Shorts just became easier to avoid ...

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 ...

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 ...

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New viewing control: YouTube now offers a zero-minute Shorts limit on mobile, blocking the endless feed while still showing Shorts in other contexts. Partial platform rollout: The feature is available ...

Retention analysts say Shorts older than 28-30 days are being deprioritized in recommendations. The reported shift affects channels ranging from 100 million to one billion monthly views. Creators warn ...

You now have the power to remove short-form videos from your YouTube feed if you don’t want to see them. YouTube has rolled out the capability to set your Shorts feed limit to zero minutes, which ...

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 ...

Since launching in 2021, Shorts were billed as YouTube’s answer to TikTok and Instagram Reels. The format wasn’t universally loved—some viewers didn’t like seeing quick clips mixed into the app’s main ...

When India banned TikTok in 2020, YouTube responded by launching a short-form video feature with a similar user experience in the country. Less than a year later, that feature rolled out globally as ...

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