Average time spent with mobile news articles in the U.S. by article length 2015

Published by Statista Research Department, May 5, 2016
The statistic gives information on the average interaction length with news articles on smartphones in the United States as of September 2015, sorted by article length. According to the source, 28 percent of short-form articles were read for an average of 31 to 60 seconds.

Average interaction length with news articles on smartphones in the United States as of September 2015, by article length

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Release date

May 2016

Region

United States

Survey time period

September 2015

Number of respondents

74,840 articles

Special properties

complete interactions represent all of a unique visitor's sessions with one article on a cellphone

Supplementary notes

Long-form articles are 1,000 words or more.

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