Student Ebook Usage Breaks Records
CLEVELAND, April 2, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Sora released its first annual reading report of worldwide student digital reading data for the 2022-2023 school year. "The State of K-12 Digital Reading" is based on the Sora student reading platform, used in 62,000 public and private schools in 50 U.S. states, 13 Canadian provinces and 75 countries around the world. The report reveals compelling regional differences, double digit growth in Comics and Graphic Novels and a surprising insight on which months tracked the most time spent reading.
- Comics and Graphic Novels usage grew across all age groups, especially among high school students (+56 percent in the '22-'23 school year).
- Comics and Humor dominate ebook fiction lists for several age categories, while Mysteries, Biography/Autobiography and Digital Arts top ebook nonfiction lists.
- The ebook format accounted for 84 percent of titles opened during the '22-'23 school year, while audiobooks remain popular with 14 percent.
- Comics and graphic novels have contributed to the strong ebook usage, more than quadrupling in checkouts and jumping from 31 to 42% of total ebook checkouts since 2019.