YouTube now lets you set Shorts usage to zero minutes, effectively limiting access from the main home feed. The new setting lives under Time management and adds friction by blocking the Shorts tab ...

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 ...

YouTube is increasing its push for Shorts by auto-launching them when people start the app. The behavior appears erratic, and ...

YouTube originally announced its Shorts feed limit in October 2025, offering users who wanted to cut back on their in-app scrolling habits with the option to select between a range of time breaks, ...

After testing every option, the best ways to hide YouTube Shorts are filtering search results to show only videos, using “Show fewer Shorts,” setting a Shorts ...

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Short videos have conquered all major social media apps (cue TikTok and Instagram Reels), and YouTube is no exception. YouTube Shorts lets content creators create short vertical videos for quick and ...

YouTube just rolled out four updates for Shorts, and they cover everything from long-requested quality-of-life fixes to changes that are going to divide opinion. Starting with the good stuff, YouTube ...

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 ...