Here are some of the best YouTube hacks to block Shorts, fix the layout, and customize your viewing experience on desktop and mobile.

Shorts tap into YouTube’s 122 million daily user base, reaching beyond TikTok ... Sound is a huge part of the Shorts experience. Using trending music or audio clips can boost engagement.

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 ...

The TV experience for YouTube Shorts places a border around the vertical ... That puts the platform on par with the user base of its biggest competition TikTok, which has had a custom TV app ...

YouTube announced Wednesday it is improving the shopping experience on Shorts by launching new Shopping product stickers.

YouTube has put a lot of emphasis on Shorts in recent years, with the TikTok-like experience getting a dedicated tab in the YouTube app for mobile devices, showing up in Home and Subscription ...

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Instead, YouTube would count a view on a YouTube Shorts video if a user watched for at least a few seconds. YouTube never provided an exact number of seconds, but it was clearly much shorter than ...

YouTube Shorts has ... it previously had for a user watching a clip to count as a view. Beginning March 31, a "view" will be added any time a YouTube Short is played or replayed.