Curious...do you consider audiobooks reading?

It's not the same as reading, but I think it's more important to think which is better for you. Audiobooks have the advantage of being understood by more people and you can listen to them while doing something else. Although a good reader can take in the information faster. It really comes down to which one will actually help you retain the information. I personally like audiobooks more, so I understand that awkward conversation of, "Yeah I read this book.. well I mean I listened to it on audible..."

Personally, I think listening to an audiobook is more like someone reading to me. What I get of listening vs. reading is a little different.

This reminded me of one of Jean LIttle's autobiographies, she discussed learning to write books - particularly the editing phase - using audio technology due to partial blindness which progressed over time (details are a bit hazy, it was actually a teacher who read it to me as a child). I think if I learned to be able to process that type of audiostyle, where it's the characters that are being verbalized, not the words that I would consider that reading.

I do think other people will have different ways of processing, so for some people an audiobook probably is the same as reading for them.

Yes it counts! At the end of the day, the content is directly from the book so it doesn’t matter the way in which you read it, as long as you get through the book.

There are disabled people who can’t read a book but listen to it and it still counts as reading a book. Just do what works best for you!