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No, Gen Z doesn’t have a short attention span

No, Gen Z doesn’t have a short attention span

What two interns taught me about podcasts, platforms, and storytelling.

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Jul 07, 2025
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For as long as I’ve been making content, publishers – generally older publishers, it has to be said – have been complaining that attention spans are getting shorter.

The argument goes that younger people just aren’t as interested in long content as they used to be, and that smartphones, short-form videos, and social media have been ruining their ability …

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