As YouTube Shorts continues to compete with TikTok, the platform is announcing new upcoming features to help creators publish engaging short-form videos. Creators will get access to an improved video ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Short Video Addiction (SVA) is a term used by researchers, and this is separate from excessive general internet use. A 2025 report ...

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 ...

TikTok users are planning an invasion of a rival platform, YouTube Shorts, in a bid to bring the latter in line with TikTok’s fast-paced trend cycle. YouTube Shorts ...

YouTube on Thursday announced a series of updates for its short-form video product, YouTube Shorts. These include the ability for creators to upload videos up to three minutes in length. The company ...

The TikTok-ification of Shorts continues. The TikTok-ification of Shorts continues. is a former weekend editor who covered tech and entertainment. He has written news, reviews, and more as a tech ...

YouTube on Thursday announced new video creation tools for Shorts, its short-form video feed that competes against TikTok. The features come at a time when TikTok, which is owned by Chinese company ...

New features include a vertical live video feed, side-by-side recording, and additional tools to make Shorts out of longform YouTube videos. New features include a vertical live video feed, ...

YouTube launched a new "Collab" tool for Shorts. Creators can now split screen with other videos to remix content. The feature competes with TikTok's popular duet capability. YouTube launches "Collab" ...

YouTube released an update to Shorts on Thursday. Shorts will now have a text-to-speech function, an “Add yours” sticker, and more auto layout options. YouTube draws 70 billion daily views through ...

TikTok achieves the highest user engagement compared to Instagram Reels and YouTube Shorts. Instagram Reels garner the most watch time among the three platforms. Brands post twice as frequently on ...

There’s a lot of stuff happening right now. Here in the US, it seems kind of inescapable. And it surely doesn’t help that a lot of people might be without their short-form social video fix very soon.