Articles with higher word counts display higher levels of engaged time on cellphones | Pew Research Center

May 2, 2016

2. Analysis suggests some readers’ willingness to dig into long-form news on cellphones

Articles with higher word counts display higher levels of engaged time on cellphones

Articles with higher word counts display higher levels of engaged time on cellphones

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2. Analysis suggests some readers’ willingness to dig into long-form news on cellphones
On cellphones, users spend more time with longer articles than with shorter articles
Articles with higher word counts display higher levels of engaged time on cellphones
Fully 36% of cellphone interactions with long-form news last more than two minutes; 10% for short-form
On cellphones, shorter length news articles are far more prevalent …