The US film industry may have generated revenues somewhere in the
region of $40 billion last year, but it seems Hollywood still has plenty
of work to do if it wants to compete with that most hallowed of
American institutions: the public library.
Yes, according to a recent Gallup poll
(the first such survey since 2001), visiting the local library remains
by far the most common cultural activity Americans engage in. As
reported earlier today by Justin McCarthy:
“Visiting the library remains the most common cultural activity
Americans engage in, by far. The average 10.5 trips to the library U.S.
adults report taking in 2019 exceeds their participation in eight other
common leisure activities. Americans attend live music or theatrical
events and visit national or historic parks roughly four times a year on
average and visit museums and gambling casinos 2.5 times annually.
Trips to amusement or theme parks (1.5) and zoos (.9) are the least
common activities among this list.”
The results of the Gallup poll have been broken down in a range of
different ways, all of which you can peruse at your leisure, but two of
the more interesting (though unsurprising) findings are that women
report visiting the library nearly twice as frequently as men do, and
that libraries are visited most by adults in low-income households and
least by adults in high-income households.
Congratulations to all you librarians out there; keep fighting the good fight.
Pour one out for the zookeepers, though; it appears they may not be long for this world…
[via Gallup]
via https://lithub.com/in-2019-more-americans-went-to-the-library-than-to-the-movies-yes-really/
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