*YouTube has handed users a new level of control over what they see on the platform. A recent update now makes it possible to ...

YouTube now lets you set a zero-minute limit to effectively hide Shorts from your feed, giving you more control without fully ...

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

YouTube now allows users to completely remove Shorts videos from the app, a feature added in 2020. This option is part of the ...

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 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 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's take on "AI avatars" is now available as users may now easily add their face and voice to videos when creating in Shorts, making it possible to star on the vertical videos without having to ...

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

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 ...

MrBeast’s YouTube Shorts have now racked up more views than the long-form videos that made him famous. It marks a turning point not just for him, but for the way people watch content on YouTube.