YouTube Shorts
Catchy videos using nothing but mobile phones
YouTube Shorts launched on March 19, 2021 with 125 votes, #289 of 3,696 launches that month and more than 75% of that year's launches. The site was still online in September 2026, 5 years on.
In plain words
YouTube Shorts is a mobile-first platform for creating and watching short-form videos. Users can film, edit, and share catchy video content directly from their phones, with access to a music library licensed from music partners. The service is designed for anyone wanting to produce brief, engaging videos without specialized equipment. YouTube Shorts targets content creators and viewers interested in short-form entertainment across social media and streaming.
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From the sources
YouTube Shorts is a short-form video experience for anyone who wants to create short, catchy videos with nothing but their mobile phone. We’ve worked alongside music partners to make sure artists and creators have a library of songs to use in their Shorts.
We’re introducing our YouTube Shorts Beta to the U.S starting today, as we continue to build the experience alongside our global community.
Last September, we announced that we are building YouTube Shorts, a short-form video experience for anyone who wants to create short, catchy videos using nothing but their mobile phones. Since introducing our initial beta in India, we’ve already started to see creators having fun with Shorts, and the number of Indian channels using our creation tools has more than tripled since the beginning of December alone. People are also watching more and more Shorts around the globe - the YouTube Shorts player has now surpassed 6.5 billion daily views globally. Starting today and over the next several weeks, we’ll gradually expand our Shorts beta to the U.S. We plan to introduce more features as we…from blog.youtube
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