YouTube Shorts is a way for anyone to connect with a new audience with just a smartphone and the Shorts camera in the YouTube app. YouTube’s Shorts creation tools makes it easy to create videos that are up to 60 seconds long with the option to capture multiple clips.
You can also use various creative features, including:
Music & sound: Add a song or use other audio to create your own Short.
Text: Add text after recording a Short and use
Timeline to control when it appears and disappears.
Speed: Choose to accelerate or slow down recording.
Timer: Set the countdown to record hands-free and choose when to automatically stop recording.
#Shorts in the title or description of your video to help our system recommend your Shorts across YouTube.Learn more about Shorts
We introduced our Shorts beta in India last year. Since then, we’ve expanded the beta to everyone in the U.S. We’re now rolling out to even more countries/regions around the world.
Creators in the following countries/regions can now use the latest YouTube app to create Shorts:
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To create a short video on YouTube:
- Sign in to YouTube on mobile.
- Tap create
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Create a Short beta.
- To make your Short longer than 15 seconds, tap 15 above the record button to record up to 60 seconds (60).
Note: Recording with music from our library or the original audio from other videos is limited to 15 seconds. - To record a clip, hold the capture button
or tap it to start recording and then again to stop.
- Tap undo
to remove the previous video clip you recorded or tap redo
to add it back.
- Tap done
to preview and enhance your video
- Add a title (max 100 characters) to your short video.
- Tap UPLOAD to finish.
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or tap it to start recording and then again to stop.
to add it back.We’re always testing new ways to deliver content to viewers. This is especially true for Shorts. Right now, viewers may find your Shorts:
- On our homepage and the Shorts shelf.
- Featured on your channel page by default. Learn more.
- Selecting the “What to Watch Next” module.
- Searching YouTube.
- Checking their Subscription feeds.
Include #Shorts in your short video’s title or description to help our system recommend your Shorts across YouTube.
For more info on hashtags on YouTube, go to Use hashtags for video search.
Accompany your Shorts with a song from our music library. These tracks are free to use, but only for personal, non-commercial use, unless you have the appropriate licenses. Here’s how to get started:
- To find our music library when you’re ready to record, tap
- To add music after you record, tap
You can also use other audio to create a Short. For example, you can sample the sound from an eligible Short to create your own short-form masterpiece. Learn more.
If you upload a short video you’ve created elsewhere, make sure that any copyright-protected material you’ve used is approved for your use on YouTube. Using copyright-protected material without getting appropriate rights could lead to you getting a Content ID claim. Also if a copyright owner sends us a valid and complete copyright takedown notice against your short video, it may be removed, and you could get a copyright strike.
Short-form video creators can’t share revenue from advertisements played in the Shorts player. Instead, we've started the YouTube Shorts Fund to reward creators for their contributions to Shorts. We'll be using this fund to help creators monetize their videos while we begin testing ads and work on longer-term monetization solutions.
YouTube Shorts Fund
The YouTube Shorts Fund is a $100M fund for creators who help us build the future of short-form video on YouTube. Anyone, including creators in the YouTube Partner Program, is eligible to participate in the fund simply by creating unique Shorts that resonate with the YouTube community.
Later this year, we’ll reach out to thousands of creators each month whose Shorts get the most engagement to reward them for their contributions. Learn more in our blog.