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Number of weekly hours spent reading by U.S. consumers in April 2017
Number of hours spent reading per week by consumers in the United States as of April 2017
by Alexander Kunst,
last edited
Sep 3, 2019
The statistic shows the number of hours consumers spend on reading books per week in the United States as of April 2017. During the survey, 27 percent of respondents stated that they spent two to five hours on reading per week, and 19 percent said that they read for 15 hours or more per week.
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by Alexander Kunst,
last edited
Sep 3, 2019
The statistic shows the number of hours consumers spend on reading books per week in the United States as of April 2017. During the survey, 27 percent of respondents stated that they spent two to five hours on reading per week, and 19 percent said that they read for 15 hours or more per week.
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- April 2017
- Region
- United States
- Survey time period
- April 4 to April 12, 2017
- Number of respondents
- 1,020 respondents
- Age group
- 18 years and older
- Special properties
- English-speaking residential population, who read books or newspapers
- Method of interview
- Online survey
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- Region
- United States
- Survey time period
- April 4 to April 12, 2017
- Number of respondents
- 1,020 respondents
- Age group
- 18 years and older
- Special properties
- English-speaking residential population, who read books or newspapers
- Method of interview
- Online survey
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