{
 "name": "Length of recordings people transcribe (WhipScribe production)",
 "url": "https://whipscribe.com/proof/recording-lengths",
 "measured_at": "2026-10-26",
 "window": {
  "from": "2026-07-28",
  "to": "2026-10-25",
  "days": 90,
  "timezone": "UTC"
 },
 "population": {
  "jobs_seen": 7417,
  "jobs_excluded": 1856,
  "excluded_by_reason": {
   "internal account": 267,
   "test file": 101,
   "internal person": 24,
   "internal API key": 928,
   "direct API integration": 536
  },
  "jobs_over_account_cap": 262,
  "accounts": 4107,
  "jobs_kept": 5299,
  "finished_60s_plus": 3469
 },
 "min_cell": 20,
 "min_accounts": 5,
 "account_cap": 20,
 "cite": "WhipScribe, \"How long are the recordings people transcribe?\", measured 2026-10-26, https://whipscribe.com/proof/recording-lengths",
 "license": "CC BY 4.0",
 "verdict": "The median recording people transcribe on WhipScribe is 25 minutes long, but recordings of an hour or more are 27% of files and 72% of all the audio.",
 "lengths": {
  "n": 3469,
  "median_min": 25.1,
  "p75_min": 62.8,
  "p90_min": 122.9,
  "mean_min": 49.2,
  "audio_hours": 2845,
  "share_over_1h": 0.266,
  "audio_share_over_1h": 0.723,
  "bands": [
   {
    "band": "under 5 min",
    "n": 782,
    "share": 0.225,
    "audio_hours": 32,
    "audio_share": 0.011
   },
   {
    "band": "5–15 min",
    "n": 624,
    "share": 0.18,
    "audio_hours": 97,
    "audio_share": 0.034
   },
   {
    "band": "15–30 min",
    "n": 472,
    "share": 0.136,
    "audio_hours": 174,
    "audio_share": 0.061
   },
   {
    "band": "30–60 min",
    "n": 667,
    "share": 0.192,
    "audio_hours": 487,
    "audio_share": 0.171
   },
   {
    "band": "1–2 h",
    "n": 561,
    "share": 0.162,
    "audio_hours": 768,
    "audio_share": 0.27
   },
   {
    "band": "2–4 h",
    "n": 261,
    "share": 0.075,
    "audio_hours": 703,
    "audio_share": 0.247
   },
   {
    "band": "4 h or more",
    "n": 102,
    "share": 0.029,
    "audio_hours": 584,
    "audio_share": 0.205
   }
  ],
  "by_kind": [
   {
    "kind": "file upload",
    "n": 1934,
    "median_min": 18.5,
    "p90_min": 88.2,
    "share_over_1h": 0.213
   },
   {
    "kind": "link",
    "n": 1532,
    "median_min": 34.8,
    "p90_min": 176.1,
    "share_over_1h": 0.335
   }
  ],
  "by_format": [
   {
    "ext": "m4a",
    "n": 679,
    "median_min": 31.0,
    "p90_min": 92.5
   },
   {
    "ext": "mp3",
    "n": 642,
    "median_min": 13.6,
    "p90_min": 79.1
   },
   {
    "ext": "mp4",
    "n": 351,
    "median_min": 11.3,
    "p90_min": 106.0
   },
   {
    "ext": "wav",
    "n": 89,
    "median_min": 8.5,
    "p90_min": 63.2
   },
   {
    "ext": "ogg",
    "n": 41,
    "median_min": 2.5,
    "p90_min": 30.0
   },
   {
    "ext": "mov",
    "n": 37,
    "median_min": 2.4,
    "p90_min": 17.4
   },
   {
    "ext": "aac",
    "n": 20,
    "median_min": 33.4,
    "p90_min": 134.0
   }
  ]
 }
}