[Wowfunhappy]

> In fact it functions as a classic creative constraint.

If I might play devil's advocate a bit—aren't submitters not supposed to be creative in titles?

"Unless it's misleading or clickbait", yes, but I don't think there's a correlation between click-bait and length. I feel like a lot of titles get edited because of the character limit.

[dang]

I don't have a number handy but I'd guess fewer than 10%. That's not so bad, and titles are often better with needless words omitted.