Short
A Short is a vertical video of up to three minutes that YouTube shows in its Shorts feed.
Shorts are made for phones and play in a swipe-through feed, with their own recommendation system separate from regular uploads. They are a way for a channel to reach people who do not know it yet.
Short in practice
Open with the point in the first seconds, use captions, and end in a way that makes the video loop or leads to a longer one.
Because a Short is a video, the preparation is the same as for any short clip: a clear first frame, readable captions and a title that says what the viewer gets. Review the channel’s analytics for Shorts separately, since viewers and watch behaviour differ from long videos.
Short in SocialPatra
SocialPatra uploads vertical videos to YouTube as a Reel post type, and YouTube itself decides whether to show a video of up to three minutes as a Short.
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