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47% -- share of total watch time dependent on first 3 seconds for Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts (2025)
According to Meta's Creative Benchmark report, 47% of total watch time on Reels and Shorts depends on whether the viewer stays past the first 3 seconds.
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47%
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2025
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95
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Meta
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Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts: 47% share of total watch time dependent on first 3 seconds. Source: Meta (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/reels-watch-time-first-3-seconds
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/reels-watch-time-first-3-seconds" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>47%</strong> -- share of total watch time dependent on first 3 seconds for Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts<br><small>Source: Meta (2025) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/reels-watch-time-first-3-seconds" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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