![]() The convenience of being able to listen to a book you enjoy in the car, while you're washing up or working in the garden means you can make short work of audiobooks whatever their length, allowing you to work through that 'to-read' list without giving up hundreds of hours devoted to the task. Now that audiobooks can easily be streamed and there's no need to buy bulky, expensive CD boxsets it's easy to see why listeners have flocked to audiobooks, and even die-hard paperback and hardback fans should give them a try. With the popularity of online streaming services for music and film it's no wonder people are won over by the same format for audiobooks. The 2020 pandemic has only strengthened the popularity, with 26% of 2020 audiobook consumers in the UK buying the format for the first time during the spring lockdown.Īudiobooks have become so popular they now make up 34% of books read each week, according to a Nielsen survey. In fact while sales of printed books continue to fall audiobooks are reaching record-breaking highs, with 2019 sales reaching £97m. In recent years the popularity of audiobooks has been soaring.
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