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10%

10% -- information retention rate for people (information heard only) (2020)

2020  · Brain Rules (John Medina)

People are likely to remember only 10% of information three days after hearing it.

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10%
Unit
Percentage
Data Vintage
2020
Entity
people (information heard only)
B
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61/100 confidence

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Extraction
50
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
60
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Brain Rules (John Medina) Primary Tier C
https://www.growmarkentum.com/blog/video-photo-services-important-for-digital-marketing/ ↗
Confidence: 55/100 Vintage: 2020 Channel: Deep Crawl
Source Article
Why Are Video & Photo Services Important for Your Digital Marketing?
Why Are Video & Photo Services Important for Your Digital Marketing? August 4, 2020 Video and photo services capture your brand’s identity, they tell your story visually, and they give your audience a personalized experience. And, since all the assets captured through these services are used, in som…
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Brain Rules (John Medina) · Original study ↗

Retention of information three days after hearing it without visual support; cited from Brain Rules (John Medina) in an agency blog post

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people (information heard only): 10% information retention rate. Source: Brain Rules (John Medina) (2020). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/retention-heard-information-3-days
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