{"id":1770,"date":"2021-08-22T16:38:46","date_gmt":"2021-08-22T16:38:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/?p=1770"},"modified":"2025-09-03T10:53:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-03T10:53:30","slug":"youtube-shorts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/new-blog.artlist.io\/blog\/youtube-shorts\/","title":{"rendered":"How to make and monetize YouTube Shorts"},"content":{"rendered":"

In recent years, short-form vertical video has become king. It\u2019s no surprise when you look at the worldwide pandemic that forced everyone inside and consequently meant everyone was spending a lot more time on their phones, combined with the meteoric rise and success of TikTok. Nowadays,\u00a0TikTok videos<\/a>\u00a0are everywhere – you can\u2019t escape them.<\/p>\n

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Naturally, other big tech companies such as Facebook and Google had to sit up and take note. So, while Facebook has launched\u00a0IG Reels<\/a>\u00a0(TikTok, but on Instagram), Google has gone ahead and launched YouTube Shorts (TikTok, but on YouTube). Quite simply, TikTok was becoming too much of a YouTube competitor.<\/p>\n

So, is this YouTube vs. TikTok? Kind of. The whole situation is a little confusing and nobody yet knows where this all leads, but there\u2019s a lot of potential with YouTube Shorts, and we don\u2019t want you, content creators, to miss out. We\u2019re here to break down YouTube Shorts, giving you everything you need to know from what it is to how you can start creating on the platform and even monetize!<\/p>\n

What is YouTube Shorts?<\/h2>\n

Okay, so what is YouTube Shorts exactly? The short (pun intended) answer is that it\u2019s TikTok for YouTube. It\u2019s basically the same concept of an infinitely scrolling feed of short videos that can be anywhere up to 60 seconds in length. You watch, you like, you scroll down to the next one. The same creative concepts and trends that you see on TikTok are all here.<\/p>\n