The statistic gives information on the number of online news articles read by smartphone users in the United States as of September 2015, sorted by article length. According to the source, 28 percent of visitors to long-form articles read two or more articles on one visit to a news site.
Number of online news articles read by smartphone users in the United States as of September 2015, by article length
Characteristic
1 article
2+ articles
Long-form
72%
28%
Short-form
79%
21%
0%25%50%75%100%125%
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Pew Research Center. (May 5, 2016). Number of online news articles read by smartphone users in the United States as of September 2015, by article length [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved June 03, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/674330/mobile-news-articles-number/
Pew Research Center. "Number of online news articles read by smartphone users in the United States as of September 2015, by article length." Chart. May 5, 2016. Statista. Accessed June 03, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/674330/mobile-news-articles-number/
Pew Research Center. (2016). Number of online news articles read by smartphone users in the United States as of September 2015, by article length. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: June 03, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/674330/mobile-news-articles-number/
Pew Research Center. "Number of Online News Articles Read by Smartphone Users in The United States as of September 2015, by Article Length." Statista, Statista Inc., 5 May 2016, https://www.statista.com/statistics/674330/mobile-news-articles-number/
Pew Research Center, Number of online news articles read by smartphone users in the United States as of September 2015, by article length Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/674330/mobile-news-articles-number/ (last visited June 03, 2025)
Number of online news articles read by smartphone users in the United States as of September 2015, by article length [Graph], Pew Research Center, May 5, 2016. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/674330/mobile-news-articles-number/
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