Short data stories about millions of YouTube channels. Every article explains how the numbers were put together and what they can't tell you.
For channels under 100K subscribers, about two and a half times as many. Above a million, no difference.
Question·Shorts·Categories·Benchmarks
In the channels we track that post both, Shorts drew about twice the views of regular uploads — unless the channel has over a million subscribers.
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ReadFrom February 2027, earning from Shorts each month takes 10 million Shorts views every 90 days.
Did you know·Platform·Monetization·Shorts
YouTube is doubling the bar to join its Partner Program and adding new rules for Shorts pay and for staying active. What changes, and who it reaches.
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Readas many videos end just after eight minutes as just before
By the numbers·Video length·Categories
YouTube allows ads in the middle of a video only if it runs longer than eight minutes. In 9.5 million uploads, lengths pile up just past that line.
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Readof channels above 10K subscribers upload their own subtitles
By the numbers·Subtitles·Languages
We counted which YouTube channels above 10,000 subscribers offer creator-uploaded subtitles, in how many languages, and how that changes with channel size.
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ReadRanking·Geography·Benchmarks
We grouped the 4.4 million YouTube channels above 10,000 subscribers by the country they list. The distribution is lopsided, and so is the share that reaches 100K.
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Readof ranked channels are more than five years old
By the numbers·Channel age·Benchmarks
We looked at how long the 4.4 million channels above 10,000 subscribers have existed. Older channels are more often quiet, and bigger channels skew older.
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Readof channels above 10M subscribers are in Entertainment
By the numbers·Categories·Benchmarks
The category mix of YouTube channels above 10,000 subscribers changes with size. We compared the eight largest categories across the four subscriber bands.
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Readof ranked channels have not uploaded in the past year
By the numbers·Channel activity·Benchmarks
We checked when each of the 4.4 million YouTube channels above 10,000 subscribers last uploaded. Size and category change the answer a lot.
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