Overview
- MOLEC 2025 reports that 79.1% of literate people aged 12 and over read at least one covered material in the past year.
- INEGI expanded the module to national urban and rural coverage, lowered the age floor to 12, and counted web and social platforms, changes it says explain the higher indicators.
- Internet pages, forums and blogs are now the second‑most read material, and about 83.5 million people say they read social networks, with 16.2% reading only there.
- Book reading reached 62.5% of the literate 12+ population, with readers averaging 4.2 books in 2025 versus 3.2 in 2024, and among book readers print remains dominant (81.3%) over digital (33.3%).
- Reading participation is highest among 12–24 year‑olds at 89.1% and among those with higher education at 93.8%, while some observers caution against direct comparisons with earlier years.