“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 changedisagrees 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
0.59
Checked on 16 videos ·
How the verdict has moved
- Sep 11, 2026 – Sep 14, 2026disagrees
- Aug 22, 2026 – Sep 10, 2026inconclusive
Where the belief comes from
Pre-Shorts-era folklore.
Checked against
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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.