YouTube has implemented a change to Shorts that introduces analytics similar to what rivals Instagram and TikTok do with their short-form content. The video streaming giant will reportedly remove the ...

After the arrival of the YouTube Shorts "remix" feature last year, the video-streaming giant is making another major change to its view-counting policy. Starting March 31, a "view" will be counted ...

YouTube will soon count Shorts views using the same method as TikTok and Instagram. Starting March 31st, YouTube will display the number of times a Short starts to play or replay, like Instagram ...

YouTube’s updated Shorts view count now captures every play, but this change won't affect earnings or monetization eligibility. YouTube will begin counting Shorts views without minimum watch ...

So, beginning on 3/31/2025, Shorts views will count the number of times your Short starts to play or replay with no minimum watch time requirement,” the company explained in a blog post.

YouTube has announced that it will change the way views are counted for its YouTube Shorts feature, which allows users to share vertical videos up to 180 seconds long . Starting March 31, 2025, a ...

Shorts, while growing, has always had a comparative optics problem — creators would often post the same video across platforms and notice YouTube’s view count lagging.

For long-form videos, YouTube pays creators 55% of the revenue from the ads that play in their videos. In 2023, YouTube began sharing revenue from shorts ads in place of the shorts fund with creators.