Task: The chart shows the percentage of adults in Country Y who read printed books or e-books, or listened to audiobooks, at least once a month in 2015 and 2025.
| Format | 2015 | 2025 |
|---|
| Printed books | 65% | 52% |
| E-books | 18% | 30% |
| Audiobooks | 6% | 24% |
Step 1, the big picture: print is still the leader but has fallen, both digital formats have grown, and audiobooks have grown fastest (fourfold). Step 2, grouping: Body 1 covers print (the decline), and Body 2 covers the digital formats (the growth).
The chart compares the proportions of adults in Country Y who read printed books or e-books, or listened to audiobooks, at least once a month in 2015 and 2025.
Overall, printed books remained by far the most widely used format despite a fall in popularity, while both digital formats grew substantially, with audiobooks recording the most dramatic rise.
In 2015, almost two-thirds of adults (65%) read printed books monthly, but this figure had dropped to just over half (52%) a decade later. Even after this decline of 13 percentage points, print remained comfortably ahead of every other format, with a lead of 22 points over e-books, its nearest rival.
The digital formats followed the opposite pattern. The share of adults reading e-books rose from 18% to 30%, while audiobook use quadrupled, climbing from a mere 6% to almost a quarter of adults (24%). As a result, the gap between the two digital formats halved, narrowing from 12 to just 6 percentage points.
That is 162 words, with a clear overview, grouped features and every figure checked against the table (52−30=22; 24÷6=4).