Facts and Figures

UK Awareness of Alpha

  • 23% of the UK population are aware of Alpha as a Christian Course (Ipsos MORI, October 2010)

The spread of Alpha

  • The total number of people who have been on an Alpha course in the UK since 1993 is  2,886,000.
  • 8,451 Alpha courses in the UK and 54,535 courses worldwide running in 166 countries in 112 languages.
  • 16 million people worldwide have now attended an Alpha course (according to Christian Research).

Attendance at 2010 Alpha courses

  • Total attendance at 2010 Alpha courses in the UK was 188,000
  • The average number of people on a 2010 Autumn Alpha course in the UK was 19.1 per course
  • An average of 27 people per church attends services or a mid-week group regularly at least once a month because of Alpha.

Worldwide Growth of Alpha

Year
Worldwide Number of Alpha Courses
Worldwide Total Number of Guests
1992 5  
1993 200 4,600
1994 750 25,000
1995 2,500 100,000
1996 5,000 400,000
1997 6,500 800,000
1998 10,500 1,3m
1999 14,200 2m
2000 17,000 2,7m
2001 19,800 3,8m
2002 24,400 4,7m
2003 27,340 5,7m
2004 29,051 6,7m
2005 31,167 8m
2006 32,592 9.3m
2007 35,092 10.8m
2008 35,385

12.3m
2009 44,365

14m 
2010 54, 177

16m