This statistic illustrates magazine reading among young people in the United Kingdom in 2015, by demographic group. Among school children aged eight to 18 years in 2015, 50.7 percent of girls reported reading magazines at least once a month.
Share of young people reading magazines outside school in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2015, by demographic group
* All (n= 32,569); Boys (n= 15,414); Girls (n= 16,746); KS2 (n= 7,097); KS3 (n= 20,512); KS4 (n= 4,163); KS5 (n= 695); White (n= 20,614); Mixed (n= 1,642); Asian (= 3,558); Black (= 1,208). Due to rounding, the data in the tables do not necessarily add up to exactly 100 percent.
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National Literacy Trust. (May 25, 2016). Share of young people reading magazines outside school in the United Kingdom (UK) in 2015, by demographic group [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 15, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/299166/magazine-reading-among-young-people-by-demographic-uk/?__sso_cookie_checker=failed
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