Survey Shows That Americans Are Reading the Lowest Number of Books Annually in 30 Years

Survey Shows That Americans , Are Reading the Lowest Number of Books , Annually in 30 Years.
'Newsweek' reports that a new survey
found that Americans are reading fewer
books than at any point since 1990. .
A recent Gallop survey found that adults in the U.S.
read an average of 12.6 books over the past year. .
According to 'Newsweek,' that's about
three less books than the same survey in 2016. .
It's also the smallest number of books annually read
that Gallup has measured in the past three decades. .
Between 2016 and now, the number of Americans
reading over 10 books a year has dropped 8%. .
Meanwhile, the number of Americans
reading between six and ten books, or reading
no books at all, remained relatively unchanged. .
The number of adults reading between five and
ten books increased from 35% in 2016 up to 40%.
According to Gallup, the reasons for
the decline, and whether the pandemic
played a role, remain unclear. .
The largest drop was reportedly among
college graduates, who read about six less
books in 2021 than they did in 2016 or in 2002. .
In 2002 and 2016, approximately half of college
grads were reading over 10 books a year. .
In 2021, only 35% of graduates
still read that many books. .
In 2016, just 12% of adults said that
their preferred pastime was reading. .
In 2020, that number dropped to
just 6% of adults who said that
reading was still their preferred pastime.