how many people the world read newspapers
HOUSTON (CBS HOUSTON) â The number of Americans reading print newspapers, magazines and books is in rapid decline. Only 29 percent of Americans now say they read a newspaper yesterday â with just 23 percent reading a print newspaper. Over the past decade, the percentage reading a print newspaper the previous day has fallen by 18 points (from 41 percent to 23 percent). Somewhat more (38 percent) say they regularly read a daily newspaper, although this percentage also has declined, from 54 percent in 2004.