Topics in General Conference · 2000 to 2026

What conference talks are about, and how that has changed

Each of the 1,909 talks since 2000 was tagged with a main topic and up to two secondary topics. The biggest shift: talks centered on Jesus Christ and His Atonement grew from 6% of talks in the 2000s to 20% in the 2020s.

Agency and Accountability37 talks Charity and Love59 talks Covenants and Ordinances44 talks Discipleship and Becoming153 talks Faith106 talks Family and Marriage55 talks Grace7 talks Gratitude21 talks Holy Ghost42 talks Hope, Joy and Peace52 talks Humility and Pride14 talks Jesus Christ and His Atonement200 talks Ministering and Service85 talks Missionary Work66 talks Moral Cleanliness and Media22 talks Obedience and Commandments57 talks Parenting and Children56 talks Plan of Salvation60 talks Prayer and Personal Revelation61 talks Priesthood123 talks Prophets and Church Leadership57 talks Repentance and Forgiveness51 talks Restoration and Church History46 talks Sabbath and Sacrament14 talks Scripture Study and the Book of Mormon46 talks Second Coming and Gathering of Israel16 talks Self-Reliance and Welfare14 talks Temples and Family History56 talks Testimony and Conversion74 talks Trials, Adversity and Healing74 talks Unity and Belonging33 talks Women and Relief Society50 talks Youth58 talks

Topics are estimates assigned by a language model from each talk's opening and closing. Part of the drop in priesthood and women's topics is structural, because those sessions were reorganized after 2018. Lines show each topic's share of talks per conference, main or secondary.