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Gossip makes up most of human conversation.

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CONTESTED PARTIAL
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Is it true that Gossip makes up most of human conversation?

Partly. Observational studies (Dunbar and a 2025 replication) put roughly two-thirds of conversation time on social topics loosely labeled gossip, which would support the claim, while self-report data put gossip under 30 percent of conversation time. Both lines are partial: the supporting figures rely on a broad definition of gossip, and the self-report figure may be underreported.

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Evidence for · 2
How much conversation content is actually social: human conversational behaviour revisited | Language and Cognition | Cambridge Core Logo for Cambridge Core from Cambridge University Press. Click to return to homepage. Logo for Cambridge Core from Cambridge University Press. Click to return to homep
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How much conversation content is actually social: human conversational behaviour revisited | Language and Cognition | Cambridge Core Logo for Cambridge Core from Cambridge University Press. Click to return to homepage. Logo for Cambridge Core from Cambridge University Press. Click to return to homep. (n.d.). cambridge.org. https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/language-and-cognition/article/how-much-conversation-content-is-actually-social-human-conversational-behaviour-revisited/61BF5C91583F04053BE9471ED96FAE1D

Evidence against · 1
Social Curiosity and Gossip: Related but Different Drives of Social Functioning
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Social Curiosity and Gossip: Related but Different Drives of Social Functioning. (n.d.). doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0069996

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Gossip in Evolutionary Perspective
2004
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Dunbar, R. I. M. (2004). Gossip in Evolutionary Perspective. doi.org. https://doi.org/10.1037/1089-2680.8.2.100

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