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Report finds YouTube more popular than TikTok for young book buyers (www.theguardian.com)
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Despite recent stories about the popularity of BookTok, Neilsen’s survey found more of those aged between 14-25 searched YouTube for new reads

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[–] Parabola 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

This being surprising is surprising to me. Groups of teens that only watch thots in 6 second videos don’t seem like ideal candidates for reading actual books.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

The people you're talking about are not the BookTok crowd that others are talking about. Also, liking 6 second thot videos has nothing to do with your inclination to read.