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Experimenting with video length for great justice

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Lightningat Write the Docs Australia & India 2020 · 2020-12-03..12-04· [developer-experience]

speaker

name:Jared Morgan
links:none on file

resources

video:https://youtu.be/KPHu726Ai9o
slides:none on file

summary

Claim: slicing hour‑long podcast episodes into shorter, titled segments triples reach. Uses YouTube view counts and comments as measurements, and switches from talking‑head uploads to segment files and title cards. Full episodes sit around 180–287 views while individual segments get 96, 149, 194 each, adding to far more total views. YouTube chapter tools (index markers) also let long videos act segmented, and this change drives measurable organic growth and clearer feedback.

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chapters (4)

  1. 0:00Intro
  2. 0:23Video length
  3. 2:07Experiment results
  4. 3:30More data

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