Wait: these are books per year? Are they sure? I used to read that per week.

I hope not. My son reads more than I did when I was his age.

gen z has a addition to "new things" and since most new books are not great they are unlikely to want to read something old.

when you read you process the new material in relation to old stuff. social media has caused people to only want to see new stuff.

Attention spans have gotten shorter alot, first it was TV now social media with shortform content.

We read webpages.

It’s true—and heartbreaking. Gen Z is swimming in content but starving for depth. Books offer something algorithms can’t: stillness, perspective, and the chance to think for yourself.

Attention spans are most definitely shorter, making it difficult for many to sit down for extended stretches to read a long book. However, I would be curious to see if any metrics exist that track how much time is spent reading content/socials online.

If we were to track and calculate that, I would wager that Gen Z reads more words per year than previous generations.