Organizations & Worship classifications at the industry root and its subcategories. It is an aggregated advertising-data benchmark, not a census of all businesses. USD · Equal-weight account aggregate. Snapshot read 11 October 2026; underlying reporting period not supplied. Source: https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/religious-organizations-worship#benchmark Answer: https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/religious-organizations-worship#answer-benchmark-coverage",
      "source_url": "https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/religious-organizations-worship#benchmark"
    },
    {
      "group": "Put it in context",
      "id": "answer-compare-aov",
      "question": "How can I compare my AOV with this benchmark?",
      "text": "Enter your AOV in USD in the comparison field above. It shows the difference from the median and whether your value falls below, within or above the middle 50%. Your entered amount stays on this page.",
      "context": "USD · Equal-weight account aggregate. Snapshot read 11 October 2026; underlying reporting period not supplied.",
      "url": "https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/religious-organizations-worship#answer-compare-aov",
      "citation": "Madgicx Research & Labs. Religious Organizations & Worship. How can I compare my AOV with this benchmark? Enter your AOV in USD in the comparison field above. It shows the difference from the median and whether your value falls below, within or above the middle 50%. Your entered amount stays on this page. USD · Equal-weight account aggregate. Snapshot read 11 October 2026; underlying reporting period not supplied. Source: https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/religious-organizations-worship#benchmark Answer: https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/religious-organizations-worship#answer-compare-aov",
      "source_url": "https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/religious-organizations-worship#benchmark"
    },
    {
      "group": "Put it in context",
      "id": "answer-aov-performance",
      "question": "Does an above-median AOV mean better advertising performance?",
      "text": "The comparison describes position in the account AOV distribution, not profitability. It is not a performance score.",
      "context": "USD · Equal-weight account aggregate. Snapshot read 11 October 2026; underlying reporting period not supplied.",
      "url": "https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/religious-organizations-worship#answer-aov-performance",
      "citation": "Madgicx Research & Labs. Religious Organizations & Worship. Does an above-median AOV mean better advertising performance? The comparison describes position in the account AOV distribution, not profitability. It is not a performance score. USD · Equal-weight account aggregate. Snapshot read 11 October 2026; underlying reporting period not supplied. Source: https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/religious-organizations-worship#benchmark Answer: https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/religious-organizations-worship#answer-aov-performance",
      "source_url": "https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/religious-organizations-worship#benchmark"
    },
    {
      "group": "Use this research",
      "id": "answer-download-research",
      "question": "Can I download this industry research?",
      "text": "The exports section provides this edition in Markdown and JSON, along with a research index. This private draft is not licensed for public redistribution.",
      "context": "",
      "url": "https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/religious-organizations-worship#answer-download-research",
      "citation": "Madgicx Research & Labs. Religious Organizations & Worship. Can I download this industry research? The exports section provides this edition in Markdown and JSON, along with a research index. This private draft is not licensed for public redistribution.  Source: https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/religious-organizations-worship#reuse Answer: https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/religious-organizations-worship#answer-download-research",
      "source_url": "https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/religious-organizations-worship#reuse"
    },
    {
      "group": "Use this research",
      "id": "answer-cite-research",
      "question": "How should I cite a finding from this page?",
      "text": "When reuse is permitted, credit Madgicx Research & Labs and link to the exact source. Keep its snapshot date and scope. This private draft is not licensed for public redistribution.",
      "context": "",
      "url": "https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/religious-organizations-worship#answer-cite-research",
      "citation": "Madgicx Research & Labs. Religious Organizations & Worship. How should I cite a finding from this page? When reuse is permitted, credit Madgicx Research & Labs and link to the exact source. Keep its snapshot date and scope. This private draft is not licensed for public redistribution.  Source: https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/religious-organizations-worship#reuse Answer: https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/religious-organizations-worship#answer-cite-research",
      "source_url": "https://madgicx.com/labs/industries/religious-organizations-worship#reuse"
    }
  ]
}