Long-Form Content in Gardening: Still Effective, Still Relevant?

Garden Education

Measurements

  • Is long-form online education still viable?
  • How long is too long? Does it vary by age?
  • What factors cause long-form education to thrive?

Study

Great Grow Along is an annual virtual garden festival, with the most recent incarnation having 68k attendees. With 40+ sessions and durations between 25-50 minutes, it is an excellent opportunity to measure the effectiveness of long-form garden education content. 

The variability in duration and topics also allowed for measuring more detailed insights. 

Measurements by Video Length

How many viewers watched 100%?

How to read:

  • Each bar represents a different duration of an educational gardening video
  • The value in each bar represents how many viewers watched the entire video

Average watch time, by video length

How to read: 

  • Each bar represents a different duration of an educational gardening video
  • The value in each bar represents the average viewing time (for all viewers)
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