Other activities get in the way of reading

Respondents were asked, "Which of the following are reasons that you don’t read more?" They could select more than one answer.

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Notes

* Asked of respondents who said they have a child in their household
"Readers" are defined as respondents who say they have read a book or listened to an audiobook in the past year.

Source: NPR/Ipsos poll of 2,033 U.S. adults conducted Feb. 21-27, 2025. The margin of error for the overall sample is 2.3 percentage points; for readers, 2.7 percentage points. "Don't know" or "skipped" responses not shown.Credit: Alyson Hurt/NPR