First: I wanna clarify this. I know that loads of people read like 100 books a year, or read all the time. I know these people exist. I’m asking about people that are like… average. An average american who just… reads. Doesn’t track everything or sets goals of like 100, or never stops reading… Anyway, I’ve been searching this up, and i find answers like 15-50, even 100. I find this highly unlikely, especially for average US citizens. Half the people i know don’t even pick up 5 books a year, let alone 15! I just don’t believe these stats. I read somewhere that people read 8 a month on average? That can’t be right for an average person. That’s like 2 books a week… I know people do read this much, but still… For an average person? So be real… how many books do people actually read a year?
Do you want the average or the median? It doesn’t take a lot of 100+ a book a year readers to skew the average.
I’d guess 0, 1, or 2 is the median. I’m sure 0 is the mode. And I’d be surprised if the average isn’t around 10.
And for readers your phase of life and how busy you are impacts reading a lot. My reading for fun has varied from 25 books as my low in college and law school to about 400 when I was in late middle school and early high school. Now, as an adult without kids, it varies from 50-100 and about a third of those are listened to using headphones while doing other things.