79% of videos are watched without sound

79% of LinkedIn viewers watch videos without audio, and including subtitles or closed captions can increase viewership by 82%.

Adding subtitles is the ultimate cheat code for videos. When watched in silence, subtitles allow the viewers to stick for a longer duration. 

This is one of the best practices to increase the view rate of a video (which is still ignored by many). 

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