EUROSTAT - European Union Statistical Office
EUROSTAT - European Union Statistical Office
04/23/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 04/23/2026 03:04
More people bought e-books and audio books in 2025
In 2025, 9.5% of EU residents, who used the internet in the past 3 months, bought e-books or audio books in the 3 months before the survey on the use of ICT in households by individuals, up from 7.3% in 2024.
Among EU countries, the highest shares of the population buying e-books and audio books were reported in Ireland (24.5%), Denmark (22.5%) and Croatia (21.0%). By contrast, the lowest shares (below 5%) were reported in Hungary, Italy, Slovenia and Latvia.
Source dataset: isoc_ec_ibgs
Croatia had the biggest increase in residents buying e-books and audio books, up 16 percentage points (pp) compared with 2024, ahead of Greece (+7.2 pp) and Germany (+3.7 pp) and Cyprus (+4.0 pp), while Finland (-4.8 pp), Portugal (-1.6 pp) and Malta (-0.1 pp) registered a decline.
This article marks World Book and Copyright Day, celebrated on 23 April.
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