Buddhism's efficacy: Examining religious success through memetic spread

The Viral Path to Nirvana: How Ancient Wisdom Went Digital

The success of a religion can be measured by its ability to spread and maintain influence across populations and generations. Buddhism presents an intriguing case study. Today, it has roughly 500 million adherents—far fewer than Christianity's 2.4 billion or Islam's 1.9 billion. While Buddhism emerged several centuries before Christianity, it has achiev…