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Frequency of reading books in Germany 2015-2019
Number of people reading books in Germany from 2015-2019, by frequency (in millions)
by Evgeniya Koptyug,
last edited
Jul 26, 2019
This statistic shows the number of people reading books in Germany from 2015 to 2019, by frequency. In 2019, 9 million Germans aged 14 years and older stated they found time to pick up a book every day.
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by Evgeniya Koptyug,
last edited
Jul 26, 2019
This statistic shows the number of people reading books in Germany from 2015 to 2019, by frequency. In 2019, 9 million Germans aged 14 years and older stated they found time to pick up a book every day.
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- Release date
- July 2019
- Region
- Germany
- Survey time period
- 2014 to 2019
- Age group
- 14 years and older
- Special properties
- German-speaking population, private households
- Method of interview
- Face-to-face interview
- Supplementary notes
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Information on base:
German-speaking resident population aged 14 years and older.
Information on random sample:
n (2015)=25,140, projected to 69.24 million.
n (2016)=23,854, projected to 69.56 million.
n (2017)=23,356, projected to 70.09 million.
n (2018)=23,389, projected to 70.45 million.
n (2019)=23,318, projected to 70.60 million.
You can find further information on the methodology of the study here.
The original question was phrased by the source as follows: "How often do you find the time to read a book? Would you say..." (original German question: "Was würden Sie ungefähr schätzen, wie oft Sie dazu kommen, ein Buch zur Hand zu nehmen - würden Sie sagen ...").
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- Region
- Germany
- Survey time period
- 2014 to 2019
- Age group
- 14 years and older
- Special properties
- German-speaking population, private households
- Method of interview
- Face-to-face interview
- Supplementary notes
-
Information on base:
German-speaking resident population aged 14 years and older.
Information on random sample:
n (2015)=25,140, projected to 69.24 million.
n (2016)=23,854, projected to 69.56 million.
n (2017)=23,356, projected to 70.09 million.
n (2018)=23,389, projected to 70.45 million.
n (2019)=23,318, projected to 70.60 million.
You can find further information on the methodology of the study here.
The original question was phrased by the source as follows: "How often do you find the time to read a book? Would you say..." (original German question: "Was würden Sie ungefähr schätzen, wie oft Sie dazu kommen, ein Buch zur Hand zu nehmen - würden Sie sagen ...").
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- Average daily television viewing time of children (3-13 years) in Germany in selected years from 1995 to 2018 (in minutes)Television viewing time of children in Germany 1995-2018
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- Number of e-book buyers on the consumer market in Germany from 2010 to 2019 (in millions)E-book buyers in Germany 2010-2019
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- Average daily usage time of selected types of media in Germany in 2018 (in minutes)
- Average daily usage time of communications media in Germany from 2016 to 2018 (in minutes)
- Average daily usage time of moving images content in Germany from 1st quarter 2015 to 1st quarter 2018 (in minutes)
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- Which of these devices do you own in your household?
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- Average daily television viewing time in Germany from 1997 to 2018 (in minutes)
- Average daily time spent watching television in Germany from 2017 to 2018, by age group (in minutes)
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- Average daily television viewing time of children (3-13 years) in Germany in selected years from 1995 to 2018 (in minutes)
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- Share of internet users in Germany from 1997 to 2018*, by age group
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- Average daily internet usage time in Germany from 2000 to 2018 (in minutes)
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- Number of people listening to the radio in Germany from 2015 to 2019, by frequency (in millions)
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- Average daily radio listening time in Germany from 1995 to 2019 (in minutes)
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- Share of respondents that listened to live radio online at least occasionally in Germany from 2003 to 2018
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- Number of customers in the DVD/Blu-ray sell-through market in Germany from 2007 to 2018 (in millions)
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