B
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35,000,000,000
35,000,000,000 -- shorts views analyzed for YouTube Shorts (2026)
vidIQ analyzed 35 billion YouTube Shorts views to understand the platform's algorithm and retention dynamics.
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35,000,000,000
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Data Vintage
2026
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B
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75
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
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vidIQ
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Tier B
https://virvid.ai/blog/best-ai-niches-faceless-channels-2026 ↗
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vidIQ platform data analysis of Shorts views
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Segmentation
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YouTube Shorts: 35,000,000,000 shorts views analyzed. Source: vidIQ (2026). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/vidiq-shorts-35b-views-analysis
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