Survey or industry report
The State of Business Writing: The challenge of writing for a read-on-screen world
Josh Bernoff, WOBS LLC, 2016
Read the originalRead on October 16, 2026
- What it is
- The 2016 WOBS Writing Survey of 547 business people who write at least two hours a week for work, excluding email. It reports how many hours per week respondents spend reading and writing.
- How much weight it carries
- Run by an independent author and consultant, not peer-reviewed. The sample is self-selected business writers, not a random sample of office workers, and it excludes email, so the hours describe heavy writers only.
Facts taken from this source
- In a 2016 survey of 547 business people who write at least two hours a week for work, excluding email, respondents averaged 20.4 hours of writing per week.
“analyzing the experiences and attitudes of 547 business people who write at least two hours per week for work, excluding email. ... They average 25.5 hours reading and 20.4 hours writing per week.” (Introduction and Summary)