Attention spans are short. Like, eight seconds short. That's why it's necessary to grab people's attention immediately.
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My attention span is very short.
People's attention spans don't run too long these days.
I have a short attention span.
The simple act of paying attention can take you a long way.
The average human attention span was 12 seconds in 2000 and 8 seconds in 2013. A drop of 33%. The scary part is that the attention span of a goldfish was 9 seconds, almost 13% more than us humans. That's why it's getting tougher by the day to get people to turn the page. Maybe we writers ought to try writing for goldfish!
The average attention span of the modern human being is about half as long as whatever you're trying to tell them.
I can generate attention quickly.
For years, particularly with the advent of the Internet, people have been griping about lessening attention spans.
I have an attention span that's as long as it has to be.
According to USA today, the average length of an attention span of a man in America is 23 minutes.