
Average daily time spent reading per capita in the United States from 2018 to 2021, by age group (in hours)
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Statistics on Reading habits in the U.S.
Overview
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Books
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- Premium Statistic Annual number of books read in the U.S. 2019-2021
- Premium Statistic Number of books read yearly by U.S. consumers 2021, by gender
- Premium Statistic Book consumption in the U.S. 2011-2021, by format
- Premium Statistic Print book readers in the U.S. 2021, by age group
- Basic Statistic Preferred book formats in the U.S. 2020
- Premium Statistic Average number of audiobooks listened to the U.S. 2018-2020
- Premium Statistic Locations for listening to audiobooks in the U.S. 2020-2021
Newspapers and magazines
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- Basic Statistic Frequency of newspaper consumption in the U.S. 2022, by age group
- Basic Statistic Frequency of newspaper consumption in the U.S. 2022, by ethnicity
- Premium Statistic Devices used for reading online news in the U.S. 2013-2022
- Premium Statistic Magazine brands audience distribution in the U.S. 2019-2020, by platform
- Premium Statistic Magazine readership preference in the U.S. 2019-2020, by format
- Premium Statistic Number of print magazines read in the U.S. 2020, by ethnicity
Consumer spending
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- Premium Statistic U.S. household expenditure on reading 2007-2021
- Premium Statistic U.S. household expenditure on books 2007-2021, by type
- Basic Statistic Recreational books: consumer expenditure in the U.S. 1999-2021
- Premium Statistic U.S. household expenditure on digital book readers 2011-2021
- Premium Statistic U.S. household expenditure on newspapers and magazines 2017-2021
COVID-19: reading behavior
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- Premium Statistic Consuming media at home due to the coronavirus worldwide 2020, by country
- Premium Statistic Estimated home media consumption changes post coronavirus worldwide 2020, by country
- Premium Statistic Coronavirus and reading habits in the U.S. 2020, by generation
- Premium Statistic Coronavirus and reading habits in the U.S. 2020, by ethnicity
- Premium Statistic Consumers keeping updated with the coronavirus U.S. 2020, by age group
- Premium Statistic Consumers looking for news unrelated to COVID-19 in the U.S. 2020
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- Avid book readers in France 2015, by age
- Yearly household expenditure on books in Hungary 2020
- Mobile reading monthly unique devices in China 2017-2018
- Mobile reading app penetration rate in China 2017-2018
- French book readers' opinion of their own reading consumption 2021
- Offline and online media read by young people in the United Kingdom (UK) 2022
- E-book reading by young people in the United Kingdom (UK) 2010-2016
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- Magazine reading among young people in the UK 2015, by demographic group
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Bureau of Labor Statistics. (June 23, 2022). Average daily time spent reading per capita in the United States from 2018 to 2021, by age group (in hours) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 20, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/412454/average-daily-time-reading-us-by-age/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Average daily time spent reading per capita in the United States from 2018 to 2021, by age group (in hours)." Chart. June 23, 2022. Statista. Accessed March 20, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/412454/average-daily-time-reading-us-by-age/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. (2022). Average daily time spent reading per capita in the United States from 2018 to 2021, by age group (in hours). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 20, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/412454/average-daily-time-reading-us-by-age/
Bureau of Labor Statistics. "Average Daily Time Spent Reading per Capita in The United States from 2018 to 2021, by Age Group (in Hours)." Statista, Statista Inc., 23 Jun 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/412454/average-daily-time-reading-us-by-age/
Bureau of Labor Statistics, Average daily time spent reading per capita in the United States from 2018 to 2021, by age group (in hours) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/412454/average-daily-time-reading-us-by-age/ (last visited March 20, 2023)
Average daily time spent reading per capita in the United States from 2018 to 2021, by age group (in hours) [Graph], Bureau of Labor Statistics, June 23, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/412454/average-daily-time-reading-us-by-age/