Finland: daily reading time 2020

In 2020, Finns spent on average 19 minutes per day reading books. Over the period from 2010 to 2020, the daily time spent on reading books varied between 19 and 35 minutes in Finland.

However, the method and target group of the survey were changed in 2010, and the results are not fully comparable with previous results. Since 2016, figures only include fiction and non-fiction literature, as reading textbooks was excluded from the survey.

Time spent reading books daily in Finland from 2010 to 2020 (in minutes)

Characteristic	Time spent per day in minutes
2010*	35
2011	33
2012	32
2013	30
2014	30
2015	28
2016**	22
2017	22
2018	21
2019	21
2020	19

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Release date

June 2021

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Region

Finland

Survey time period

2010 to 2020

Number of respondents

17,982 respondents

Age group

15-69 years

Method of interview

Online panel

Supplementary notes

* In 2010 the method and target group have been changed. Therefore the results are not comparable with previous results.
** Data on 2016 are not comparable with earlier data. From 2016 onwards, literature comprises reading of non-fiction and fiction, while earlier included was reading of fiction, textbooks and non-fiction.

The source does not provide information on the original wording used during the survey. Thus, the wording chosen for this statistic may differ slightly from the one in the survey.

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