YouTube Shorts has hit 200 billion daily views: CEO Neal Mohan
YouTube has crossed a major milestone with its short video feature, YouTube Shorts, now getting around 200 billion views every day, according to CEO Neal Mohan. He shared the update during his keynote address at the 2025 Cannes Lions Festival.
This marks a huge jump from last year, when YouTube reported (March 2024) that Shorts was averaging about 70 billion daily views. Viewership has gone up by nearly 186% in just a year.
Mohan also revealed that people are now watching more than 1 billion hours of YouTube on their TVs every day. In May, YouTube topped Nielsen’s The Gauge report for the fourth month in a row, making it the most-watched streaming platform in the US.
The platform made up 12.5% of all TV viewership, the largest share ever recorded by The Gauge across any streaming service or channel.
“For more than half of the top 100 most-watched YouTube channels in the world, TV is their most-watched screen,” Mohan said.
As Shorts continues to grow in popularity, YouTube is adding more tools to help creators. Mohan announced that Veo 3, the latest version of Google DeepMind’s video generation model, will be launching on the platform later this summer.
This AI tool helps users create video clips and backgrounds for Shorts. The earlier Dream Screen feature used an older version of Veo, but Veo 3 will bring sharper visuals and the ability to add audio, giving creators more ways to bring their ideas to life.
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This marks a huge jump from last year, when YouTube reported (March 2024) that Shorts was averaging about 70 billion daily views. Viewership has gone up by nearly 186% in just a year.
Mohan also revealed that people are now watching more than 1 billion hours of YouTube on their TVs every day. In May, YouTube topped Nielsen’s The Gauge report for the fourth month in a row, making it the most-watched streaming platform in the US.
The platform made up 12.5% of all TV viewership, the largest share ever recorded by The Gauge across any streaming service or channel.
“For more than half of the top 100 most-watched YouTube channels in the world, TV is their most-watched screen,” Mohan said.
As Shorts continues to grow in popularity, YouTube is adding more tools to help creators. Mohan announced that Veo 3, the latest version of Google DeepMind’s video generation model, will be launching on the platform later this summer.
This AI tool helps users create video clips and backgrounds for Shorts. The earlier Dream Screen feature used an older version of Veo, but Veo 3 will bring sharper visuals and the ability to add audio, giving creators more ways to bring their ideas to life.
Also Read: AI age is here, but human content will remain king: YouTube CEO Neal Mohan
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