Numbered list are usually more appealing than normal essays, for a psychological reason. They lure the reader with the promise of content divided in short, skip

Numbered list are usually more appealing than normal essays, for a psychological reason. They lure the reader with the promise of content divided in short, skippable items, which are fast to read or even just scroll. That is why every glossy magazine now has the promise of "X ways to approach women", "X ways to lose weight" and the like.