Reading dies in complexity: Online news consumers prefer simple writing

Reading thrives in complexity: https://ae01.alicdn.com/kf/S81b412b8a361440f813642abb65bb7e8...

(for that matter, I have my doubts as to whether online* news consumers constitute a viable market worth surveying)

* or, for reading preferences, offline: Remember the Maine!

Given that 60% of the American population reads at eight-grade level or below, and that 20% of the American population is illiterate, this is no surprise.