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Regional Variations in Reading Popularity

It’s National Libraries Week in the United States, and we’re exploring global reading patterns. According to data from Statista’s Consumer Insights survey, women in selected countries are more likely than men to list reading as a personal hobby. Germany shows the widest gender gap (20 percentage points), followed by Spain and Italy (19 percentage points each). Spain leads with 58% of women considering reading a personal hobby, while in Mexico, 41% of men share this view.

In the United States, 44% of women and 30% of men consider reading a main pastime. Across age groups in the U.S., the percentage of respondents who prioritize reading increases with age.

Infographic: Where Reading is More (& Less) Popular | Statista

This story originally appeared on Statista.

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Als Senior Datenjournalistin bei DataPulse Research recherchiere, analysiere und visualisiere ich Daten, um faktenbasierte Geschichten zu erzählen, die in den Medien Wirkung haben. Mein Schwerpunkt liegt darauf, komplexe Datensätze in klare, zugängliche Erzählungen zu übersetzen, die aktuelle soziale und wirtschaftliche Entwicklungen ausleuchten. Mit mehr als fünf Jahren Erfahrung in Datenanalyse und datengetriebenem Storytelling arbeite ich kritische Trends und Muster heraus und ermögliche tiefere Einsichten für journalistische Veröffentlichungen und die Öffentlichkeit.
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