46% of Americans didn't read a book in 2023
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46% of Americans didn't read a book in 2023
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Re: 46% of Americans didn't read a book in 2023
#2That’s it? I would have guessed much higher.
Re: 46% of Americans didn't read a book in 2023
#3But all my friends on Goodreads are claiming to finish a book a week
Are... Are they LYING?? No one lies on the internet.
EDIT: Wow I guess I hit a, nerve. Sorry folks. I use Goodreads and finish about a book a month. So I don't think a book a week is unreasonable/impossible. I just meant to allude to the fact that the platform has gotten a lot of attention for review bombing and profile manipulation.
Anyways, here is some data (not MAU, to be fair) about US stats:
https://www.goodreads.com/book/most_read?category=all&countr...
Re: 46% of Americans didn't read a book in 2023
#4Author not an optimist I guess. Better to say 54% of Americans read a book in 2023!
Re: 46% of Americans didn't read a book in 2023
#5Uh, why not link to the actual YouGov poll rather than the blogspam?
Here: https://today.yougov.com/entertainment/articles/48239-54-per...
Re: 46% of Americans didn't read a book in 2023
#6A lot higher than what I had thought. If only around 20% of Americans read a book, any book, within the ages 18-29, maybe the ranges outside of it make up for it?
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#7Glass is (slightly more than) half full!
Re: 46% of Americans didn't read a book in 2023
#8Why do we obsess so much over legacy form factors?
Watching movies, listening to 2h conference talks, playing a 60h narrative videogame, and reading scientific papers in PDF may not be as noble, but they are equally meaningful to me.
Re: 46% of Americans didn't read a book in 2023
#9But all my friends on Goodreads are claiming to finish a book a week Are... Are they LYING?? No one lies on the internet. EDIT: Wow I guess I hit a, nerve. Sorry folks. I use Goodreads and finish about a book a month. So I don't think a book a week is unreasonable/impossible. I just meant to allude to the fact that the platform has gotten a lot of attention for review bombing and profile manipulation. Anyways, here i…
How many friends do you have?
Re: 46% of Americans didn't read a book in 2023
#10I was one of them. =/
It wasn't only last year either.
EDIT: people are counting scientific journals, articles, etc. so, I'm good there, but not a book, from cover to cover, in years.