YouTube Shorts are short, vertically formatted videos published on YouTube alongside the platform’s conventional long-form videos and live broadcasts. They have become a major part of YouTube’s overall activity: By 2026, Shorts averaged more than 200 billion views per day. Shorts have also produced record-setting uploads, including MrBeast’s “Would You Fly to Paris for a Baguette?,” which was YouTube’s most-liked upload as of 2026.
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