We champion digital reading in underserved
communities to create a world where
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Everyone can be a reader
We begin with access.
We don’t stop until we get people reading.
Digital reading has the power to reach billions. It also has the power to inspire. We work with parents, teachers and librarians to foster reading cultures.
We empower readers at every stage of life
We join forces with partners to make a bigger difference
We work across sectors to catalyze systems change: testing bold new models, building the evidence for impact, supporting partners to integrate digital reading into their work, and then scaling to the next level.
We deliver high quality, engaging and relevant content
Readers everywhere connect with stories they can see themselves in. We nurture the development of local publishing industries to support strong reading ecosystems.
And it’s working
We’re helping people read well, read more and develop a love for reading. Each step of the way we’re experimenting, iterating and following the data to amplify our impact.
Our 2017 annual letter
Worldreader is eight years old. A lot can happen in eight years: in 2010, the iPad had just come out, fewer than 35% of Americans owned smartphones, and the Mars Rover had not yet landed on the surface of our next-door neighbor. Today, tablets and mobile phones are everywhere, 77% of Americans own a smartphone … Continue Reading →
Less is More: An Important Milestone for Readers
The Worldreader Library has reached a new milestone with 35,020 e-books in 43 languages for our readers in the global south. This milestone is rather different, representing a reduction in the size of our library by about 7000 titles. And we’re really excited about what this represents for our readers. We’ve always placed readers at … Continue Reading →
Read to Kids Pilot Results Revealed in New Report
Reading to a child from the time that they are born can have the greatest impact on their life. As a digital reading organization, we’re always on a quest to discover smarter and higher-impact ways to get more people reading. Until recently, mobile phones really had no significant track record as reading tools for children … Continue Reading →
A “Big Data” collaboration promises to uncover mobile reading trends
The Big Potential with Big Data Development practitioners and funders are increasingly interested in deriving insights from large data-sets (commonly termed “Big Data”). Every day, people around the globe who access Worldreader on their phones generate 1M rows of data. These data can help Worldreader improve our collections and create a better experience for our … Continue Reading →
