Reading Scribd's international reader survey

Data show Germans to be the fastest and Canadians the most committed readers, while the UK is besotted with sushi. Really?

Apparently, the Germans are the world's fastest readers. That's according to an "internationval infographic" from Scribd, which has analysed (an unspecified amount of) data from the site's "growing international community" to come up with various intriguing facts.

So Germans are speediest, followed by the Dutch, the Spanish, the Swedes and the Malaysians. America comes in 14th place in terms of reading speed, according to Scribd. No word on where the UK fits in, but I'm hoping we squeak into the top 10.

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