Hours and/or Minutes Per Day Spent Watching TV or Reading
Updated August 5, 2020 |
Infoplease Staff
| Hours/minutes spent watching TV | Hours/minutes spent reading | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Weekdays | Weekends and holidays | Weekdays | Weekends and holidays | |
| Total, 15 years and over | 2:21 | 3:06 | :20 | :26 |
| 15 to 24 years | 1:57 | 2:33 | :07 | :10 |
| 25 to 34 years | 1:55 | 2:51 | :09 | :11 |
| 35 to 44 years | 1:53 | 2:39 | :12 | :16 |
| 45 to 54 years | 2:07 | 3:02 | :17 | :24 |
| 55 to 64 years | 2:35 | 3:35 | :30 | :39 |
| 65 years and over | 3:56 | 4:10 | :50 | 1:07 |
2006 Annual Averages
Source: National Endowment for the Arts, To Read or Not To Read: A Question of National Consequence, November 2007.
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