As microdrama apps gain traction, YouTube is clearly betting that episodic short-form storytelling will stick around. And ...

YouTube will now count views on YouTube Shorts based on viewers who come across the content. Credit: Faisal Bashir/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images How many views are your YouTube videos ...

"I want to start YouTube, but I don't want to show my face." Even for people like that, you can start with just one smartphone if you use YouTube Shorts. In fact, you can create short videos without ...

Pranay Parab is an independent tech journalist based in Mumbai, India. He covers tech for Lifehacker, and specializes in tutorials and in-depth features. YouTube is being taken over by Shorts—the ...

YouTube will soon roll out a major update to its popular Shorts video format that could upend the way creators and viewers engage with content. The update will introduce extra features and give ...

Jake Peterson is Lifehacker’s Tech Editor, and has been covering tech news and how-tos for nearly a decade. His team covers all things technology, including AI, smartphones, computers, game consoles, ...

A creator who gets 1 million views per month on Shorts videos might only get 150,000 views on long-form videos. Same channel, same viewer base, yet this happens. This is not a matter of talent, but ...

Views of YouTube Shorts count toward a channel’s total watch time, but do not count toward monetization eligibility. To monetize YouTube videos you need to accumulate 4,000 hours of watch time within ...

The video giant will pool together the revenue from all Shorts ads and dole out that money to creators based on their share of total Shorts views. By J. Clara Chan Digital Media Writer YouTube Shorts, ...