The average attention span of the modern human being is about half as long as whatever you're trying to tell them.
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According to USA today, the average length of an attention span of a man in America is 23 minutes.
Attention spans are short. Like, eight seconds short. That's why it's necessary to grab people's attention immediately.
People's attention spans don't run too long these days.
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 simple act of paying attention can take you a long way.
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.
A little bit of attention can go a long way.
But I quite like that the public has a very short attention span. If I haven't been on telly for a little bit, I can sense it. People don't take as much notice of you, it's really quite palpable.
But above that, most mature adults can hold their attention on something for 45 minutes, whether they like it or not. But above that requires training.
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