Compared to long-form content, can a short blog post get a lot of organic search traffic?

For the purposes of this article, a short blog post is one that is below 1,000 words, hovering around 300 – 800 words most of the times, while a long form content is an article, tutorial or guide that is more than 1500 words, often going well beyond 1,800 words. All over the web, there