“reading” is not so common as it once was. what kind of reading are we talking about - fiction, non-fiction? Anyway, the numbers I’m seeing say that the US reads at a 10th-grade level, which is about average in the world. Of course it varies from place-to-place.
When it comes to non-fiction, today there are other ways of getting information. Youtube for one. Where learning from experts can often be better than reading a book. OTOH, you can lead a horse to water…
“reading” is not so common as it once was. what kind of reading are we talking about - fiction, non-fiction? Anyway, the numbers I’m seeing say that the US reads at a 10th-grade level, which is about average in the world. Of course it varies from place-to-place.
https://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=1
When it comes to non-fiction, today there are other ways of getting information. Youtube for one. Where learning from experts can often be better than reading a book. OTOH, you can lead a horse to water…
https://www.oecd.org/en/topics/sub-issues/reading-literacy.html