GITNUX MARKETDATA REPORT 2024
Romantic Books Popularity Statistics
Romantic books remain consistently popular among readers worldwide, with a steady demand for love stories across various genres and formats.
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"Over 18 million people in the UK have read a romance novel in the last year."
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"Romance novels generated $1.51 billion in sales in 2019."
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"Romance book buyers are most likely to be aged between 41-59."
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"84% of romance book buyers are female."
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"The romance novel industry is worth more than the baseball industry."
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"Ebooks accounted for 59% of all romance books sold in 2019."
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"Romantic suspense was the number-one bestselling romance sub-genre in 2019."
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"49% of romance readers typically read 1–5 romance books per month."
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"71% of romance readers buy their books through Amazon."
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"70% of romance readers used mobile devices to read their eBooks."
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"In 2019, contemporary romance was the most popular sub-genre on Amazon."
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"In 2019, print sales of romance novels in the US increased by 5% compared to the previous year."
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"The romance and erotica genres make up 4% of the total books published worldwide."
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"The romance books market in the United States is estimated to be worth $1.44 billion a year."
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"Romance Fiction occupies over 12% of e-book sales sales in the US."
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"Interest in romance fiction declined by around 11% between 2016 and 2020 according to Google Trends."
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