#readingstatistics

Reading about the many facts, statistics, methodologies, and benefits - From an early age, we are trained to interpret the written word in numerous ways, learning about various facts, statistics, methodologies, and advantages. Conditioning and training are ongoing processes that last throughout our lives. The process of speed reading involves skimming, chunking, recognizing, and filtering specific information to enhance both reading speed and comprehension.

The method you employ to group relevant pieces of information is akin to how you combine individual letters into words. This approach facilitates the quick comprehension of phrases and paragraphs. Similarly, when reading, you should identify and filter out irrelevant details that do not contribute to your understanding of the topic. It's crucial to recognize that 'speed reading' encompasses more than just reading quickly; it involves a thoughtful process of absorbing knowledge that enhances your ability to learn new information efficiently.

Most of us start learning pronunciation by examining each letter of the alphabet individually. We then progress to simple words, where we articulate each letter as if it were distinct before pronouncing the entire word. This method allows you to navigate the material swiftly, helping you form a general understanding of the topic without getting lost in the finer details.

Statistics and Facts Essential to the Text

A selection of some incredibly fascinating reading statistics is provided below:The average reader's reading speed is only 150 words per minute (wpm). Five percent of readers can read more than 400 words per minute. Most of us are only able to understand information at a pace of 250 words per minute (wpm). We can comprehend what we see at a rate of 2,000 to 10,000 words per minute (wpm) for most of us. Eighty percent of the meaning is conveyed by four to eleven percent of the content you read.

Essential Statistics and Facts About Reading Techniques

I came across a few great articles on the literacy trust website, that conveys recently conducted research on young people aged 9 - 18 between January & March 2019.

The report they carried out explores how children & young people today use technology to read & how this is linked to their:

Reading enjoyment

Reading behaviours

Reading attitudes

The same survey used data from their 2017/18 Annual Literacy Survey to see how digital reading for this particular age range is related to reading skill.

While print remains the dominant reading format for most children and young people aged 9 to 18 (2019 survey), there was a small rise in the number of children and young people aged 9 to 18 who read fiction, non-fiction and comics digitally in 2019 compared with 2017/18.

Young people who are the most engaged with reading are more likely to read both on paper and on screen than their peers who have low engagement with reading

Those with low reading engagement are more likely than those with high reading engagement to consume reading materials on screen – potentially providing opportunities to better engage them with reading in the future. For example, 1 in 4 disengaged boy readers said that they read fiction on screen compared to just 1 in 10 of their more engaged peers (25.4% vs 9.8%)

From this most recent research, it’s clear print is the dominant reading format for those aged 9 - 18 years old.

Whereas, comics, fiction & non-fiction have been read more digitally rather than on paper compared from 2017 and last years statistics. 

Children and young people's reading in 2017/18

After six years of increasing reading enjoyment levels, children and young people's reading enjoyment decreased in 2017/18 (from 58.6% in 2016 to 56.6% in 2017/18)

Levels of daily reading decreased for a second consecutive year, falling from 32% in 2016 to 30.8% in 2017/18

Children and young people’s reading engagement has steadily fallen over the past four years

Children and young people are slightly more likely to read more formats in print than digitally in their free time at least once a month (2.95 print formats vs 2.12 formats on screen)

Children and young people who enjoy reading are five times more likely to read above the level expected for their age compared with their peers who don’t enjoy reading (17.0% vs 3.5%)

Children and young people who read daily are four times more likely to read above the level expected for their age compared with their peers who don’t read daily (22.3% vs 5.7%)

These statistics prove that reading for pleasure amongst children and young people is steadily on the decline with the 2.2 % drop since 2016. This could probably be linked due to the rise of technology and social media, as more and more young people are using their free time to scroll through Instagram over reading a book.

Resources:

https://literacytrust.org.uk/research-services/research-reports/children-young-people-and-digital-reading/

I decided to gather some research in preparation of finalising my final idea of the reading app. I wanted to have a clear understanding as to whether reading habits have definitely declined over recent years and whether eBooks are the most popular opinion over a hard book.

Only 51% of UK adults read a book in the last year (2018 statistics)

The 34% of book-reading adults who are ‘heavy readers’ are 26% more likely than the average reader to be aged 65 or over, according to TGI data.

15 to 24-year olds are 32% less likely than the average reader to be heavy readers, according to TGI data, with only 23% of them reading 10 or more books per year.

0.6% of the UK adult population have purchased a book in the past year, with 38% of UK adults purchasing a physical book, and just 8.5% purchasing an e-book, according to Kantar Worldpanel purchase data.

 Reading habits follow a similar trend (Kantar Media) -

“Reading via eBooks is prominent amongst the heavy readers, but still lags behind paperbacks and hardbacks,” says Powell. “Three quarters of heavy readers read paperbacks, 53% read hardbacks and 44% read eBooks.”

From carrying out this research and gathering some statistics as seen below, it can be clear from the purchase data from Kantar Worldpanel that the rise of e-books has diminished over the last few years:

Feb 2015: 11.5% Feb 2016: 10.4% Feb 2017: 9.4% Feb 2018: 9.1% Feb 2019: 8.5%

It was interesting and shocking to see that only 51% of UK adults have read a book in the last year. Although I wasn’t sure what the statistics would be like regarding this, I thought it would have been roughly 60% or more. For further research I think it’ll be interesting to see whether the statistics for the amount of children/ young people reading is similar to that of adults.

The clear decline in interest in eBooks was another surprise, as some articles still argue that most people prefer reading digitally over paper. But I’ll carry out further research on this topic just to see whether there’s clear evidence of this.

Research:

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