In-person library usage fluctuates % of US adults ages 16 and folder who used library services in the past 12
As in past Pew Research Center surveys of library use, the April 2016 survey also measured Americans’ usage of and engagement with libraries. Overall, 53% of Americans age 16 or older have had some interaction with a public library in the past year – either through an in-person visit, using a library website, or via a mobile app. Some 48% of adults specifically visited a library or bookmobile in the past 12 months, a modest uptick from the 44% who said that in late 2015. There was a four-point drop, though, in the number who visited library websites in the previous 12 months – falling from 31% who said they’d done so in 2015 to 27% in 2016.
In-person library usage fluctuates  | % of US adults ages 16 and folder who used library services in the past 12  | months  | Visited public library bookmobile in person  | 53  | 48  | 48  | 46  | 31  | 30  | 27  | 25  | Visited library website  | Nov '12  | Sep '13  | Apr '15 Nov '15 Apr '16  | Note: No data specifica Ilyon website usage were gathered lin Apri1.0015.  | Source: Survey conducted March 7-April 4, 2016  | "Libraries 2016"  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 