Researchers say YouTube’s algorithm downplays political topics in favor of viral entertainment to keep users watching.

YouTube Shorts now averages 200 billion daily views, CEO Neal Mohan announced during his keynote at Cannes Lions 2025.

When enabled, YouTube Shorts will be rotated in landscape mode. Ideally, we generally consume short-form video formats like ...

YouTube Shorts hits 200 billion daily views as platform unveils AI video tools and TV viewing leadership.

YouTube is changing the way it counts views for Shorts. This update represents one of the most significant analytics changes since Shorts launched, affecting creators worldwide. The video-sharing ...

It has been impossible to avoid Veo 3 around the web ever since Google unveiled it at I/O last month. The updated AI model produces video and audio from a simple text prompt with stunning fidelity. In ...

With YouTube Shorts now reaching 2 billion monthly users and generating approximately 70 billion daily views, this rapidly growing format represents an untapped opportunity for many brands. When ...

Today, YouTube Shorts has roughly 1.5 billion users and receives an average of 70 billion daily views.

As of March 31, 2025, YouTube will add a view to your YouTube Shorts view count at the moment your shortform video begins to play. There is no view time requirement anymore for a YouTube Shorts video.

Still, YouTube Shorts racks up over 70 billion daily views, according to Google. The platform has aggressively pushed Shorts, rolling out easy-to-use tools that make churning out content effortless.

YouTube is changing how it counts views on YouTube Shorts to give creators a deeper understanding of how their short-form content is performing, the company announced on Wednesday.