Penetration of e-book consumption in the U.S. 2011-2019

The share of adults who have read an e-book in the last 12 months in the United States dropped to 25 percent in 2019. E-book consumption tends to fluctuate, growing significantly between 2011 and 2014 and holding until 2016, but dropping slightly since. E-books are more popular than audiobooks among adults in all age categories, but print is the most popular format by a large margin.

在美国，过去12个月内阅读电子书的成年人比例在2019年降至25%。电子书消费量往往波动不定，在2011年至2014年期间显著增长，并持续至2016年，但自那以后略有下降。电子书在所有年龄段成年人中均比有声书更受欢迎，然而，印刷版仍是最受欢迎的格式，差距显著。