{"id":175867,"date":"2025-04-23T17:24:35","date_gmt":"2025-04-23T16:24:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.lenostube.com\/en\/?p=175867"},"modified":"2026-01-06T12:56:16","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T11:56:16","slug":"how-to-create-youtube-shorts-everything-you-need-to-know","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.lenostube.com\/en\/how-to-create-youtube-shorts-everything-you-need-to-know\/","title":{"rendered":"Everything You Need to Know to Create YouTube Shorts in 2025 (& Get Massive Views)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

What\u2019s a day in your life like? For YouTube, a typical day means racking up 70 billion views on Shorts\u2014among other things. If you\u2019ve been researching this topic for a while, you\u2019ve probably come across this statistic repeatedly. There\u2019s a reason it\u2019s so widely cited: it\u2019s impressive. Try dividing 70 billion by YouTube\u2019s 2 billion users, and you\u2019ll find that, on average, each user contributes about 28 views per day to YouTube Shorts.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This goes to show that you need not worry about the difficulty of finding your foothold among your competition when you start to make YouTube Shorts\u2014there are enough views to go around. What you do need to worry about is how to make great YouTube Shorts and achieve what you want through them, whether that\u2019s making money through Shorts, increasing the popularity of your YouTube channel, or something else.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This article will break down everything you need to know about how to create YouTube Shorts and upload them <\/strong>to your channel. We’ll also reveal<\/strong> five lucrative ways to use YouTube Shorts to make money<\/strong>. \ud83d\udcb8\ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Are YouTube Shorts?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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YouTube Shorts are short-form video content designed for quick consumption. They are YouTube’s replica of TikTok and Instagram Reels, offering creators another way to reach their audience and gain rapid engagement beyond long-form YouTube videos. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When Was YouTube Shorts Created? \ud83d\uddd3\ufe0f<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Nobody\u2014except perhaps YouTube employees\u2014knows the exact date or month when Shorts were first created. However, it’s widely known that YouTube initially launched Shorts in India in September 2020, in the U.S. in March 2021, and globally in July 2021. If you had a smartphone around this time, you might remember the surprise of opening the YouTube app and noticing the Shorts icon next to the homepage icon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

How Long Can YouTube Shorts Be? <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Before October 15, 2024, the maximum length of Shorts was 60 seconds, while the minimum length was 15 seconds. After October 15, 2024, the Shorts creation tool now supports videos up to 3 minutes or 180 seconds long. Before you create a Short, you can set the maximum length by tapping the \u201c15s\u201d icon at the top right of your screen, which adjusts the duration to 3 minutes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

And… How Long Should They Be? <\/h4>\n\n\n\n

How long should your YouTube Shorts be? At the time of writing, there is no recent research on the subject. Most studies on the optimal length of YouTube Shorts were conducted before the time limit was extended to three minutes. While some suggested that the best length falls between 50 to 60 seconds, others concluded it was between 30 to 60 seconds<\/strong>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In an interview with @ThinkMediaPodcast<\/a>, YouTube employee Rene Ritchie stated that there is no single ‘ideal length’ for any type of video content on YouTube<\/strong>, whether short or long. You might think your competition consists of YouTube creators producing content similar to yours, but in reality, you’re competing with creators across every other video platform\u2014TikTok, Instagram, Snapchat, and even movie-streaming apps like Netflix!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\ud83d\udca1With this in mind, your focus shouldn’t be on uploading Shorts of a specific length but on ensuring that every second a viewer spends on your Short delivers as much value as possible. We know\u2014you\u2019ve heard this plenty of times. But have you actually put it into practice? <\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to Create YouTube Shorts: An Easy Guide for New Creators<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Already know how to upload Shorts to YouTube? No problem<\/strong>! Click here<\/a> to skip this section and jump straight to how to use Google\u2019s VEO AI features to create Shorts<\/strong>. Or skip ahead to…<\/p>\n\n\n\n