The median American read 2 books in 2025; on average Americans read 8
About how many books have you read or listened to so far in 2025? (weighted median and average)
Note: Respondents who said they read "50 or more" books were asked to specify how many books they read. Those answers were used for calculating averages. The average number of books read is higher than the median because the small number of heavy readers can increase the average substantially but doesn't affect the median.
