Fewer Americans than ever before are reading for pleasure, according to a new study released Wednesday, declining 40 percent in the past 20 years.

Only 16 percent of Americans age 15 and over read for leisure every day in 2023, according to a study from researchers at the University of Florida and University College London that was published Wednesday in the journal iScience, compared with 28 percent of Americans in 2003.

The new findings come as Americans’ attention spans and print book sales are in decline, and artificial intelligence technology is aiming to summarize knowledge as quickly as possible. Advertisement Advertisement

While there’s evidence the trend began in the 1940s, this most recent decline in reading for pleasure is “significant,” Jill Sonke, co-director of the EpiA

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