Audiobooks Are Growing
BY Leaps and Bounds 50%
WHO’S listening to audiobooks? The average American listens
4 hours a day,
of Americans ages 12+ have listened to an audiobook
51%
of frequent listeners are between ages 18 and 44
23%
of that time to spoken word
WHY do people #LOVEAUDIOBOOKS?
89%
56%
88%
say you can listen wherever you are
say you can do other things while listening
say audiobook listening = more reading time
WHERE do readers listen to audiobooks?
74%
listen in the car
68%
listen at home
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34%
listen on a plane
21%
listen at the gym
Source: 2019 APA Audiobook Survey
Audiobooks Are Growing
BY Leaps and Bounds WHAT’S topping listeners’ playlists? Leading genres continue to be:
Mystery thriller suspense history biography memoir humor LISTENERS LOVE LIBRARIES! Digital audiobook circulation is on the rise. Nearly half of audiobook listeners downloaded an audiobook from a library last year.
7%
from the previous year
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LIBRARY
Source: 2019 APA Audiobook Survey