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16% -- share of viewers reaching final 10 seconds for YouTube Shorts viewers (2025)
Only 16% of viewers reach the final 10 seconds of a YouTube Short.
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16%
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2025
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75
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60
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20
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30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
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Retention Rabbit
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YouTube Shorts viewers: 16% share of viewers reaching final 10 seconds. Source: Retention Rabbit (2025). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/viewers-reach-final-10-seconds-2025
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/viewers-reach-final-10-seconds-2025" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>16%</strong> -- share of viewers reaching final 10 seconds for YouTube Shorts viewers<br><small>Source: Retention Rabbit (2025) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/viewers-reach-final-10-seconds-2025" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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