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RETENTION DIAGNOSIS

Find the moment attention breaks.

Separate the Shorts feed selection decision from the storytelling performance after viewers choose to watch.

YouTube Studio · Aug 10, 2026
Average watch14sOf a 17s Short
Average viewed83.2%Strong completion after selection
Stayed to watch26.6%Viewer chose to continue
Swiped away73.4%Primary hook signal
HOOK DECISION

About 1 in 4 viewers chose to watch.

Stayed
Swiped

The content itself is not the first problem: selected viewers watched an average of 83.2% of the Short. The bigger opportunity is making frame one and the opening promise earn the choice to continue.

NEXT A/B TEST

Change selection, preserve the story.

  1. A · Current openingBroad question before the proof
  2. B · New openingPut the strongest China-learning transformation in frame one
  3. Success signalStayed to watch above 35%, average viewed at or above 75%
SECOND-BY-SECOND RETENTION

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Source: YouTube Studio video analytics for What happens when international students visit China?, captured Aug 10, 2026. “Stayed” and “swiped” sum to 100%; the detailed second-by-second curve remains explicitly unavailable.