A survey conducted in Japan in May 2022 showed that more than 18 percent of the respondents often read manga. According to a breakdown by age group, people in their twenties had the highest share of avid readers, while those in their thirties were the age group with the highest share of occasional readers.
Frequency of reading manga in Japan as of May 2022
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