(Theme: Work & Media Consumption):The line graph illustrates the percentage of the population in a specific country who preferred reading printed books, listening to audiobooks, and using digital screens from 2016 to the current year.Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant.

The line graph compares the percentage of people in one country who favoured printed books, audiobooks and digital screens as their main way of reading between 2016 and 2026.

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, it is clear from the data that paper lost its dominant position to electronic devices during the decade, with the two lines crossing roughly midway through the period. Recorded narration,

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it remained the least popular option, grew consistently throughout. In 2016, traditional books were preferred by approximately 60 per cent of the population, double the figure for screens at 30. Over the following four years,

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, the printed share declined steadily to 48,

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the digital total climbed to 45, so the gap between them had almost closed by 2020. Shortly afterwards, tablets and phones overtook paper, because younger readers increasingly turned to them for convenience.

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divergence continued until the end of the period. Device-based consumption rose

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to a high of 52 in 2026,

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the share choosing print dwindled to a mere 35, which was little more than half its original level. Spoken-word titles, meanwhile, started from a low base of just 10 and more than doubled to 22, probably as commuters discovered them.

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, had these trends persisted, the spoken format would have surpassed physical volumes within another ten years.