Data shows that the book consumption penetration rate in the United States has fluctuated continually since 2011, with audiobooks growing in popularity whilst print book readership has waned. However, print books remain the most popular book format. In 2019, 65 percent of survey respondents stated they had read at least one print book in the past year, forty percent more than the share of adults who had read an e-book in the same period.
Share of adults who have read a book in any format in the last 12 months in the United States from 2011 to 2019, by format
Book in any format
Print book
E-book
Audiobook
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Supplementary notes
The source does not provide the number of respondents and an exact survey date for the period 2011 to 2015. Figures for 2013 and 2017 not available. Data prior to 2019 comes from previous reports.
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Pew Research Center. (September 25, 2019). Share of adults who have read a book in any format in the last 12 months in the United States from 2011 to 2019, by format [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved January 04, 2020, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/222754/book-format-used-by-readers-in-the-us/
Pew Research Center. "Share of adults who have read a book in any format in the last 12 months in the United States from 2011 to 2019, by format." Chart. September 25, 2019. Statista. Accessed January 04, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/222754/book-format-used-by-readers-in-the-us/
Pew Research Center. (2019). Share of adults who have read a book in any format in the last 12 months in the United States from 2011 to 2019, by format. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: January 04, 2020. https://www.statista.com/statistics/222754/book-format-used-by-readers-in-the-us/
Pew Research Center. "Share of Adults Who Have Read a Book in Any Format in The Last 12 Months in The United States from 2011 to 2019, by Format." Statista, Statista Inc., 25 Sep 2019, https://www.statista.com/statistics/222754/book-format-used-by-readers-in-the-us/
Pew Research Center, Share of adults who have read a book in any format in the last 12 months in the United States from 2011 to 2019, by format Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/222754/book-format-used-by-readers-in-the-us/ (last visited January 04, 2020)
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