First: I wanna clarify this. I know that loads of people read like 100 books a year, or read all the time. I know these people exist. I’m asking about people that are like… average. An average american who just… reads. Doesn’t track everything or sets goals of like 100, or never stops reading… Anyway, I’ve been searching this up, and i find answers like 15-50, even 100. I find this highly unlikely, especially for average US citizens. Half the people i know don’t even pick up 5 books a year, let alone 15! I just don’t believe these stats. I read somewhere that people read 8 a month on average? That can’t be right for an average person. That’s like 2 books a week… I know people do read this much, but still… For an average person? So be real… how many books do people actually read a year?
Idk, I work for a public library and what I have learned over the years is that some ppl choose to read and others do not. Some ppl come in and will pick up a book maybe once a year or perhaps only popular books. I’d say that those who do choose to read regularly tend to read quite a fair number of books (100+ a year) and then there are the outliers who will read over 500 books a year. And yes, some of my coworkers do not read books and work at the library…