Clickbait
noun
Internet content titled to attract attention and encourage visitors to click on a link to a particular web page.
The website was flooded with clickbait articles to increase the number of page views.
Often appears as...
- clickbait headline
- clickbait article
Usage tips
Disapproving
Colloquial
noun
Internet content titled to attract attention and encourage visitors to click on a link to a particular web page.
The website was flooded with clickbait articles to increase the number of page views.
Often appears as...
- clickbait headline
- clickbait article
Usage tips
Disapproving
Colloquial
Definition 1 of 1
Pro Tip 1/3Catchy Deception
Clickbait often promises more exciting content than it delivers, misleading the reader.
The headline 'You Won't Believe What Happened Next!' was just clickbait for a mundane story.
Pro Tip 2/3Recognizing Clickbait
Identify clickbait by sensationalist phrases or over-the-top promises that create curiosity.
The article titled 'Doctors Hate Him for This One Trick' is an example of clickbait.
Pro Tip 3/3Digital Literacy
Understanding clickbait is part of digital literacy, helping discern valuable content online.
Learning about clickbait helped me avoid wasting time on trivial articles.
Pro Tip 1/3Catchy Deception
Clickbait often promises more exciting content than it delivers, misleading the reader.
The headline 'You Won't Believe What Happened Next!' was just clickbait for a mundane story.
Pro Tip 2/3Recognizing Clickbait
Identify clickbait by sensationalist phrases or over-the-top promises that create curiosity.
The article titled 'Doctors Hate Him for This One Trick' is an example of clickbait.
Pro Tip 3/3Digital Literacy
Understanding clickbait is part of digital literacy, helping discern valuable content online.
Learning about clickbait helped me avoid wasting time on trivial articles.
Pro Tip 1/3Catchy Deception
Clickbait often promises more exciting content than it delivers, misleading the reader.
The headline 'You Won't Believe What Happened Next!' was just clickbait for a mundane story.
Pro Tip 2/3Recognizing Clickbait
Identify clickbait by sensationalist phrases or over-the-top promises that create curiosity.
The article titled 'Doctors Hate Him for This One Trick' is an example of clickbait.
Pro Tip 3/3Digital Literacy
Understanding clickbait is part of digital literacy, helping discern valuable content online.
Learning about clickbait helped me avoid wasting time on trivial articles.
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Inside the fight against...
First, if it's too dramatic, too emotional, too clickbait, then it's very likely that it isn't true. The truth is boring sometimes.
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Inside the fight against...
First, if it's too dramatic, too emotional, too clickbait, then it's very likely that it isn't true. The truth is boring sometimes.
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Quote examples
Ninja
American Celebrity
If I have one conversation with one female streamer where we're playing with one another, and even if there's a hint of flirting, that is going to be taken and going to be put on every single video and be clickbait forever.
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Eddy Cue
American Businessman
When you look at Apple News and where it started, I want it to be available to everyone. But we also want to make sure the news producers are legitimate... We're very concerned about what's news items and what's clickbait.
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Tavi Gevinson
American Writer
As feminism becomes more integrated into mainstream publications and conversation, I feel weary of an obsession of celebrity culture masquerading as activism or as conversation or action. It's clickbait.
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Sean Spicer
American Public Servant
I think that there's become a very clickbait mentality among a lot of reporters, where they're more interested in their clip or their click than they are about the truth and the facts.
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Sean Spicer
American Public Servant
I do have a problem with how 'Politico' has engaged in covering politics, especially on our side. I think it is tweet-happy, it is clickbait in many cases, and it's devoid of facts.
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Jessica Williams
American Comedian
The Kardashians are walking clickbait - but let's look closer. Do Kim and Kanye affect how society feels about interracial relationships and blended families?
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Halsey
American Musician
I don't want to be 'Halsey: America's Sweetheart,' or 'Halsey: Bad Girl.' If you can sum up my career in a clickbait headline, I've done something wrong.
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Ninja
American Celebrity
If I have one conversation with one female streamer where we're playing with one another, and even if there's a hint of flirting, that is going to be taken and going to be put on every single video and be clickbait forever.
Quote examples
Eddy Cue
American Businessman
When you look at Apple News and where it started, I want it to be available to everyone. But we also want to make sure the news producers are legitimate... We're very concerned about what's news items and what's clickbait.
Quote examples
Tavi Gevinson
American Writer
As feminism becomes more integrated into mainstream publications and conversation, I feel weary of an obsession of celebrity culture masquerading as activism or as conversation or action. It's clickbait.
Quote examples
Sean Spicer
American Public Servant
I think that there's become a very clickbait mentality among a lot of reporters, where they're more interested in their clip or their click than they are about the truth and the facts.
Quote examples
Sean Spicer
American Public Servant
I do have a problem with how 'Politico' has engaged in covering politics, especially on our side. I think it is tweet-happy, it is clickbait in many cases, and it's devoid of facts.
Quote examples
Jessica Williams
American Comedian
The Kardashians are walking clickbait - but let's look closer. Do Kim and Kanye affect how society feels about interracial relationships and blended families?
Quote examples
Halsey
American Musician
I don't want to be 'Halsey: America's Sweetheart,' or 'Halsey: Bad Girl.' If you can sum up my career in a clickbait headline, I've done something wrong.
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