

The pandemic also impacted where and how consumers listen, with the home clearly the preferred location for listening to audiobooks in 2020, though this is liable to change as commuting via public transport or car once again becomes the norm. However, as the pandemic stretched into 2021, there is a chance that the surge in listenership could become more sustained. This has partially been attributed to the effect of stay-at-home orders on media consumption during the COVID-19 outbreak. The average number of audiobooks listened to over a 12-month period is also on the up and grew sharply between 20. adults who reported listening to an audiobook in the last year is now close to double the percentage recorded in 2011. At the same time, audiobook consumption is rising, with the latest figures showing that the share of U.S. The growing demand for audiobooks is evidenced by the number of audiobook titles published each year, which has increased tenfold over the last decade.
