According to the IBRiS study the vast majority of respondents – 81.8 percent — intends to spend Easter with his family. This result is almost identical to the year before (81.5%).
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The second most frequently indicated form of spending time is outdoor activity – walking, cycling or sports (38%). Slightly fewer people plan to watch TV and series than a year ago (20.9%).
More and more people declare that just wants to relax – sleep and do nothing (24.7 percent, compared to 20.4 percent a year earlier). The percentage of people planning to work or study during the holidays also dropped (2.8%).
Traditions still important at Easter. The religiosity of Poles is slightly decreasing
The study shows that Poles are still eager to cultivate Easter customs: blessing food – 68.8%, Śmigus-dyngus – 58.3%, preparing Easter eggs – 51.4%. or fasting on Good Friday – 45.6 percent.
Less popular, but still present, include: gifts from the “bunny” (30.4%) and participation in the resurrection (25.9%). Only 8 percent respondents declare the lack of any traditions.
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Slightly fewer people plan to participate in religious practices than a year ago (27.9% compared to 29.6%). The most frequently declared are: participation in Mass on Palm Sunday (37.3%), confession before the holidays (26.8%), Easter Vigil (20.4%) and Stations of the Cross (20.1%).
Simultaneously as much as 47 percent respondents do not plan to participate in any rituals.
What's on the Easter table?
Traditional dishes dominate holiday tables. The most frequently mentioned are:
- rye soup/żurek – 24.2%,
- stuffed eggs – 12.2%,
- white sausage – 11.1%,
- vegetable salad – 9.2%,
- white borscht – 8.7%,
- eggs in mayonnaise – 8.5%,
- mazurek – 8.4 percent
Less common ones appear, among others: Easter baba, Passover or pâté.
The study was conducted using the CATI method on March 13–15, 2026 on a representative group of 1,068 adult Poles. For comparison, an analogous study from April 2025 was used.
