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[@ThinkMediaTV]

What do you think about the new KZbin shorts update? 🩳 ⏰ Watch the FREE on-demand replays of our KZbin Challenge here! 👉 Tube1KChallenge.com

[@Bayat-f1y]

What's the point ? Who watch 3 minues shorts ? Its all against KZbinrs .

[@LittleLippster]

Hopefully could help me keep growing this month thanks for the helpful tips. Road to 10k!!!!

[@KevinNguyen-hk8fr]

😂🎉 15:02 15:02

[@jackofalltrades-maine.]

Let’s Go!!!!! I’m the faceless shorts guru!!!

[@ifell3]

What I hate about shorts is in your mobile notifications it takes you back to the start after clicking on one.

[@rasalresid9147]

This will help a lot definitely. Last few months I have been doing lots of shorts and reels, and I found out that the most important thing is to have some kind of strategy when posting these. People now like expressive and short content, so I make those and post them consistently (after posting something I usually use a bit of Fame- ster. It's a game-changer, and makes my content viral almost instantly). The other strategy part is to watch how many times you post, how much you create, so you could possibly avoid burnout 😀

[@IndonesianwithOssi]

@rasalresid9147 what's Fame-ster?

[@mrelmoresmusiclab]

If your bread butter is long form, that’s an audience you don’t wanna connect with. If there’s one thing I’ve learned about working on KZbin every single day is that the short audience has even less than zero attention span. Their views are basically worthless.

[@justinuriahphoto]

I'm so stoked for this new update as I currently only create shorts on my channel (185k). I teach outdoor survival and camping content and always find it extremely hard to get everything in under 60 seconds. Now, I can find some breathing room and actually do some storytelling along the way!

[@FlashaholicsUSA]

I love camping tips. Great channel. Super underrated. I subbed.

[@justinuriahphoto]

@@FlashaholicsUSA thanks. 🤝🏼

[@Lilione111]

Do make money from only shorts? Or do you rely on affiliate links etc.

[@justinuriahphoto]

@@Lilione111 both. Affiliate links aren’t clickable in the shorts description so it’s not easy. Plus, people who watch shorts very rarely go to the description. I’m also an Amazon affiliate and content creator. I have started making money on there too.

[@justinuriahphoto]

@@Lilione111 both

[@GRUBB-MUDD]

I made a full time rev off shorts, but i switched to long but some my old shorts are still slapping and kept me making good rev every day, when i get a viral long form it is a no Brainer, but shorts def kept me in the money as they are evergreen. KZbin is the goat.

[@ThinkMediaTV]

Thanks for sharing this? Are you going to keep focusing on longs? Or dive back into Shorts because of this update?

[@DiskiDomain]

The fact your long term didn't suffer since publishing shorts. Many of us, our long form is dead in the water. Shorts in now like 98% of rev. If they increase the revenue from Shorts, I'd go all in. But I agree how they are evergreen. Something posted over a year ago still gives me a $ a day lol

[@thefiercemompreneur]

That is awesome!

[@FreshSqueezedLightning]

I’ve been in this game a long time, KZbin since Nov 2006. At the end of the day, never attempt to use copyrighted content no matter what licensing changes come. They can always change their terms. It’s a lot of work but I make all my own content and music to stay safe and it’s always worked

[@TheLadyAlchemyChannel]

I agree with this 👌✨💯💯

[@arkofimagination]

Yeah, there are zillion of public domain materials out there that everybody can use.

[@shapedlocket200]

I only use music that's on youtube itself, never upload a clip with copyrighted music

[@vegaspodcast]

This makes cutting up shorts so much easier. We can cut 90 second videos across all 5 platforms from one long form.. :) Very helpful

[@SpecialEdTalk]

My thought exactly.

[@RetroGamingCapsule]

KZbin wants everyone to use 3 minute Shorts? Simple. Make it count towards the watch time hours and watch the floodgates open.

[@GinaLay]

Agree

[@RetroGamingCapsule]

@@GinaLay thank you

[@JetSet614]

It looks like 3 mins short doesn’t work

[@TonyVRailfanning]

I actually wish that KZbin would allow shorts as well in the landscape format

[@pitanamutana]

Shorts have been helping with sampling my teaching, so good to hear about the 3 minutes and after that i can hopefully graduate them to a longer video!

[@sharonblair907]

I agree with customizing the shorts in your feed. that's why i like to watch your pod cast. I'm in it for the long haul.

[@AIForHumansShow]

Super interesting to see how this will change the sorts of things we see on YT Shorts

[@chicagotalkshowhost]

Thanks Sean, this is great news to share! I'm already cooking up some great ideas for 3min content! Cheers!

[@ThinkMediaTV]

Nice. Cheers!

[@morethan40]

KZbin needs to fix how they manage promoting your long form content after you have a shorts video that goes viral. I had a shorts video that went viral and afterwards I couldn’t get any views on my long form content. I had to “unlisted” my viral shorts video to get views on my long form content again.

[@IndonesianwithOssi]

@@morethan40 unlisted short to let the long version get viewed, that's a good trick👍

[@Whatever_Linda]

I don’t care about shorts. All of my long form content which is my bread and butter has slowly been getting claimed one after another. I am beyond discouraged with KZbin right now. Why are they suddenly tightening the belt like this and copyrighting ANYTHING

[@ThinkMediaTV]

Agree. Long-form is the bread. 🍞

[@ThinkMediaTV]

And yes - copyright stuff is a minefield. 💣

[@KnowingSamantha]

0:09 horrible idea!!

[@MikeTheCreditGuy]

Maybe don’t use copyrighted content and you won’t have that issue. Pretty simple 🤣😂🤣😂

[@chefjamesmacinnis]

Hey. I have to things to add to your comment. I do weekly reaction videos to cooking videos. I post the entire video inside of mine. I have been hit with copy right during the checks part of the upload every time I do a food network video. Everything I just fill out the appeal and have not lost once yet. Second point. I started making 3 shorts out of each of my long videos. So I'll post a reaction on Monday. Then the shorts Wednesday, Friday, and Sunday. Doing this has caused my video impressions to increase by 90%. I need to do a better job at thumbnails and titles to capitalize on this though

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

On October 15th I'm going upload a full 3 minute short EVERYDAY just to test the waters. You never know what could happen!

[@TheSamEffect7]

Same here great idea

[@DiskiDomain]

I'm gonna load just one low effort one just to wait 2 days to see if RPM changes. I can't get excited over longer shorts if RPM doesn't budge. 3 minute edits will be way more time consuming than just pumping out short shorts that pay the same?

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

@@DiskiDomain that is some logic if I ever heard any!

[@thefiercemompreneur]

I am going to do that as well!

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

@@thefiercemompreneur heck yea!

[@FaithLoveLifeAndStyle]

“KZbin Jorts” took me out 🤣🤣🤣 Thank you for thoughts on this update!

[@ThinkMediaTV]

😁

[@pickuptarotbyavea]

Finally..that's just what I needed! One minute was too short for tarot readings. Even with espresso. Now that's a perfect cup! ☕

[@gerdesfamily]

For sure going to use these but I worry about KZbin going too far from what KZbin is all about. KZbin is the best platform out there. I am so happy with it as it is.

[@BuildwithMooney]

I already have a 3 min Short built and ready to go on schedule for 10-15 right after midnight! It will be a list of tips.

[@kianaraine]

I love this style video! Sometimes a new update comes out and I can't begin to process and dissect what that means for creators. I especially love you going over what other creators think and elaborating on all the different perspectives.

[@CorazonDesignsandstories]

🌟🌟🌟Thanks for the JORTS update. Hoping for the best for all creators. Looking forward to get monetized and will continue the shorts with the new JORTS 3 minutes effective Oct 15. Good luck everyone❤❤❤

[@Makeupmusicbox]

I’ve Been a subscriber for years when you had just a few thousand subscribers. Haven’t seen you in a while. Looking good sir

[@Iammattjupp]

As audiences do not cross over much from long and short I think I may just post the same video twice at different times/weeks. Everyone's a winner.

[@thesupremeviewclips]

Im happy about this personally. My channel was originally about my experiences in prison, but after a while, i pretty much told all the story's i could, without being too repetitive. I moved to crime shorts, and they seem to be doing pretty good. (Numbers wise) Im interested to see if this longer "short" opportunity will allow for a more in-depth reaction and commentary. Good video btw.

[@Kizz_97s]

Getting to 4k hours of views is insane I wish they lower it to at least 2k a lot people can manage to get to 1k 🤷🏽‍♂️

[@GrowZoneTamil]

Yup me too wishing some changes there 😢

[@ThinkMediaTV]

2K watch hours would be awesome

[@abbycat000]

They give you 12 months to get to 4k. That’s nothing in a year.

[@GrowZoneTamil]

@@abbycat000 I wish shorts watch time also counted for 4000 watch hours.. But I still believe in improvising long videos and giving right content might make one achieve it in right time .

[@abbycat000]

@@GrowZoneTamil For sure! That’s what I meant. Plenty of time. Make good content and that’ll bring good watch time. I would also promote the channel on KZbin. Tease short little clips of videos on social media and make them go watch the entire thing on KZbin.

[@DeAnnaTroupe]

I'm excited about this update. I like doing tutorials but I had a hard time trying to fit it in the 1 minute format.

[@sophiereidfit]

YES! I'd been having to edit down some videos that I was reposting from IG so this is amazing!

[@AngelsEdgeOfficial]

I have one video that I converted to vertical. I thought it would have been better to be a short, but it was the first video that I uploaded and was still learning. I'm happy about that. As far as I know, there's no copyright on it. I'm still going to do 90-second shorts since Facebook and Instagram only accommodate 90-second reels. Thanks for sharing.

[@DiskiDomain]

The fact you made $2000 off 10m is still insane. Some of us have a RPM of 2 or 3 cents. Do you think the RPM will go up for longer shorts ? Makes no sense for us to spend more time editing a longer short and get the same RPM. I've noticed low effort quick upload shorts do better than edits that take me hours to do. Make it make sense

[@varelas1994]

I listen to a longer format while I'm at work because i have my buds in, and it helps pass the time.

[@thefiercemompreneur]

This is true!

[@theculturedbumpkin]

The "Old Shorts"/"New Shorts"/"Jorts" visual was great :) awesome vid

[@GRUBB-MUDD]

Sean jd delay is the best at merging his audience from long and short

[@NeneBlessing]

Thanks for the update

[@AllAccessConstruction]

9:54 mark... I agree 100 percent

[@ThinkMediaTV]

🔒

[@BuildwithMooney]

Sean, I finally had success with Shorts and it's easier for me to do a good Short to get 500k-2M views only takes me 1 hour to record and upload so the return is HUGE! Right now I'm making substantially more with Shorts than long form only because I haven't had long form go viral yet.

[@innervisionfm1240]

I use IN Video AI 25:35 where I get the license for my pictures music invoices and KZbin gave me a copyright strike so I’m not sure what to do about this. I can use your advice..

[@LuckyBraxton]

10:12 Still new to in car food reviews, I’ve found my videos usually take 8 mins to shoot, but I edit them down to 4-6 mins. Then, I create a short from that. Honestly, I prefer shorter content so the 3-minute video limit works great for me. I keep the full 6-8 min version for those who want a full lunch review, and shorter clips for quick scrolling, like your podcast clips. Thoughts?

[@TechOutAdam]

KZbin finally taking a page out of TikTok. All that matters is you make content and not worry about the perfect format. Adsense and getting paid just off views is the WORST way to get paid. You need to sell a product or service to truly make money.

[@GenXtothe7thPower]

I’m about to start creating content and I’ll give this new Jorts/Capri pants length a try. Your channel has been very helpful putting together the gear and mindset. Thank you

[@SterlingSansing]

Double check your copyright statement. My interpretation is that any shorts content over 60 seconds CANNOT have ANY copyright content. What you are saying is that any shorts content CAN have 60 seconds or less of actual copyright content.

[@nevermindthemagic]

Thanks, Sean!

[@TheMentalHealthToolbox]

Love the pinky and the brain reference 😂 Appreciate you Sean. I’m going to keep making long form and using opus to make my jorts and just set the time frame

[@23yFlagler]

I do mostly political commentary, interviews and quick news comments. The 3 minutes shorts for me seems like a dream solution, because all I need to do is take a small segment of a broader video, and use it for reaching a broader audience. 1 minute has been always very strict to me, but 3 mins is the top that I almost set for my self for this kind of shorts videos. I'm not looking to monetize with this 3 mins shorts, but to bring people to the channel and to get into the long format videos.

[@GRUBB-MUDD]

Ohh snap 3 min video

[@MulligansBlog]

Great video, it made us think about this more. I watch you long form, but I tend to scroll past your shorts… just being honest. In the office I can put one of your longs up and multi task without the short subject changing every 60 seconds. With that said - we get short viewers and much less (much) long form. I’d like to change that. 👍

[@etsyconsultant]

Shorts are no good for my channel (ecommerce), the revenue is pitiful, complete waste of time.

[@jessiesdroneadventures7464]

Hey Sean! If you had to throw out a number, what do you anticipate the Average RPMs will be for 3 minute shorts?

[@DiskiDomain]

If they can 5-10x the current rate I'd go full ham 😢

[@DarkBlueNutrition]

“Introducing KZbin pants” 😂😂 … I cackled!

[@MilindBorkar_MENTOR]

Thank you 🎉 for giving awareness about the new updates of KZbin

[@thefiercemompreneur]

Yes very appreciated!

[@stormiebaby24]

This realy helped me. Ive started with shorts but want to do long form also. I didnt know if i needed to do a completely different channel. I understood the audience wasnt the same but i didnt know if there was a down sode to having two different audiences for 1 channel

[@Katalogueee]

Thank you

[@mikezupancic2182]

Your comment about people not wanting shorts is gold. I HATE shorts. I really hope I get zero shorts notifications. I tend to dislike all recommended shorts.

[@UrbanCajunGirl]

Shawn..Curious why creators, providing educational content like this who are speaking directly to the viewer have shifted to the multi camera angle. It’s feels unnatural and awkward. I don’t enjoy it as a viewer. If I’m listening to someone talk to me, they don’t turn their head away for minutes and talk in a different direction. It’s feels awkward and over produced. Your thoughts?

[@miniscenesgb]

Thanks for this clarification. The music thing - is it the music 60 seconds, or the video 60 seconds? I am considering hitting showing fewer shorts. I'd be on tik tok if I wanted to be force fed shorts. However why don;t they just do watch hours count across both? Surely watch hours are watch hours. it'll balance. Question "over a minute" Is that what they mean? a minute or a minute and over? so is it up to 60 seconds or over 60 seconds? does it include exactly 60 seconds?

[@Painfultruth_08]

Good luck, people you can do this

[@genxtravelsister]

I like long form videos personally because it’s easier to pull up my favorite channel and listen while I am either cleaning my house or getting ready in the morning or when I’m getting ready to go to bed at night , this way l I don’t have to keep scrolling. However, from a content creator perspective, I would get a little frustrated when I would only have 60 seconds to do a short, so I am glad they did increase it.

[@genxtravelsister]

Also, that being said, I only have 50+ followers and my shorts get more attention than my longform videos.

[@blackhands301]

Shorts is responsible for most of my subscribers so I want to start with the movement to get more eyes that will hopefully be interested in my long videos

[@ThinkMediaTV]

Very difficult to get the audiences to cross over...

[@LeeDowningKeat]

What happens if you schedule a video like this to go live on 15th or after, will it be a short or does it count as uploaded on 15th or after. I film only on weekends and in batch

[@finallylaur]

that's really interesting to know, thank you for your pointers!

[@ThinkMediaTV]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@AKIYIAKELLY]

Thanks for the Video

[@MKSQUADofficial]

If they were to raise the RPM to $1 that would be a game changer

[@RolltoMissRPG]

I can’t wait to make some weekly Jorts. I feel like the most addicting things about shorts is the fact that they’re only a few seconds long. I don’t think 3 minutes will give you that hit of dopamine.

[@ArthurField]

Ill definitely be taking advantage, i was bummed i could do longer shorts on IG, FB and TT. I dont have time to make multiple shorts of various lengths per platform. This will help 🎉

[@teaformulamaths]

You're right about shorts being stolen content. it's abhorrent. How can it be allowed... how can people get rich on that?😢

[@HVYCHKNRADIO]

🎼When Shorts first started on KZbin, they were great for my channel at first. I produce and post original music but also do mashups and remixes and most of my songs are in between 2.5 to 3.5 minutes. This is going to be huge for the music industry being that the average song length now at days is 3 minutes. The DJ/ Producer world will be crazy affected. What are your thoughts??

[@KyserClark]

I got 23% (watching both) crossover between Videos and Shorts 19% crossover between Videos and Live and 11% crossover between Shorts and live My shorts are just pieces of my videos content though with captions and some extra ai generated b roll from opus clip. I like this update because I can make longer shorts that will help me when it comes to TikTok monitization since I just post the same clips across all platforms. I don't have the time to tailor content for each platform. But I'm the "expert teaching stuff, platform agnostic" person you were talking about.

[@Mamapractical]

Thanks for sharing 👍🏻❤

[@ThinkMediaTV]

You are so welcome

[@BigChannel2025]

Thx for info,i am very new on KZbin,i am kinda nab..i try to understand how the things are actualy working. Ty again!🎉

[@IndonesianwithOssi]

That's great news 🎉🎉🎉

[@TUGPODCAST]

I hope the reward is better than the usual 1 min short. Overall shorts a good for people who don’t want long version videos

[@hannahmae.]

awesome video, thank you!

[@JimSmithBrazil]

Current shorts for my channel are tough to do what I want. I use shorts to tell my subscribers what my plans are for the week. Then follow up with a longer video later in the week. 90 seconds shorts for me would of have been helpful. I also I have gotten more subscribers through my shorts. I am excited for 3 minute shorts. But will typically work harder on the long formats.

[@sidewyndersshed1676]

Since I tend to be "long winded" I have always felt rushed making a short. I've felt much more comfortable making reels on facebook. I like the ability to make a roughly 90 second or longer short.

[@DeanFamilyAcres]

Our channel got hit for a non-original content demonetization for remixing (green screening) a video that went semi viral for us (850k views). It’s caused us to not do shorts for awhile because it’s not our primary focus. Lots of gray area.

[@MindsetRenewal247]

I tried it yesterday. Uploaded a vertical 1:14 long short and it did not work.

[@SofiaMendoza-q3v]

I agree with customizing

[@JohnBradford14]

"That's right pal! You're dealing with Steve 'Two-Phones' Macabee!"

[@TechSkillsCoach]

@thinkmediaTV how does this impact watch time for those channels who are not yet monetized. This is fine for large monetized channels but will kill smaller channels still trying to get monetize. Please clarify...

[@professordianaskole]

I need to go look at the recordings. It’s been a struggle all summer and especially the last couple weeks, and I needed a mental health break. I did register for it and got the text message prompts. I do a short every Monday and a long form on Thursday. I use my shorts for one question posits and to “advertise” my longer form videos and video series. I’ve got a few that ended up being a minute and a half that I put shorts in the title anyway, that couldn’t be shortened any due to the topic. **Stealing content tip: when you upload to KZbin, make sure you uncheck the box that says your content can be remixed. There are 2 sections for this so don’t just do the one and then scroll on through, there is another one on that same page.

[@theshepard22]

If I'm new to making content but I do have some solid ideas for my path forward. Do shorts or jorts even apply to me at this very beginner stage? Where should I aim my content creation in terms of length? I know this does depend a bit on my actual material and style and I do believe mine will be on the longer side with added depth.

[@thewhitbyphotographer]

I think for any videos id normally do in landscape that are shorter than 8 minutes Ill try with the vertical format and condense them into 3 mins or less. I feel the new Algorithm will be kinder, and hopefully find more new viewers for the channel.

[@dvlaserworks]

IF you do 1:15 videos...all can be monetized...across all 3 platforms. All vertical...everyone should be happy.

[@ThinkMediaTV]

Agree! 💰💯

[@dvlaserworks]

@@ThinkMediaTV For me...I sometimes (read all the time for shorts) I do time lapse laser engraving videos and post them. It isn't as thought provoking as a long of as creative as a long. The value if you will come from adding an end card to link to a full video, where you discuss the whatever. Kinda like taking your chapters and putting a 3 minute "plug" with the end card. Life is happy.

[@aroyalaustralian]

This is good news for those of us who like shorts

[@mrhoneystinger3676]

Just make it 3 minutes and 5 seconds. You'll be close to what they're trying to push, and you'll make more money. Shorts don't pay. Remember the creators are ultimately in control. YT reacts to us, not the other way around

[@mytechcave]

more powers to creators..thank you😊

[@TomWellyWells]

FINALLY!!!!!

[@tmac9127]

Do you think they're encouraging longer shorts to get more episodic type of content in shorts format? I thought some tv companies tried this during COVID. They were mini episodes in 9:16 format.

[@shoiku4734]

That's great. 60 secs is too short. It's actually 58 secs~ 59 secs because when it reaches or passes 59 secs, it becomes long form.

[@Artalune]

Interesting! Thanks for sharing

[@BenOchart]

How about copyright protected music used with permission in 3 minute shorts? Will the long form policies apply? I’m talking about music from sources like EpidemicSound???

[@Myview72]

Different audiences or different mindset. Sometimes I watch shorts but most times I watch long form. I rarely do both. It depends on my mindset or if I am in work/learning mode or not.

[@JayneNicoletti]

I think it’s good for those of us who create recipe content. I sometimes need just under 90 seconds. 60 sometimes isn’t enough because I like to show measurements. They get saved more vs the 10 second quick cut people swipe past.

[@ThinkMediaTV]

Great insight! Thanks for sharing!

[@tylerburton3477]

The number one thing I want for my shorts is to be able to upload thumbnails for shorts. It drives me up the wall that I can't do it.

[@SaharNawaz]

This is crazy because so many channels especially younger people have 1+ min long VERTICAL videos that have always uploaded as actual KZbin videos and contributed to their watch time. A lot of these channels have KZbin as their second or third platforms though where tiktok is their main and they usually repost the tiktok which is just a bit longer than a min to KZbin. But now they’ll all upload as shorts because rarely they’re over 3 min. I wonder how this will effect their watch time, monetization etc.

[@LoveMemeee]

3 minutes not bad it just weird when Shorts getting longer 😅

[@thefiercemompreneur]

😂😂😂

[@fordtahoma]

I just uploaded 2:59 short and nothing happens, it still uploads it as a long form..?

[@TeacherMatthew911]

I only have 3 subscribers, but I think this creates opportunities. I’m going to try and tell better stories and get more detail in shorts.

[@thewhitbyphotographer]

I quite like the idea.

[@JulianNapoles]

I can’t wait for this!! ❤

[@superboyjamie]

I was making 3 to 4 minute long videos as slideshows for my AI pictures because the 59-second shorts were too "short"... Now that I can make 3-minute shorts, I can put my slides into 3-minute shorts with music and I'm done! Whoohoo!