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Average View Duration

The mean amount of time viewers spend watching a video, in seconds or as a percentage of its length.

Average view duration is the typical watch time across everyone who saw the clip. As a percentage of total length it's a clean way to compare videos of different durations — a 20-second clip watched to 90% is doing better than a three-minute one watched to 30%.

Shorter, tighter clips tend to post higher percentage retention, which is part of why short-form favors brevity.

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