Daily views
- 30 billion+Alphabet Q1 2022 earnings call ·
- 50 billion+Alphabet Q4 2022 earnings call ·
- 70 billion+Alphabet Q3 2023 earnings call ·
- 70 billion+Alphabet Q4 2023 earnings call ·
- 70 billion+Alphabet Q1 2024 earnings call ·
- 70 billion+Alphabet Q3 2024 earnings call ·
- 200 billion+YouTube Official Blog (Cannes Lions 2025) ·
- 200 billion+Alphabet Q2 2025 earnings call ·
- 200 billion+Alphabet Q4 2025 earnings call ·
Users, creators and viewing
- 1.5 billion · Shorts signed-in users every monthAlphabet Q2 2022 earnings call ·
- 2 billion · Shorts logged-in users every monthAlphabet Q2 2023 earnings call ·
- 2 billion · Shorts signed-in users every month (restated)Alphabet Q3 2023 earnings call ·
- 2 billion · Shorts logged-in users every month (restated, the latest user figure)Alphabet Q4 2023 earnings call ·
- 70% · Share of channels uploading to YouTube each month that upload ShortsAlphabet Q3 2024 earnings call ·
- 15% · Connected TV's share of Shorts viewing in the USAlphabet Q4 2024 earnings call ·
- 10 million · Channels publishing Shorts each dayAlphabet Q1 2026 earnings call ·
Monetization against in-stream
- Called Shorts a “slight headwind to revenue growth” as Shorts took a larger share of YouTube viewing.Alphabet Q1 2022 earnings call ·
- The US monetization rate of Shorts relative to in-stream viewing had “more than doubled in the past 12 months”.Alphabet Q1 2024 earnings call ·
- The US Shorts monetization rate relative to in-stream rose by more than 30 percentage points during 2024.Alphabet Q4 2024 earnings call ·
- In the US, Shorts now earn as much revenue per watch hour as traditional in-stream video.Alphabet Q2 2025 earnings call ·
- In the US, Shorts now earn more revenue per watch hour than traditional in-stream video.Alphabet Q3 2025 earnings call ·
Changes that affect the figures
- Shorts uploads extended to 3 minutes, from 15 October 2024.YouTube Official Blog ·
- YouTube announced that from 31 March 2025 a Shorts view counts each time a Short starts to play or replays, with no minimum watch time.YouTube Help Community ·
YouTube ads revenue
- $11,055M · Q2 2026Alphabet Q2 2026 earnings release (SEC 8-K, Exhibit 99.1) ·
Left out, and why
- YouTube full-year revenue estimates from analysts (e.g. MoffettNathanson): not Alphabet disclosures
- Shorts share of YouTube watch time: never disclosed