The median half-life of attention currently stands at 15.2 days
Caesium-137: 30.1 years · microplastics: ~450 years · atmospheric CO₂: centuries
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).
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.