{
  "title": "Childhood reading statistics 2025: a reference dataset",
  "url": "https://materlu.com/en/knowledge/studies/childhood-reading-statistics/",
  "inLanguage": "en",
  "updated": "2026-07-12",
  "tables": [
    {
      "caption": "Children's reading in 2025 (National Literacy Trust)",
      "columns": [
        "Indicator",
        "Value",
        "Note"
      ],
      "rows": [
        [
          "Enjoy reading in free time (8–18)",
          "32.7%",
          "Lowest in 20 years; down ~36% since 2005"
        ],
        [
          "Read something daily in free time (8–18)",
          "18.7%",
          "Lowest recorded; down ~20 pts since 2005"
        ],
        [
          "Survey responses",
          "114,970",
          "Children aged 5–18, early 2025"
        ],
        [
          "Steepest declines",
          "Primary-aged children and boys 11–16",
          "Reported in the 2025 findings"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "charts": [
    {
      "title": "Children's reading in 2025 (% of 8–18s)",
      "unit": "%",
      "data": [
        {
          "label": "Enjoy reading",
          "value": 32.7
        },
        {
          "label": "Read daily",
          "value": 18.7
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}