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Americans are still in a reading rut

A line chart shows the share of Americans ages 15 and older who read for pleasure on an average day from 2005 to 2025. The rate fell from 27% in 2005 to 16.1% in 2024 and 2025.

Share of Americans reading for pleasure on an average day

Data: U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics; Note: Excludes 2020 because data collection was paused for part of the year; Chart: Sami Sparber/Axios

Suicide gender gap is vanishing among tweens and young teens

Media Trends

Axios Media Trends

Scoop: TikTok rejects Meta ads amid settlement pressure campaign

9/11 and "never forget" collide with the meme generation's dark humor

Axios interview: The 9/11 photographers who ran toward the danger

America's library borrowing hotspots

A choropleth map of the U.S. shows library checkouts per person in a given service area for FY 2024. The national rate is 6.5 physical and digital items. Oregon leads with 13.3 items per person, while Mississippi lags with 1.9. Data is not available for Florida, Iowa, Massachusetts and Oregon.

Library materials checked out per person

Data: Institute of Museum and Library Services Public Libraries Survey; Note: Reporting periods and adherence to survey definitions can vary by state; "No data" states did not report electronic material circulation; Map: Sami Sparber/Axios

Communicators

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Communicators spotlight: Campbell Millum of CLEAR

Markets

Axios Markets

Elon Musk's X is the AI community group chat

New on streaming: "Mormon Wives" and a "Snowfall" spinoff

There's a book club for that

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