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Frank Bültge
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The median half-life of attention currently stands at 15.2 days

Caesium-137: 30.1 years · microplastics: ~450 years · atmospheric CO₂: centuries

The inequality of attention

2026 Quetta train bombing: 614 views per death 2026 Liushenyu coal mine explosion: 272 views per death 2026 Liuyang fireworks factory explosion: 589 views per death 8 April 2026 Israeli attacks on Lebanon: 5 views per death 2026 Crimea Antonov An-26 crash: 507 views per death 2026 Colombian Air Force Lockheed C-130 crash: 530 views per death 2026 Kabul hospital airstrike: 57 views per death sinking of IRIS Dena: 785 views per death 2026 Minab school attack: 93 views per death 2026 Jalisco operation: 3,828 views per death 2026 Islamabad suicide bombing: 690 views per death 2026 Kwara State attacks: 55 views per death 2026 Zona da Mata Mineira floods: 71 views per death 2026 Rubaya mines collapses: 21 views per death Late January 2026 North American winter storm: 621 views per death 2026 Adamuz train derailments: 840 views per death 2026 Sikhio train disaster: 109 views per death 2026 United States strikes in Venezuela: 7,926 views per death 2026 Crans-Montana bar fire: 5,000 views per death 2026 Iran War: 117 views per death 5 7,926

Logarithmic axis: views per death, one tick per event.

Attention per death currently spans a factor of 1,468 — from 7,926 views per victim (2026 United States strikes in Venezuela) down to 5 (8 April 2026 Israeli attacks on Lebanon).

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Included is every event to which Wikidata attributes ≥ 25 deaths, since 1 January 2026. Nobody selects. Ordered chronologically — never by half-life.

Dot = half-life from the fit; the curve is the raw course.