According to recent surveys, men are larger romance fans than women.
A 2,000 -American romance reader survey reveals that 63 % of the men in the survey are more stubborn romance lovers than 60 % of women.
Men also spend more time reading romance. On average, this study shows that men immerse yourself in 364 hours a year in genres, and women spend 312 hours a year.
Outsourced by Thriftbooks In this survey conducted by Talker Research, imagining who readers imagine when reading romance, the essentials of the perfect reading session, misunderstanding the genre, and the ES of his favorite plot. Was also revealed.
17 % of married readers usually imagine a spouse when imagining love of love. 21 % of respondents acknowledged that they had imagined a celebrity crash, and 7 % of the readers usually imagined them.
Angelina Jolly, both Z Gen Z Picture Zendaya (39 %), Millennial (26 %) and GEN X (26 %) for respondents who imagine a celebrity. Imagine the baby boomer said 'LL Harebury (19 %).
When the interest of love was a human, the most common celebrities among ZZ readers were Timothy Sharamet (25 %). For both the Millennial (34 %) and Gen X (26 %), the biggest answer for the baby boomer was Blood Pitt (25 %).
Before becoming a romance addict, the reader said that there were some misunderstandings about this category. Some general distrust is that all romance books are predictable/happy end (38 %), all in accordance with the same formal plot (27 %), all of which have no physical romance romance. (19 %).
However, after delving into this genre, they often contain spicy content (54 %) that romance novels are often written (54 %), and are often surprised (37 %). I was surprised that I had it.
Investigating their most beloved ES, survey suggests romance (45 %), a loved one (44 %), a loved one (44 %), and a triangle of love. The most often disliked reading, and it turned out that romance readers enjoy the most forbidden romance (45 %). 23 %), Office Romances (22 %), and fake dating scenarios (21 %).
“This survey shows that the romance ratio is not limited to books,” said Barbara Hagen, Vice President of THRIFTBOOKS. “78 % answered that their real life had a romance trope. There were more than a few people, so the first person met and one respondent knew him for just five days. He said he was married to a man.
In order to set up a perfect romance reading session, the reader said that their top essentials were cozy blankets (65 %), snacks (46 %), and quiet houses (41 %).
In fact, 44 % prefer to read in a complete silence, but 17 % usually enjoy the sound of rainfall and 12 % turns white noise.
Respondents said that a typical reading session would last an hour and a half (81 minutes) on average, but most (85 %) is one to finish it, especially if the books are particularly obsessed. I admitted that I was reading all night.
Among all the types of books, that is not surprising, readers say that romance (67 %) is the most likely genre to continue reading overnight.
Examining the ideal love novel anatomy, the respondents are the most important characteristics, as well as the best character development (49 %), a realistic dialogue (33 %), and a sufficient romance moment (33 % ) Is ranked.
On average, readers said they could know whether or not romance novels like or dislike.
However, GEN Z is the longest of all generations and reads 45 pages that you don't like before throwing a towel.
Gen Z (58 %), Millennials (51 %,), and Gen X readers (46 %) are most likely to recommend romance books based on plots, but they are baby boomers. If it is suggested, it is based on the author (50 %), which is most likely to pick up a book.
Recommended for popular romance novels from the survey include modern reading, such as “notebook”, “it endine of US”, and “Fifty Shades of Gray”, “to with the wind”, “Pride and Prejudice”. It contains classic titles such as “”. It is rounded. “
“It's heartwarming that readers still read and recommend what readers still read classical romance novels as they are,” said Hagen. “And more than a few people were misleading before entering the genre, but this study found that many readers were more subtle than the initially considered romance.”
The top celebrity drawn when reading a romance novel
woman
Angelina Jolie -26 %
Megan Fox -21 %
Zendaya -20 %
Serenagomes -19 %
Scarlett Johansson -19 %
male
Channing Tatum –26 %
Blood Pit -22 %
Chris Hemsworth -20 %
Ryan Reynolds -19 %
Chris Evans -17 %
Read in a 1 year snapshot
Read the year average romance book -36
The average time to read annual romance -312
Survey method:
Talker Research has surveyed 2,000 American adults who read at least 3-4 romance novels a year. The survey was outsourced by Thriftbooks, and Talker Research managed and implemented online from January 2 to January 8, 2025.
