Reading for Pleasure Has Declined by a 'Deeply Concerning' 40 Percent Over the Past Two Decades

Reading For Fun Is Plummeting in The US, And Experts Are Concerned

When's the last time you settled down with a good book, just because you enjoyed it? A new survey shows reading as a pastime is becoming dramatically less popular in the US, which correlates with an increased consumption of other digital media, like social media and streaming services.

Reading for Pleasure Has Declined by a 'Deeply Concerning' 40 Percent Over the Past Two Decades

Between 2003 and 2023, the proportion of Americans who read for fun on a given day has been steadily falling, a new study suggests

Reading for pleasure plummets by 40% in the US

If you love nothing more than devouring a page-turner in your free time, you're becoming a rare breed. Reading for pleasure among adults in the United States has fallen dramatically in the last two decades. A new study from the University of Florida and University College London, published in iScience, found that leisure reading, or reading for fun, has declined by 40% in the last 20 years.

Reading For Fun Is Plummeting In the US, and Experts Are Concerned

alternative_right shares a report from ScienceAlert: When's the last time you settled down with a good book, just because you enjoyed it? A new survey shows reading as a pastime is becoming dramatically less popular in the U.S., which correlates with an increased consumption of other digital media, like social media and streaming services. The survey was carried out by researchers from the University of Florida and the University of London, and …

News Summary: Study Shows Sharp Decline in Reading for Pleasure; Google Launches Gemini Storybooks App

As writers, many (not all, as for the purposes of this item reading for pleasure is differentiated from reading for work or study) of us rely for our living on the fact that people love reading for pleasure—which is something probably almost all of us do and cannot imagine not doing. The post News Summary: Study Shows Sharp Decline in Reading for Pleasure; Google Launches Gemini Storybooks App appeared first on The Self-Publishing Advice Center.