I think most people figure they’ll clap until the applause dies down. But if everyone were to think like that we would clap forever. How does the audience hive mind, for lack of a better term, stop the applause?
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Sometimes a studio audience is directed to applaud either by a sign, signal, or a “conductor” of sorts. Sometimes during, for instance, a presentation the presenter makes it clear they want to speak and will placate the audience with a gesture, cue, or sound. And sometimes the audience just slowly dies out on its own. Often there will be a general unspoken consensus that it is time to stop and they will fade out on their own, usually after about 5-8 seconds is the limit audiences reasonably applause given the setting and social expectations of the venues.
Either
1. Something else is happening. Like the lights turn on and it’s time to go.
2. As people drop out of applause others are more likely to follow. Cascading into it stopping completely
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