According to the results of a survey held in late 2022, American book lovers and readers still read print books the most, with 50 percent having read a paperback or hardcover book that year. Kindle and other e-books were an appealing option with 36 percent having read one in 2022, whereas audiobooks were substantially less popular.
Most read book formats in the last year among book readers in the United States as of December 2022
Sample was primarily disseminated via social media and was not random. Data was not weighted by gender, age group, location or any other factors. Some respondents self-identified as "readers"; the bias on the accounts reached skew towards writers, authors, self-identified book lovers, bloggers, online marketers, other artists (musicians, crafters, photographers etc). Based on composition of followers, results skew away from sports-, religion-, scientists/healthcare-, fashion-, food- and travel-themed or focused accounts.
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The Happy Guy Writing Services. (January 15, 2023). Most read book formats in the last year among book readers in the United States as of December 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved December 18, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1402546/book-formats-us/
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The Happy Guy Writing Services. (2023). Most read book formats in the last year among book readers in the United States as of December 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: December 18, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1402546/book-formats-us/
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