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And it's the exact opposite with YouTube.
Wanna watch a 30-second video? Absolutely not.
Wanna watch a 5-hour documentary about a topic you've never heard of? Of course.
Hours are just shorter on YouTube than they are in movies/streaming services.
(It just occurred to me I have effectively watched tons of documentaries.. they just were on YouTube and not called documentaries lmao. Weird how brains think of these so differently, at least for me)
Especially if you watch at higher playback speed. I get impatient watching regular shows when I can't go 2x.
20 minutes is like the minimum length requirement. Below that is basically TikTok territory.
People generally watch YouTube videos more casually, including with more pausing and often while doing something else. It takes less energy to watch a long YouTube video than a movie, whereas with short videos you can't just sit back and relax and let it play, you have to bring up something new almost immediately if you wanna keep watching stuff so your attention has to be more focused.