The average per capita consumption of printed books for adults in our country is 4.81 books.

The results of the 23rd National Reading Survey show: In 2025, the average paper book reading volume per adult in China was 4.81 books, and the average e-book reading volume was 3.58 books. Among adults, 13.5% read 10 or more paper books a year, and 9.6% read 10 or more e-books a year. Mobile reading and listening to books are the main digital reading methods for adults in China. In 2025, the mobile reading rate among adult Chinese nationals was 79.0%; an increasing number of people are choosing to read through listening to books and watching videos of books, with the percentages growing from 38.5% and 5.7% in 2024 to 38.7% and 6.3% in 2025.