Percentage of U.S. Adults Attending Visual Arts Activities and Events

Rate of Change
2012201720222012-20222017-2022
Parks/Historical Buildings22.4%28.3%26.0%+3.6%-2.3%
Art Museums/Galleries21.0%23.7%17.7%-3.3%-6.0%
Craft/Visual Arts Festivals23.9%23.8%17.1%-6.8%-6.7%
  • Art Museums/Galleries and Parks/Historical Buildings attendance has increased from 2012 to 2017 but decreased in 2022.
  • Craft/Visual Arts Festivals have seen a decline between 2012-2022.

Reading Books and Literature

Reading Activity

Rate of Change
2012201720222012-20222017-2022
Read any Book, non-required54.6%52.7%48.5%-6.1%-4.2%
Literature47.0%44.2%39.6%-7.4%-4.6%
Novels and Short Stories45.2%41.8%37.6%-7.6%-4.2%
Plays2.9%3.7%2.4%-0.5%-1.3%
Poetry6.7%11.7%9.2%+2.5%-2.5%

Percent of U.S. Adults Who Read and/or Listened to Books in 2022

Percentage
Read Books and/or Listened to Audiobooks51.9%
Read Books48.5%
Listened to Audiobooks18.5%

Percentage of U.S. Adults Who Read Literary Works and/or Listened to Them via Streaming, Broadcasts, or Recordings in 2022

ReadListened via MediaRead and/or Listened via Media
Novels or short stories37.6%17.6%43.2%
Poetry9.2%4.8%11.5%
Plays2.4%N/AN/A

57 | Page