Despite recent stories about the popularity of BookTok, Neilsen’s survey found more of those aged between 14-25 searched YouTube for new reads
    • agrammatic@feddit.deEnglish
      7·
      11 months ago

      There have been a lot of articles in press about TikTok being responsible for the rise of interest in literature by young people, as the article also mentions.

      At the end, it probably was either a planted story, or memetic evolution triggered by one journalist noticing something in their environment that wasn’t a general trend.

  • viking@infosec.pub
    17·
    11 months ago

    Never in a million years would I think of scouting video platforms for book recommendations.

  • Storksforlegs@beehaw.org
    1·
    11 months ago

    Youtube channels offer long form discussions, analysis and writing advice. Tiktok isnt as compatible with that longer format maybe?