Amy Watson
Research expert covering news and publishing
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U.S. household expenditure on reading 2007-2022
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Employment in U.S. publishing industries 2001-2023
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Average reading time in the U.S. 2018-2022, by age group
U.S. daily time spent reading 2014-2022
Average daily time spent reading per capita in the United States from 2014 to 2022 (in hours)
Average reading time in the U.S. 2018-2022, by age group
Average daily time spent reading per capita in the United States from 2018 to 2022, by age group (in hours)
Average reading time in the U.S. 2018-2022, by ethnicity
Average daily time spent reading per capita in the United States from 2018 to 2022, by ethnicity (in hours)
Average reading time in the U.S. 2018-2022, by employment status
Average daily time spent reading per capita in the United States from 2018 to 2022, by employment status (in hours)
Book readers preferred formats U.S. 2022
Most read book formats in the last year among book readers in the United States as of December 2022
Book consumption in the U.S. 2011-2021, by format
Share of adults who have read a book in any format in the last 12 months in the United States from 2011 to 2021, by format
Print book readers in the U.S. 2021, by age group
Share of adults who have read a print book in the last 12 months in the United States as of February 2021, by age group
Book readers preferred genres U.S. 2022
Most popular book genres read in the last year among book readers in the United States as of December 2022
Locations for listening to audiobooks in the U.S. 2020-2021
Locations most used for listening to audiobooks among adults in the United States in 2020 and 2021
Frequency of newspaper consumption in the U.S. 2022, by age group
Frequency of using newspapers as a source of news among adults in the United States as of February 2022, by age group
Print newspaper buying in the U.S. 2022, by age group
Physical newspaper buying behavior in the United States as of December 2022, by age group
Devices used for reading online news in the U.S. 2013-2022
Devices used for reading online news in the United States from 2013 to 2022
Number of magazine readers in the U.S. 2012-2021
Number of magazine readers in the United States from 2012 to 2021 (in millions)
Magazines with largest monthly audience in the U.S. 2024
Leading magazines in the United States in 2nd quarter 2024, by total average monthly audience (in millions)
Leading magazines U.S. H1 2023, by circulation
Leading magazines in the United States in six months ended June 2023, by circulation (in millions)
U.S. household expenditure on reading 2007-2022
Mean annual expenditure on reading per consumer unit in the United States from 2007 to 2022 (in U.S. dollars)
U.S. household expenditure on books 2007-2022, by type
Mean annual expenditure on books per consumer unit in the United States from 2007 to 2022, by type (in U.S. dollars)
Recreational books: consumer expenditure in the U.S. 1999-2022
Consumer expenditure on recreational books in the United States from1999 to 2022 (in billion U.S. dollars)
U.S. household expenditure on digital book readers 2011-2022
Mean annual expenditure on digital book readers per consumer unit in the United States from 2011 to 2022 (in U.S. dollars)
U.S. household expenditure on newspapers and magazines 2017-2022
Mean annual expenditure on newspapers and magazines per consumer unit in the United States from 2017 to 2022 (in U.S. dollars)
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