In 2022, Gallup found that Americans read an average of 12.6 books each per year, the lowest number Gallup has measured since it began tracking the stat in 1990. In that same poll, a full 17 percent of Americans said they read no books at all during the prior year.
Nevertheless, a lot of Americans want to read more. We just seem to find it increasingly difficult to do so. Work, family, and especially TV and phone usage suck up so much time that little is left for reading. As a society, we’ve largely fallen out of the reading habit.
