Reading Habits in a World of Scrolling

My Digital Storytelling and Social Media assignment for this week was to conduct a survey on a topic of our choice. As a book lover in a world where reading has been largely usurped by scrolling, I wanted to know my friends, family, and classmates reading habits. The results were surprising in some ways and expected in others.

The survey reached Baby Boomers, Gen Xers, Millenials, and Gen Zers with the primary contributors being (unsurprisingly) my millennial friends. I found it interesting that the top two responses regarding the number of books read per year were 0-5 or 15+ books.

I was not terribly surprised to see that 0-5 books came out on top, still it was exciting to see that 15+ was a close second. It gave me hope that many people are still actively engaging with books, even in this age of distractions and instant gratification.

In terms of genres, I was unsurprised that romance took first place (remember that millennial ladies were the majority here). It was a fun surprise that Sci-Fi and Horror tied for last, this made me think that these are more of a niche genre.

Thank you to everyone who contributed to my survey!