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65% -- viewer drop off rate for short-form video viewers (2025)
Analysis from Zebracat shows that 65% of viewers drop off within the first 3 seconds if they are not immediately hooked.
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65%
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2025
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60
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20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
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Zebracat
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short-form video viewers: 65% viewer drop off rate. Source: Zebracat (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/viewers-drop-off-first-3-seconds
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/viewers-drop-off-first-3-seconds" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>65%</strong> -- viewer drop off rate for short-form video viewers<br><small>Source: Zebracat (2025) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/viewers-drop-off-first-3-seconds" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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