🎉 Happy Friday, Susie,
yes we are paid for "continuous" reading time —whatever mimics reading (scrolling) down a web page as if being read.
😉 So if a person leaves the page to go to the loo, the tracker will note the pause. Be gone for too long, it registers a bounce—the point where they left the web page. That time is calculated.
Which is why some reads are not counted unless the reader finishes the story:)
🥰 I make it a habit to scroll down to the end and then listen to audio. This way I know it registers. Have tested this which is how I know.