What Does This Mean?

Stayed to Watch

[ SLANG ][ CREATOR ECONOMY ][ YOUTUBE SHORTS ]

FORCE: Attention EconomyUNIVERSE: Shorts AnalyticsCLUSTER: Retention Metrics

The percentage of viewers who continue watching a Shorts video past its opening seconds rather than swiping away immediately, tracked as a specific retention metric distinct from total view count.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

"Stayed to watch dropped ten points the second I switched intros, switched right back."

LORE & ORIGIN

Shorts analytics vocabulary for a specific retention statistic creators watch closely, since the platform is understood to weight early retention heavily in distribution decisions.

FIRST SEEN

2026-06

PEAK ERA (EDITORIAL)

2026 (Shorts Analytics)

CURRENT STATUS

Mainstream Slang

Related To:Format Switch

Leer en español →Lire en français →日本語版を読む →한국어판 보기 →Ler em português →阅读中文版 →

EQUIVALENT CONCEPTS IN OTHER LANGUAGES

Español es-ESstayed to watch →Français fr-FRstayed to watch →日本語 ja-JPステイドトゥウォッチ →한국어 ko-KR스테이드 투 워치 →Português pt-BRstayed to watch →中文 zh-CNStayed to Watch →

AURA IMPACT ⓘ

+5 AURA

TREND STATUS

→ STEADY

EDITORIAL ESTIMATE

CULTURE CATEGORY

[ SLANG ][ CREATOR ECONOMY ][ YOUTUBE SHORTS ]

RELATED TERMS

Format Switch

MENTIONS OVER TIME

DOCUMENTED SINCE

2026-06

NOW

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TOP PLATFORMS

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