10 Reasons Top Ten Lists Are So Popular
1 Lists are easy to read. Reading things isn't like watching a video, it takes actual effort. So when an average person looks at an article with so many words, and sentences, and paragraphs, they're first thought is often to click on something else because this seems like too much work. Maybe if there are pictures it might be worth reading, but- no wait- these pictures aren't interesting-let's read something else. 2 It's easier to skip ahead if you get bored. If you're reading an article that hooked you in with the initial title but got bored reading through all this other stuff you don't care about, lists make an easy way for you to skip to the next thing so you don't have to keep reading that stupid thing that you don't- and you've already skipped this to read the next thing, haven't you? 3 Lists make you feel like you accomplished something Humans are constantly searching for reinforcement for their actions, because when y...
