YouTube Shorts watched by over 1.5 billion users

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Youtube has positioned its video platform to better reflect the reality of today’s viewer who interacts with video at different times throughout the day.

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The YouTube-owned video streaming and music platform YouTube, has confirmed that Shorts is now being viewed by more than 1.5 million users every month, just two years after it was launched.

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YouTube promoted Shorts' ability drive viewers to creators long-form video channels, as a result of its investments in Shorts.

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Although it refers to the trend as "the Rise of the Multiformat Creator", in reality it is more an admission that YouTube still values longer-form content.

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In its announcement, the company stated that its video platform better reflected the realities of today's viewers, who interact with video at different times and locations throughout the day.

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Sometimes, users may want to scroll quickly through short content while on the move.

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Other times they might be able to view the video for longer periods of time and then will switch to YouTube videos.

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