Print books continue to be more popular than e-books or audiobooks % ofU.S adults who say they have in the previous 12 months
Roughly seven-in-ten U.S. adults (72%) say they have read a book in the past 12 months in any format, a figure that has remained largely unchanged since 2012, according to a Pew Research Center survey conducted Jan. 8-Feb. 7, 2019. Print books remain the most popular format for reading, with 65% of adults saying they had read a print book in the year before the survey.
Print books continue to be more popular than e-books  | or audiobooks  | % ofU.S adults who say they have  | in the previous 12 months  | Read a book  | 79%  | in Read any format book 76  | 74  | .74  | 73  | 72  | 72  | 71%  | 69  | 67  | 65  | 65  | 65  | print Read a 63  | print book  | Read an  | e-book  | 28  | 28  | 27  | 26  | 25  | 23  | 17%  | Listened to an  | audiobook  | 20  | 18  | 14  | 14  | 12  | 13  | 11%  | 2012  | 2011  | 2016  | 2014  | 2015  | 2018  | 2019  | Note: Those who gave fother answers or no answer ware not shown.  | Source: Survey conducted Jan. 8-Feb. 7, 2019  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 