BuzzFeed: Consumers Reading Longer Stories on Their Phones
By Lisette Leonard
January 28, 2014
January 28, 2014
Although many have thought that phones are largely used to consume short form content, stats recently released by BuzzFeed suggest otherwise. More than 50 percent of BuzzFeed’s traffic now comes from mobile devices. Editor-in-Chief Ben Smith believes this is partly due to the form factor of mobile devices. They feature a simple singular screen that allows the reader to infinitely scroll through an article without any disruptions, similar to a regular page of a book. Continue reading BuzzFeed: Consumers Reading Longer Stories on Their Phones