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A new study reveals a significant drop in recreational reading among Americans over two decades. Researchers cite potential factors like increased technology use and economic pressures. Demographic disparities in reading habits also widened.
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Fewer People Are Reading for Fun, Study Finds By Maggie Astor Aug. 20, 2025 Any reader knows the unique delight of settling down with a good book. But over the past two decades, there has been a steady decline in Americans who read for fun, according to a study published on Wednesday. Researchers from University College London and the University of Florida examined national data from 2003 to 2023 and found that the share of people who reported reading for pleasure on a given day fell to 16 percent in 2023 from a peak of 28 percent in 2004 β a drop of about 40 percent. It declined around 3 percent each year over those two decades. There is evidence that reading for pleasure has been declining since the 1940s, the researchers said, but they called the size of the latest decrease βsurprising,β given that the study defined reading broadly, encompassing books, magazines and newspapers in print, electronic or audio form. Many previous studiesβ results could be questioned because they...
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