Is Listening to Audiobooks Really Reading?

"I listen to a lot of books on audio. But certain more literary friends of mine say it doesn't quite count as reading. Part of me wants to read more, but I find it much easier to listen. I wouldn't put too much stock in what your "literary" friends say; they sound like bores. When it comes down to it, people who think about reading in terms of what "counts"--those who piously log their daily reading metrics and tally up the titles they've consumed on Goodreads--don't seem to actually enjoy books all that much.