According to recent data, nearly half the people who are watching the popular TV series The Chosen, are not Christians, Christian Headlines reports.

The popular series, now in its fourth season, depicts the life of Jesus and His disciples as recorded in the Gospels. Its popularity is due in part to the show’s portrayal of the disciples as real people complete with the foibles that plague us all.

In an interview with Christian Headlines, The Chosen VP Katherine Warnock said that survey data revealed that half of those watching, “were either practicing Christians or cultural Christians. And then the other half were either curious about Christianity or just no Christian faith. And we were deeply surprised about that”

She added that the same data also showed that a significant percentage of viewers were Gen Z or younger, which was again surprising since they expected it to appeal to an older audience.

Warnock also added that there was even a split between male and female viewership.