true. mostly teens, right?
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Primarily, yes. And teenagers are underserved in Western Animation.
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why do you think that?
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Most Western Animation is either family, kiddie, or adult demographics. Not teen. Never teen specifically.
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got it.
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Fantasy, YA, romance, and other would be the main options, I think?
When it comes to kids, like teens or younger, they often go for manga books or other graphic novels. If the title is a novel, I often see fantasy being checked out. And for adults, they often go for romance or something else, depending on a few various factors like their age and gender. Most middle aged women (who donāt seem to be too religious) often check out trashy romances (you know, the small books with half naked men on the cover) or they go for fantasy books, or something thatās kind of popular like Emily Henry or Danielle Steel. Something like that. The middle aged women who are religious goes for Amish books, Christian romance fiction, or mysteries that include animals like Up on the Woof Top. xD Middle aged men, at least where I live, will pick up old westerns or mysteries of some kindālike serious detective stuff.
Most of the adults in the area I live in are probably just comfortable reading these books and donāt often pick up new things because itās out of their comfort zone. A good portion of our adult readers are like 50+ anyway. xD
As for the teens and kids, they prefer pictures and donāt really go after things with lots of words. Short attention spans, and all that, you know?
And what do I like? A mixture of various things. Iām fine with most genres, like science fiction, fantasy, horror, historical fiction, thrillers, romanceā¦ but I tend to pick up: fantasy, science fiction, YA contemporary, and romance.
I can second this, unfortunately. Iām no English teacher, but as someone who works in a library and has worked closely with the youth, most teens donāt come to the library to pick out something to read. Some do. Iāve met quite a few who take home loads of manga or loads of comics, and others who take home some books. But the majority come to play on their phones after school, hang out with their friends, or play video games on the computers. Thatās pretty much it. Iāve asked some of the kids whoāve come to book club, and other programs Iāve held, if they read, and they say, āSort of.ā Like, itās not a priority to them. And many of them, even the older ones, struggle with reading, so that might be a reason. My little sister (who is seventeen) isnāt a reader because she struggles with it as well. And most of her friends arenāt readers either. But a good portion of people whoāve been in her classes, as she explained, arenāt great with the subject.
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It is quite sad to see this generation shying away from reading 
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