Books

I only use 1x speed for audiobooks, i listen to them whilst at work and I want them to take up as much times as possible for me. I also don't want to miss anything if I'm concentrating a bit harder on a specific task I'm doing. Where as something like youtube I watched everything there on 1.75x speed because that is my own time and I want to get the info as quickly as possible.

I never read however. I've enjoyed getting into audiobooks because of the fact I find reading absolutely mindnumbing and it sends me to sleep so I'm glad to be able to experience all the good stories out there without having to read xD

I just listen at 1x speed, but I wish someone would make an ereader that plays audiobooks and syncs the written version with your place in the audiobook so you can switch between them!

I tend to use 1.1x or 1.2x speed depending on the speed of narrator. I usually listen to audiobooks while doing other things, mostly exercising/walking since i'm limited on time, so I haven't been switching back and forth much lately.

However, I do love the side effect that if I start with the audiobook and switch to text, I'll still read (or hear in my head, I guess) the text in the voices of the narrator and characters. This makes reading a physical/ebook more enjoyable for me. It's easier to get the mental movie going when I don't have to create the sounds myself, and I can focus on the visuals.

Always 1x speed. I'm not in any hurry to get through the books, I'm just here for the entertainment, usually while doing something else. I also often go for longer books, if only because 50 hours of book feels like a better deal than 6 hours of book, when the price is the same.

Depending on the narrator, somewhere between 1x and 1.2x.

I tend to default to 1.1x but often switch to 1.2x after an hour or so.

If the reader is slow (seems to happen more often with old recordings) I can go to 1.5x.

In a single instance I went with 2.0x because the narrator was so so so slow.