This statistic shows the results of a survey on the daily time spent reading books by teenagers in Germany from 2013 to 2019, broken down by gender. In 2019, German girls aged between 12 and 19 years stated that they spent an average of 62 minutes per day reading books.
Average daily time spent reading books by teenagers in Germany from 2013 to 2019, by gender
Monday to Friday, self-assessment; includes non-readers
Method of interview
Computer-assisted telephone interviews (CATI)
Supplementary notes
JIM is a series of surveys published by the Medienpädagogische Forschungsbund Südwest, which is supported by the Landesanstalt für Kommunikation Baden-Württemberg (LFK) and the Landeszentrale für Medien und Kommunikation Rheinlandpfalz (LMK). The surveys are developed in cooperation with SWR Medienforschung, the Zeitungs Marketing Gesellschaft (ZMG), the Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung, the Landeszentralen für politische Bildung Baden-Württemberg und Rheinland-Pfalz and the Stiftung Lesen.
The figures were partly taken from previous publications.
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