New data on book reading shows that reading is on the decline.
Here are 12 scary stats that we need to stop:
A recent report from Gallup found that every category of readers are reading less: men, women, college graduates, non-college graduates, old people, and young people.
Americans are reading 3 fewer books per year.
Down from 15.2 books a year to 12.6.
College graduates read an average of about 6 fewer books in 2021, falling from 21.1 books to 14.6.
The average U.S. woman read about 4 fewer books, down from 19.3 to 15.7 books.
Americans aged 55+ read almost 5 fewer books, down from 16.7 to 12.