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   On Sat, 24 Jan 2026 16:41:33 -0500, William Hyde wrote:   
      
   > Jay Morris wrote:   
   >>  From a YouGov poll.   
   >>   
   >> With most Americans reading no books or just a few books, and a   
   >> minority reading lots of books, that means that the distribution of the   
   >> total books read in the U.S. is very unequal. The 4% of Americans who   
   >> say they read 50 or more books alone account for 46% of all books read.   
   >> Add in the 6% of Americans who read between 20 and 49 books, and the 9%   
   >> who read between 10 and 19 books, and the top 19% of U.S. adult   
   >> citizens account for 82% of all books read in 2025.   
   >>   
   >> The middle 40% read 18% of all books, and the bottom 40% read no books.   
   >>   
   >> https://today.yougov.com/entertainment/articles/53804-most-americans-   
   didnt-read-many-books-in-2025   
   >>   
   > I once saw similar statistics relating to alcohol.  Ten percent of   
   > drinkers consumed 80% of all hard liquor produced.   
   >   
   > William Hyde   
      
   Yup. Long tail distribution.   
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Long_tail   
   Journalists discover one about, oh, every couple of months or so.   
      
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