YouTube’s updated Shorts view count now captures every play, but this change won't affect earnings or monetization eligibility.

YouTube has made a massive update to what counts as a “view,” but it won’t earn creators more money from the platform.

As per this announcement, YouTube will now count the number of times a creator’s Shorts video starts ... would present that as a view. However, as a result of this change, view counts will ...

So, beginning on 3/31/2025, Shorts views will count ... change aligns YouTube’s metrics more closely with those used by competitors like TikTok and Instagram Reels. “Historically on YouTube, a ...

YouTube announced new video creation tools for short videos ahead of a pending deadline for TikTok owner ByteDance to sell it or be banned from the United States.

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 ...

Views are the most visible metric on the internet. You can see, in more or less real time, how many views something got on ...

YouTube has implemented a significant update to how Shorts views are counted across its platform. As the popularity of ...

I doubt that YouTube Shorts are racking up massive view counts on TVs. While the service on all platforms boasts a massive viewer count, it's impossible to identify how many of these come from TVs.