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The Attention Span Pandemic with Tom Scott

YouTuber Tom Scott joins WIRED to answer the internet’s burning content creator and YouTube strategy questions. Should YouTube videos have an intro? What is a good traffic source on YouTube? Do thumbnails matter as much as people say? Answers to these questions and many more await on Creator Support. #TomScott #YouTube #WIRED Still haven’t subscribed…

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  1. @MON9O

    June 10, 2026 at 10:03 am

    The internet has missed you, Tom! ❤

    • @typicaluser697

      June 12, 2026 at 7:54 am

      He is back, he releasing series in his travel across England

  2. @TOORA-p7z

    June 10, 2026 at 10:07 am

    watching this at 2x speed feels like a test i’m definitely passing

  3. @ruch123321

    June 10, 2026 at 10:16 am

    He says as i watch this at 2x speed 😂

    • @chrisr3570

      June 11, 2026 at 3:54 am

      Watching shorts at double speed? How? I’m on my phone and usually watch at 1.5x, but shorts don’t have the option for me

    • @ruch123321

      June 11, 2026 at 3:58 am

      ​@chrisr3570 keep the screen pressed continously while watching a short on the left or right edge, it’ll play at 2x

    • @shakibs827

      June 11, 2026 at 7:10 am

      ​@chrisr3570just click on the three dots on the top right corner bro

  4. @ReaganGrace-h2k

    June 10, 2026 at 10:23 am

    I really enjoy this, feels natural

  5. @ArnoutCW

    June 10, 2026 at 5:01 pm

    How ironic to put this in a short. And btw there is evidence that, generally, human attention spans are getting shorter.

  6. @zingzangspillip1

    June 10, 2026 at 10:04 pm

    It’s very bad. I just watched the movie Giant, it is three hours and twenty minutes long and it is worth a watch. But you can’t appreciate a movie like that at twice or three times the speed. Part of the point is that it *is* long, that you experience it at the intended pace.

    • @Katsuragi303

      June 11, 2026 at 12:56 am

      I agree but we’re dinosaurs. I do love his optimism though. I think it’s going to take a lot less than 100 years to find out.

  7. @chrisnava

    June 11, 2026 at 8:30 am

    Too long. Didn’t watch.

  8. @thefiveyearplanner-e1x

    June 11, 2026 at 8:56 am

    Yes watching, not reading! That is why. Writing takes longer but can be read faster. Everything is video and pods now and video and talking is a slower medium for slower people.
    It is not more data but it is slower transfer medium

  9. @pattyofurniture

    June 11, 2026 at 12:30 pm

    At this point I have to assume that the typos ARE intentional.

  10. @noblepenn4816

    June 13, 2026 at 2:37 am

    If I have to listen at 2x speed it’s not worth listening to.

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