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Lemurion · 11-09-2013, 02:00 PM

I really think it's more the granularity issue than anything, although I'm sure there is at least some selection bias.

Most of the readers I know and have known, read at least a book a week, usually more. The average American watches 2.8 hours of TV per day (source), and it's reasonable to expect that a person who lists reading as their primary leisure activity would devote a similar amount of time to it. That's just about 20 hours a week, which according to the 10 hour audiobook scale, would easily translate to 2 books a week.

If you use that as a baseline, you get the average "reader" at around 100 books a year, which is almost twice the rate of the highest band on this survey. A better survey for this site would have far less granularity on the lower end, and extend further up. I think the average here is probably in the 50-150 range, and that's just not something this survey's designed to measure.

11-09-2013, 02:00 PM	#105
Lemurion eReader Posts: 2,750 Karma: 4968470 Join Date: Aug 2007 Device: Note 5; PW3; Nook HD+; ChuWi Hi12; iPad	I really think it's more the granularity issue than anything, although I'm sure there is at least some selection bias. Most of the readers I know and have known, read at least a book a week, usually more. The average American watches 2.8 hours of TV per day (source), and it's reasonable to expect that a person who lists reading as their primary leisure activity would devote a similar amount of time to it. That's just about 20 hours a week, which according to the 10 hour audiobook scale, would easily translate to 2 books a week. If you use that as a baseline, you get the average "reader" at around 100 books a year, which is almost twice the rate of the highest band on this survey. A better survey for this site would have far less granularity on the lower end, and extend further up. I think the average here is probably in the 50-150 range, and that's just not something this survey's designed to measure.