The Wall Street Journal analyzed the average minutes spent across the 2014–2018 telecasts as follows: 14 on song performances; 25 on the hosts' speeches; 38 on prerecorded clips; and 78 on the awards themselves, broken into 24 on the introduction and announcement, 24 on winners walking to the stage, and 30 on their acceptance speeches.
ðə wˈɔːl stɹˈiːt dʒˈɜːnəl ˈænɐlˌaɪzd ðɪ ˈævɹɪdʒ mˈɪnɪts spˈɛnt əkɹˌɑːs ðə tˈuː θˈaʊzənd fˈoːɹtiːn tˈuː θˈaʊzənd ˈeɪtiːn tˈɛlᵻkˌæsts æz fˈɑːloʊz: fˈoːɹtiːn ˌɔn sˈɔŋ pɚfˈoːɹmənsᵻz; twˈɛnti fˈaɪv ɔnðə hˈoʊsts spˈiːtʃᵻz; θˈɜːɾi ˈeɪt ˌɔn pɹˌiːɹᵻkˈoːɹdᵻd klˈɪps; ænd sˈɛvənti ˈeɪt ɔnðɪ ɐwˈɔːɹdz ðɛmsˈɛlvz, bɹˈoʊkən ˌɪntʊ twˈɛnti fˈoːɹ ɔnðɪ ˌɪntɹədˈʌkʃən ænd ɐnˈaʊnsmənt, twˈɛnti fˈoːɹ ˌɔn wˈɪnɚz wˈɔːkɪŋ tə ðə stˈeɪdʒ, ænd θˈɜːɾi ˌɔn ðɛɹ ɐksˈɛptəns spˈiːtʃᵻz.