Death to the Listicle? | Communications Major | Scoop.it

Could those never-ending BuzzFeed pieces (example: "17 Baby Elephants Learning How to Use Their Trunks") be on the way out?


A number of studies suggest that longer articles are actually shared more often shorter ones. BuzzSumo tracked the social trajectory of more than 100 million articles last year and concluded longer pieces got more social shares.