{"id":154815,"date":"2022-04-27T09:53:29","date_gmt":"2022-04-27T07:53:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebookfriendly.com\/?p=154815"},"modified":"2023-09-21T18:19:56","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T16:19:56","slug":"reading-for-pleasure-declines-one-third","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebookfriendly.com\/reading-for-pleasure-declines-one-third\/","title":{"rendered":"Reading for pleasure declined since 2004 by almost one-third"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"lead\"><strong>The average American spent 16 minutes per day reading for pleasure, down from 23 minutes in 2004.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>First, let me share this well-known fact one more time: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.telegraph.co.uk\/news\/health\/news\/5070874\/Reading-can-help-reduce-stress.html\">Reading for just 6 minutes each day can help reduce stress by up to 68%<\/a> \u2013 you may have a significantly slower heart rate and reduced muscle tension.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<aside class=\"wp-block-group has-border-color has-background has-system-sans-serif-font-family is-layout-flow wp-block-group-is-layout-flow\" style=\"border-color:#dedede;border-width:1px;background-color:#ffffff;margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--10);padding-top:1em;padding-right:1.5em;padding-bottom:1em;padding-left:1.5em\"><ul class=\"has-dates has-small-font-size wp-block-rss\"><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/ebookfriendly.com\/top-free-ebooks-christmas-2023\/'>Free ebooks for Christmas 2023: here are the top 20 downloads<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2023-12-15T14:05:39+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">Dec 15, 2023<\/time> <\/li><li class='wp-block-rss__item'><div class='wp-block-rss__item-title'><a href='https:\/\/ebookfriendly.com\/best-personalized-library-gifts\/'>12 best personalized gifts for librarians and library supporters<\/a><\/div><time datetime=\"2023-11-18T11:11:37+01:00\" class=\"wp-block-rss__item-publish-date\">Nov 18, 2023<\/time> <\/li><\/ul><\/aside>\n\n\n\n<p>Yet, the time we read for pleasure is on a constant decline. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/chart\/27287\/average-hours-spent-per-day-by-americans-reading-for-pleasure\/\">Statista shared for World Book Day 2022<\/a> a chart showing that an average time spent reading for pleasure per day was 16 minutes in 2019, compared to 23 minutes in 2004.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It\u2019s 7 minutes less. And 6 minutes of reading can reduce stress by two-thirds, remember?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Statista\u2019s chart is based on an ongoing survey conducted by the <a href=\"https:\/\/beta.bls.gov\/dataViewer\/view\/timeseries\/TUU10101AA01006315\">Bureau of Labor Statistics<\/a>. The latest reported year is 2019, because the pandemic disrupted the data collection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the survey, employed Americans read only 9 minutes during a workday, but those who are 75 years and older are the most avid readers. In 2019, they spent 44 minutes per day reading for personal interest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Reading-for-pleasure-decline-since-2004-infographic.jpg?resize=1200%2C1200&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Reading for pleasure decline since 2004 infographic\" class=\"wp-image-154817\" width=\"1200\" height=\"1200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Reading-for-pleasure-decline-since-2004-infographic.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Reading-for-pleasure-decline-since-2004-infographic.jpg?resize=220%2C220&amp;ssl=1 220w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Reading-for-pleasure-decline-since-2004-infographic.jpg?resize=540%2C540&amp;ssl=1 540w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Reading-for-pleasure-decline-since-2004-infographic.jpg?resize=768%2C768&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Reading-for-pleasure-decline-since-2004-infographic.jpg?resize=65%2C65&amp;ssl=1 65w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Reading-for-pleasure-decline-since-2004-infographic.jpg?resize=160%2C160&amp;ssl=1 160w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Reading-for-pleasure-decline-since-2004-infographic.jpg?resize=840%2C840&amp;ssl=1 840w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><em>Via <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.statista.com\/chart\/27287\/average-hours-spent-per-day-by-americans-reading-for-pleasure\/\"><em>Statista<\/em><\/a><em>.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-dots\"\/>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p>Keep exploring. Here are other infographics about books and reading:<\/p>\n\n\n<p>[ef-archive number=5 tag=&#8221;infographics&#8221;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The average American spent 16 minutes per day reading for pleasure, down from 23 minutes in 2004.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":13,"featured_media":154817,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"advanced_seo_description":"","jetpack_seo_html_title":"","jetpack_seo_noindex":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false}}},"categories":[7],"tags":[11173,11570],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/Reading-for-pleasure-decline-since-2004-infographic.jpg?fit=1200%2C1200&ssl=1","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pdOQhx-Eh1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154815"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/13"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=154815"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154815\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":154820,"href":"https:\/\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/154815\/revisions\/154820"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/154817"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=154815"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=154815"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ebookfriendly.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=154815"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}