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.

A survey examining book readership in the United States as of February 2021 showed that ** percent of 18-to-29-year-olds had read a print book in the last year. The share was slightly lower among older adults, though more than ** percent of respondents in each age group reported having read at least one printed book in the 12 months leading to the survey.

In 2022 there were more than 5.4 million book readers in Italy between the ages of six and 24 years who read at least one book in the last 12 months. By comparison, the corresponding figure for those aged 45 to 64 years stood at more than 6.7 million, with this age group also being the most likely to read several books per year.

According to the results of an early 2024 survey, ** percent of all book readers had read between one and five books in 2024. Consumers aged 65 and above were the most frequent readers, with ** percent having read ** books or more in the last year.

A survey held in early 2021 revealed that 42 percent of adults aged between 18 and 29 years old had read an e-book in the last we months, making respondents in this age group the most likely to have done so. By contrast, just 18 percent of adults aged 65 or above had read an e-book in the same time period.

This statistic represents the purpose of reading of book readers in France as of the first quarter of 2015, by age group. It reveals that the share of people who read books as a hobby was over 30 points higher among people aged 25 to 34 than among people aged 15 to 24.

Younger age groups were the most frequent readers of e-books in Norway in 2023, with five percent of 13 to 15 year old Norwegians and seven percent of 9 to 12 year old Norwegians having read e-books on an average day during that year. Meanwhile, the least likely people to read this form of books were adults aged 80 years or older.

In 2024, ** percent of 16 to 29-year-olds read e-books every now and then.

In 2024, **** percent of Swedes aged between 16 and 24 years old reported having read books on a weekly basis in the past twelve months, down from over ** percent in between 2021. While Swedes of older age groups were more likely than younger ones to pick up a book on a weekly basis, all age brackets remained constant in weekly book readership compared to the previous year.

The statistic presents the distribution of Canadians who read books in their leisure time as of February 2016, broken down by age group and gender. According to the survey results, ** percent of respondents who named reading books as one of their top two leisure activities were women between the ages of ** and **.

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.

Book readers aged from 16 to 19 years were the most active in Russia in the third quarter of 2023. In that age group, approximately ** percent of respondents living in Russia's large cities reported having consumed print, electronic, and/or audiobooks over the past six months. The second-highest figure was recorded among 55-to-64-year-olds.

This statistic shows the distribution of online books readers by age group in Italy in 2018. According to survey results, individuals aged between 18 and 19 years old were the main consumers of online books (18.5 percent), followed by respondents aged between 20 and 24 years old, with 17.5 percent.

The share of the population that had read at least one book in the last 12 months in 2022 totaled ** percent in Turkey. That year, individuals aged 15 to 24 accounted for the highest share of readers, with ** percent.

According to a survey conducted in China in April 2023, around a fifth of all respondents said they had a habit of reading every day. The youngest respondents, those born in 2000 or later, were the most avid readers, with ** percent of them saying they read daily.

The statistic shows data on the share of kids who have read a Harry Potter book in the United States as of October 2016, by age group. Overall, ** percent of kids in the U.S. have read a Harry Potter book. According to the source, ** percent of kids aged 15 to 17 have read a Harry Potter book.

German teenage book reading frequency depends on age groups. ** percent of 12- to 13-year-olds read daily or several times a week, according to a recent survey. It appears that teenagers in that age group read the most often. The share of teenagers, who don't read at all, is largest in the age group of 18- to 19- year-olds, with around a 17 percent of them never indulging in reading. Nose stuck in a book? Generally, the number of people reading books daily or several times a week was dropping year after year, while the number of people who never read has been increasing slightly every year. A growing number of people also state that they do not buy books, though those who do still mainly buy paperbacks. This may be attributed to digitalization hitting the book industry and the understandable appeal of e-readers to an increasingly mobile nation. Next chapter The German book market is forecast to experience stable revenue development in the coming years, with the fiction segment generating the most, in comparison to textbooks and nonfiction. Changing consumption habits among readers and the rise of mobile devices and e-readers will continue to influence and change the book market.

The statistic shows a distribution of crime/mystery book readers across age groups in the United States in the first quarter of 2014. Mystery fiction had the largest popularity (** percent) among readers aged 65 or older.

The statistic shows the number of female book readers in Italy in 2019, by age and number of books consumed. The majority of female readers were aged between 45 and 64 years old, with about four million women in this age range reading at least one book that year.

This statistic illustrates the frequency of reading books in England in 2013, broken down by age and gender. Female respondents aged 60 and over were most likely to read books on a daily basis, while 23 percent of male respondents aged 18 to 29 reported never reading books.