The average daily time spent reading by individuals in the United States in 2024 amounted to **** hours, or **** minutes. According to the study, adults over the age of ** were the most avid readers, spending over ** minutes reading each day. Meanwhile, those aged between 15 and 19 years read for just **** minutes per day on average. Reading and COVID-19 Daily time reading increased among most consumers between 2019 and 2020, part of which could be linked to the unprecedented increases in media consumption during COVID-19 shutdowns. The mean annual expenditure on books per consumer unit also increased year over year, along with spending on digital book readers. Book reading habits A 2020 survey on preferred book formats found that ** percent of U.S. adults favored print books over e-books or audiobooks. However, engagement with digital books is growing. Figures from an annual study on book consumption revealed that the share of adults who reported reading an audiobook in the last year almost doubled between 2011 and 2019, and e-book readership also grew overall during that period.

In 2024, adults in the United States spent more time reading on weekends than weekdays, according to recent data. The average time spent reading in the U.S. amounted to *** hours (18 minutes) on weekends and holidays, while daily time spent reading on weekdays in 2024 remained belowpre-pandemic levels at just over a ******* of an hour.

In the United States in 2024, Asian Americans spent an average of **** minutes reading per day. White readers spent the most time with books each day, whereas Hispanic Americans read for just *** minutes on average.

In 2023, women spent an average of **** hours per day reading, which equates to **** minutes. Men were less likely to read as often as women, and their average daily reading time decreased each year, with the exception of 2020 when their reading time increased substantially.

In the third quarter of 2024, an internet user in Brazil spent, on average, ***** hours and ** minutes per day reading the press online or offline. Meanwhile, in Argentina, the figure stood at *** hour and ** minutes. The most visited newspaper websites in Brazil included O Globo, Folha de S. Paulo, and Valor Econômico.

Unemployed citizens in the United States spent the most time reading, with their average daily reading time at **** minutes, up slightly from the previous year. Meanwhile, those in full-time employment spent just over ** minutes reading per day.

The statistic above presents data on the daily time spent reading magazines per capita in the United States from 2010 to 2015 and offers a forecast for the period 2016 to 2018. An average U.S. consumer spent ** minutes daily reading magazines in 2015.

Media use - additional information

It is estimated that the amount of time people spend reading magazines daily is decreasing. In 2010, the average U.S. consumer spent ** minutes per day reading magazines, but this value is estimated to have dropped to ** minutes per day in 2015. Despite a decrease in time spent reading magazines, daily usage of major media sources is on the rise. In 2011, an average American spent *** minutes with major media daily. This included digital media and offline media. By 2015, this figure rose to *** minutes and is expected to increase further to *** minutes by 2018.

Daily media use is quite prominent in the United States, with an average of *** minutes daily dedicated to television use and *** minutes of online activity from a laptop or desktop computer as of 2015. The magazine industry must therefore adopt digital strategies in order to maintain its place in the market.

The statistic presents data on daily time spent reading newspapers in North America from 2011 to 2018 as well a a forecast for the period 2019 to 2021. ZenithOptimedia reported that the average North American spent ** minutes per day reading newspapers in 2018, and projected that this figure would decrease to ***** minutes by 2021.

Despite the average daily time spent reading per capita in the United States decreasing in recent years, the average amount of time spent reading the Bible has remained stable. A survey showed that 23 percent of U.S. adults reported spending one hour of more with the bible in each sitting in 2017, compared to 24 percent four years earlier.

The Bible: consumption in the United States

The frequency of reading the Bible among adults in the U.S. changed very little between 2018 and 2019, however reading habits among survey respondents were at two extremes. Whilst the majority reported never reading the Bible at all, the second largest share of adults said that they read the text every day. Whilst the average time spent with the Bible has only very mildly fluctuated over the last few years, attitudes and consumption habits are changing.

Back in 2011, 67 percent of surveyed U.S. adults said that they wished they used the Bible more, however by 2019 this figure had dropped to 56 percent. In addition to this, digital formats have become more prevalent and have proved more appealing to younger readers than to older generations. Print is still by far the most popular format, however more Millennials and Gen-Xers prefer to read the Bible via a smartphone or tablet app than their older peers, and the frequency of reading online versions of the Bible was also higher among younger generations.

Whilst to older generations using digital versions of religious or sacred texts may seem strange or even a step too far, clearly a demand for such content exists. The Bible app came second in a ranking of the highest rated iOS apps in the United States with over 97 percent positive user reviews – that’s almost ten percent more than Spotify. With consumers all over the world making the move from print to digital, it is possible that digital versions of the Bible will increase in popularity even further, though there will likely always be groups who simply believe such a text should be kept in its traditional format.

In the third quarter of 2024, an internet user in Brazil spent, on average, *** minutes (or ***** hours and ** minutes) per day reading online or print press media. That is approximately *** percent more than the year before, when the average amounted to *** minutes.

In the third quarter of 2024, an internet user in Mexico spent, on average, ** minutes (or *** hour and ** minutes) per day reading online or print press media. That is around *** percent more than a year earlier when the average amounted to ** minutes.

In the third quarter of 2024, an internet user in Colombia spent, on average, ** minutes (or *** hour and ** minutes) per day reading online or print press media. That is 4.5 percent more than a year earlier when the average amounted to ** minutes.

This statistic displays the average daily time 8- to 18-year-olds spent reading books in the United States as of March 2015, by age. Teenagers (aged 13 to 18) spent ** minutes daily reading books.

In 2023, persons aged 15 years and older in the United States spent over five hours on sports and leisure activities per day. The average daily time spent watching TV was **** hours while reading took up **** hours per day in 2023.

The graph presents data on the time spent in reading the Bible in the United States as of January 2016. During the survey, 29 percent of respondents between the ages of 51 to 69 stated they spent on average 30 to 44 minutes reading the Bible in each sitting.

The average daily time spent with digital media in the United States is expected to increase from *** minutes (seven hours and 19 minutes) in 2022 to close to ***** hours in 2025. Higher online media consumption in 2020 was partially attributed to the coronavirus outbreak. Impact of COVID-19 on media consumption In-home media consumption grew sharply in March 2020 in the first stages of the COVID-19 pandemic. More than ** percent of U.S. respondents reported spending more time watching shows and films on streaming services, and ** percent were reading books or listening to audiobooks more than usual. Despite predictions that this spike in media usage would fall after the initial implementation of shelter-in-place orders, consumers also continued spending more time with media in the summer of 2020. The same survey, held in July that year, also asked participants about their plans to continue with their increased media consumption after the pandemic has run its course. This garnered different responses, with only a handful of U.S. adults planning to carry on investing more time in most media activities. Again though, watching movies and shows on streaming platforms and reading or listening to books were the most popular options.

Global media consumption patterns are shifting, with mobile devices maintaining their dominance in 2024. Users worldwide spent an average of ***** hours and ** minutes daily on mobile devices, unchanged from 2023. However, time spent on other media platforms has decreased, with print press experiencing the most significant decline of nearly ** percent compared to the first half of 2023. Changing media landscape The entertainment and media market continues to evolve, with a projected value of *** trillion U.S. dollars by 2027. Tech giants like Alphabet Inc. and Meta Platforms Inc. lead the industry in revenue, followed by traditional media companies such as Comcast Corporation and Walt Disney. The United States remains a crucial market for these companies, with Americans spending an average of *** minutes per day consuming major media. Importance of smartphones to entertainment The times of suing cell phones for calls only are long past. Today, the device is widely used for shopping and media consumption. Watching videos emerged as the leading entertainment activity performed on a mobile worldwide in early 2024. However, regional differences permeate. Video viewing habits are more prominent in APAC. At the same time, Europeans are less likely to watch videos on their phones but more inclined to them for reading the news.

In 2024, persons aged 15 years and older in the United States spent over five hours on sports and leisure activities per day. The average daily time spent watching TV was 2.60 hours while reading took up 0.28 hours per day in 2024.

The statistic shows information on media which played an essential part in consumers' lives in the United States as of April 2014. During a survey, 64 percent of respondents stated that the radio was an essential part of their lives.

Media consumption in the United States – additional information

Local TVB news proved to be the most essential media in consumers’ lives in the United States as of April 2014. In a report detailing the distribution of time spent with media per day compared to share of ad spending in the U.S. in 2013, television accounted for 38 percent of time Americans spent with media. This was more time spent than the internet, print, radio or mobile. Television also accounted for 45 percent of the U.S. ad spending, suggesting advertisers are investing well in the media most popular with consumers.

Television accounts for the largest share of time spent per day by consumers, but how does that translate into daily time spent with media per capita in minutes and how has that time changed in recent years? In 2013, an American spent an average of 303 minutes per day watching television, which was down from 327 minutes per day in 2010. Consumers in 2013 spent the least amount of time reading newspapers and magazines with only 16 minutes and 11 minutes per day respectively.

In a worldwide survey in January and February 2014, 49 percent of American respondents stated that they accessed news via printed newspapers. On the other hand, 33 percent of American respondents stated that access news via online newspaper. These shares were low in comparison to the results from Finland whereby 79 percent of respondents accessed news via printed newspapers and 82 percent via online newspapers.

Children aged 8 to 12 years spent an average of *** hours and ** minutes watching TV or videos daily in the United States in 2021. However, they spent an average of **** minutes reading books or articles online.