According to a survey on Chinese reading habits conducted annually, paper books were more popular than digital books in China. As per survey results as of April 2024, Chinese adult consumers read an average of about 4.75 print books and 3.4 e-books per person.

A survey held between September and November 2020 found that the average number of print books engaged with per month was 3.8 among adults in the United States who took part in the study. By comparison, audiobooks were less popular among survey respondents, with fewer than two audiobooks engaged with per month on average.

According to the results of a survey held in the United States, the share of Americans who had read more than 12 books in the last three months stood at five percent in February 2024. However, 28.5 percent had not any read any books in the three months running up to the survey.

The statistic shows the average number of books read per year by consumers in the United States as of August 2018, broken down by income. The data shows that Americans earning more than $80,000 a year were more likely to have read more books than those on lower salaries, with 16 percent of respondents in this category saying that they read between 20 and 50 books per year compared to 10 percent of Americans with a salary below $40,000.

In 2024, a literate adult in urban Mexico read, on average, 3.2 books per year. In 2022, the figure stood at 3.9 books. Mexicans' favorite book genre in 2024 was literature.

During a survey held in early 2021, it was found that 83 percent of adults aged between 18 and 29 years old had read a book in any format in the previous year, up by two percent from the share who said the same in 2019. The survey results showed that adults within this age category were more likely than older respondents to have read a book within the last twelve months.

Book readers in the U.S.

While it is mostly believed that book reading is a vanishing pastime, particularly among Millennials, surveys among consumers in the U.S. have shown the opposite. The share of book readers in the U.S. has varied from 72 percent to 79 percent between 2011 and 2016.

In regards to age of book readers in the country, a 2016 survey shows about 80 percent of respondents between the ages of 18 to 29 had read at least one book in the previous 12 months, the highest share amongst all age groups. About 73 percent of the respondents aged between 30 to 49 years old said they read at least one book in the last 12 months. The share among respondents between 50 and 64 years old stood at 70 percent, whereas 67 percent of respondents aged 65 plus stated reading book during the time measured. In terms of education level, book readers in the U.S. are more likely to have a college degree, or at least some college education – 86 percent and 81 percent respectively. Women in the U.S. read slightly more than men; 68 percent of male respondents started reading at least one book in the previous 12 months, against 77 percent of female respondents that said the same.

Despite the rise of digital platforms and the rising popularity of e-reading devices such as Kindle, Kobo and others, printed books still remain the most popular book format in the U.S., as 65 percent of Americans stated preference for printed books in 2016. E-books were consumed by 28 percent of respondents in 2016, whereas audio books were listened by 14 percent of the respondents. Millennials accounted for the largest share of printed book readers in the U.S. – 72 percent as of 2016.

The statistic shows the average number of books consumers read per year in the United States in 2017, by ethnicity. During the survey, 30 percent of Hispanic American or Latino respondents stated that they read up to 10 books on average per year.

As of December 2021, just 12 percent of surveyed women in the United States said that they had not read any books in the last year, ten percent less than the share of men who said the same. Both male and female respondents were most likely to have read one to five books in the year leading to the survey, though nine percent of women reported having read more than 51 books in that time.

This graph illustrates the results of a survey regarding the reading habits of the French in 2023. The results of this study show that 25 percent of respondents said they were "casual readers", meaning that they had read between one and four print books in the 12 months preceding the survey.

This dataset is about book series and is filtered where the book series is Dorling Kindersley readers. 2, Beginning to read alone, featuring 6 columns including average publication date, book series, earliest publication date, latest publication date, and number of authors. The preview is ordered by number of books (descending).

According to the survey on Chinese reading habits conducted between October 2023 and February 2024, respondents aged above 18 years read, on average, 8.15 books, an increase from 8.11 books in the previous year. Children and teens generally read more books than adults in the survey.

This dataset is about book subjects and is filtered where the books is Bestseller : the books that everyone read, 1900-1939, featuring 10 columns including authors, average publication date, book publishers, book subject, and books. The preview is ordered by number of books (descending).

This dataset is about book series and is filtered where the books is How to read music, featuring 10 columns including authors, average publication date, book publishers, book series, and books. The preview is ordered by number of books (descending).

This dataset is about book subjects and is filtered where the books includes How we read novels. It has 10 columns such as book subject, earliest publication date, latest publication date, average publication date, and number of authors. The data is ordered by earliest publication date (descending).

The statistic shows the average number of books consumers read per year in the United States in 2017, sorted by age. During the survey, 43 percent of respondents aged 60 and older stated that they read more than 15 books on average per year.

This dataset is about book series and is filtered where the book series includes Story chest. Stage 1. Read-together books. More large books, featuring 6 columns including average publication date, book series, earliest publication date, latest publication date, and number of authors. The preview is ordered by number of books (descending).

According to a survey from May and June 2023, people older than 65 years of age read the most books in Czechia. On average, they read 12.9 books a year. However, the second highest number of books was read by the youngest generation, aged between 15 and 24 years, who read, on average, 9.9 books a year.

This dataset is about book series and is filtered where the books is Now I Know. 1, (I Can Read) : Student Book, featuring 10 columns including authors, average publication date, book publishers, book series, and books. The preview is ordered by number of books (descending).

During a 2020 study fielded in Colombia, respondents in Bogotá said they had read, on average, 4.9 books during the 12 months prior to the survey. In the Central region of that South American country, the average stood at 4.1 books read per year.

This dataset is about book subjects and is filtered where the books is Essential read-spell, featuring 10 columns including authors, average publication date, book publishers, book subject, and books. The preview is ordered by number of books (descending).