U.S. household expenditure on reading 2022

In 2022, the mean annual expenditure on reading per consumer unit in the United States amounted to 116.71 USD dollars, an increase from 114.1 U.S. dollars recorded in the previous year. Consumer spending on reading has fluctuated slightly each year, but in 2019 it was the first time it dipped below 100 dollars since 2010.

Mean annual expenditure on reading per consumer unit in the United States from 2007 to 2022 (in U.S. dollars)

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Release date

September 2023

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Region

United States

Survey time period

2007 to 2022

Supplementary notes

Figures for periods prior to 2021 come from previous reporting.
A consumer unit consists of any of the following: (1) All members of a particular household who are related by blood, marriage, adoption, or other legal arrangements; (2) a person living alone or sharing a household with others or living as a roomer in a private home or lodging house or in permanent living quarters in a hotel or motel, but who is financially independent; or (3) two or more persons living together who use their incomes to make joint expenditure decisions. Financial independence is determined by spending behavior with regard to the three major expense categories: Housing, food, and other living expenses. To be considered financially independent, the respondent must provide at least two of the three major expenditure categories, either entirely or in part.
Data are diary-based.
The shown figures are based on unpublished data from the Consumer Expenditure Survey conducted by the Bureau of Labor Statistics. Figures are available upon request.
Figures prior to 2016 have been taken from previous publications.

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