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Shorter videos accumulate more views than longer ones.

disagrees

the data runs the other way here

Held 4 days · Last changed Sep 11, 2026 · 1 change

disagrees on 1 of 4 pooled public channels · inconclusive on 2

What the check does

Pearson correlation of duration_seconds and total_views. Agrees if r ≤−0.3.

The reading

correlation0.59

Checked on 16 videos ·

How the verdict has moved

  1. Sep 11, 2026 – Sep 14, 2026disagrees
  2. Aug 22, 2026 – Sep 10, 2026inconclusive

Where the belief comes from

Pre-Shorts-era folklore.

Checked against

Every figure on this page is checked against @iamartharrison’s tracked data, through Sep 14, 2026. The tally above reads 4 pooled public channels’ files.

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The rest of the record

This belief sits in a ledger of fifty, each one re-checked every day. These surfaces carry the rest of it.