According to the Indicator of Reading Habits and Book Buying in Spain 2021, the percentage of frequent readers reached during the pandemic has been tallied.
The percentage of frequent readers of books for leisure registered during 2020, the year in which there was a notable increase in reading, as a result of the confinement and travel restrictions, was tallied during the past year.
The study, prepared by the Federation of Publishers Guilds of Spain (FGEE) with the sponsorship of CEDRO, and in collaboration with the Ministry of Culture and Sports, indicates that 64.4% of Spaniards read books for leisure during the last year and 52.7% did so at least weekly. These figures are similar to those of 2020, the year in which there was a significant increase in both leisure book readers and frequent readers (64.0% and 52.7% respectively). As for the number of Spaniards who read at least one book during 2021, both for leisure and for work, the tally reached 67.9% of the population.
