![]() ![]() ![]() The most popular genres last year were mysteries/thrillers/suspense, science fiction/fantasy and romance.The top three reasons people enjoy listening to audiobooks are: 1) they can do other things while listening 2) audiobooks are portable so people can listen wherever they are and 3) they enjoy being read to.68% of frequent listeners do housework while listening to audiobooks, followed by baking (65%), exercise (56%) and crafting (36%).A majority of audiobook listening is done at home (57%), followed by in the car (32%).More than a quarter (27% of respondents) said borrowing from a library/library website was very important for discovering new audiobooks.Audiobook listeners read or listened to an average of 15 books in the last year.Nearly half (48%) of frequent audiobook listeners are under 35.More listeners use smartphones most often to listen to audiobooks than ever before (29% in 2017 vs.The APA attributed audio growth to an expanding listening audience: 24% of Americans (more than 67 million people) have completed at least one audiobook in the last year, a 22% increase over the 2015. This marks the third year in a row that audiobooks sales have grown by nearly 20%. Audiobook sales in 2016 rose 18.2%, to $2.1 billion, and unit sales jumped 33.9%, according to the Audio Publishers Association's annual sales and consumer studies, conducted respectively by Management Practice and Edison Research. ![]()
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