YouTube's Partner Program now allows Shorts creators to join and earn money by monetizing their content. To be eligible for the program, creators must have 1,000 subscribers and meet certain view ...

YouTube's new zero-minute Shorts timer removes them from your homepage entirely, giving you an easy way to cut back on ...

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Whether we like it or not, short-form content has become a part of the social media experience. Just over a decade ago, Vine got many of us hooked on watching videos that lasted for less than 10 ...

YouTube is making a behind-the-scenes effort to allow more advertisers to buy ads on YouTube Shorts – and only on Shorts. Three sources confirmed with AdExchanger that a pilot program has been in an ...

YouTube is rolling out an accessibility-based feature that allows vertical Shorts videos to play in a landscape orientation. The Rotate Shorts option changes UI elements for sideway viewing but ...

YouTube's short-form videos are similar to TikTok and Instagram Reels. The videos are designed to be quick bursts of content, ...

YouTube Shorts are short-form videos with a maximum length of 60 seconds on the popular YouTube platform, specifically designed for mobile viewing. They were introduced to compete with similar short ...

YouTube CEO Neal Mohan at the 2025 Cannes Lions International Festival (YouTube) YouTube has crossed another major milestone. The platform’s short-form video offering YouTube Shorts is now averaging ...

YouTube is running a test that could introduce a bunch of posts and image carousels in to your Shorts feed on mobile.

YouTube's change stops the path to doomscrolling before it begins in the least subtle of ways. In October 2025, Google ...