The number of reading books in the world is declining!

In recent years, literacy rates have started to decline in most parts of the world.

For example, the number of readers in the US has dropped from 15.2 books per year to 12.6.

College graduates dropped from 21.1 books to 14.6 in 2021.
The average US woman reads 4 fewer books, from 19.3 to 15.7.
Americans today only read 17 minutes a day compared to watching 3 HOURS of TV a day.

And 27% of adults in the US didn’t read in 2018.
One in five children in the UK do not read well by age 11.
Literacy rates in Europe are also declining in countries other than Finland, Poland, Estonia and Greece.

In addition, India, Thailand and China are the countries that spend the most time reading books.

There is also a significant increase in the number of audiobooks in China. (In a sense, it also describes his last ascent)

The importance of reading books is another issue.
Because that’s not what this post is about.
However, it is a serious problem that social media has become a reading culture and Youtube has changed the habit of reading books in many people.

And this change is on its way to being hereditary.
When we look at our last 1 year of screen time, I think we are faced with the bitter truth.

Whereas children who read for only 20 minutes deal with around 2 million words a year and score 90% better on tests than their peers.
Children who read for 5 minutes a day, on the other hand, hear 282,000 words from a book a year.

Reading also helps reduce mental decline in old age by up to 32%. And it reduces stress by 68%. It is good for heart rate, blood pressure and psychological problems.
And it also affects the economy.

86% of people with an annual income of $75,000 read at least one book per year. Another data is that young people…