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10%

10% -- information retention rate for people hearing information (audio only) (2016)

2016  · loudmark.com

People are likely to remember only 10% of heard information three days later.

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10%
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2016
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people hearing information (audio only)
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Source Trust
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Methodology
45
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loudmark.com Primary Tier C
https://www.loudmark.com/the-power-of-images-in-marketing ↗
Confidence: 48/100 Vintage: 2016 Channel: Deep Crawl
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The Power of Images in Marketing - loudmark
When people hear information, they’re likely to remember only 10% of that information three days later. However, if a relevant image is paired with that same information, people retained 65% of the information three days later (source). Over the past few years there has been a noticeable shift towar…
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Cited research on visual vs. audio information retention; original study not named

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people hearing information (audio only): 10% information retention rate. Source: loudmark.com (2016). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/information-recall-audio-only-3-days
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/information-recall-audio-only-3-days" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>10%</strong> -- information retention rate for people hearing information (audio only)<br><small>Source: loudmark.com (2016) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/information-recall-audio-only-3-days" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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