I've seen many of these types of articles, and usually they are taking about long form reading, meaning books.

What's a book, though? I suppose people would at least count a traditional e-book. Does long-form fanfic count? How about a book-length website? What about one that was originally published as a book and then republished online?

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harperlee 3 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I'm sure the general population being asked whether they read books have a very clear idea of what a book is.

	▲	brainwad 3 hours ago \| parent [-]
		Is that understanding also cross-culturally consistent? That's a typical failure mode in comparative surveys between different countries - the meaning of the question depends on the translation used in each language. I imagine here the implied frequency might also vary between languages; maybe English speakers don't say they "read" unless they read once a week, while Spanish speakers are laxer?

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rapind 3 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

I think it's obvious enough without getting into the weeds like this unless their sample size is unreasonably small. E-book yes obviously counts. For the rest, like fanfic? Probably, but does it matter here? Is this actually going to move the needle?