Fewer People Are Reading for Fun, Study Finds | From 2003 to 2023, the share of Americans who read for pleasure fell 40 percent, a sharp decline that is part of a continuing downward trend.

silence7@slrpnk.net · 3 days ago

Fewer People Are Reading for Fun, Study Finds | From 2003 to 2023, the share of Americans who read for pleasure fell 40 percent, a sharp decline that is part of a continuing downward trend.

I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world · 2 days ago

I think a big part is the switch to audiobooks, I know a lot of my friends have moved almost exclusively to those. It’s a lot easier to listen to a book while cleaning, driving, working out, cooking, etc.

I still read physical books, but I have to set aside time for it, time I could spend doing something else if I was free to just listen to it.

Vupware@lemmy.zip · 2 days ago

I don’t know how people stay “locked in” to audiobooks. My mind wanders when the text isn’t commanding my attention, and I lose the plot — ESPECIALLY if I’m doing something while I listen.

Fewer People Are Reading for Fun, Study Finds | From 2003 to 2023, the share of Americans who read for pleasure fell 40 percent, a sharp decline that is part of a continuing downward trend.

Fewer People Are Reading for Fun, Study Finds | From 2003 to 2023, the share of Americans who read for pleasure fell 40 percent, a sharp decline that is part of a continuing downward trend.

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