B
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6,500,000,000
6,500,000,000 -- daily video views for YouTube Shorts (2021-03)
YouTube Shorts was generating 6.5 billion global daily views in March 2021.
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Value
6,500,000,000
Unit
Count
Data Vintage
2021-03
Entity
Evidence Quality
B
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Score breakdown
Extraction
95
Source Trust
60
Citation Chain
20
Independence
30
Methodology
45
Freshness
95
Source
YouTube/Alphabet
Primary
Tier A
https://digitalmediawire.com/youtube-shorts-at-one-year-what-the-video-giant-has-learned-about-the-6… ↗
Source Article
YouTube Shorts at One Year: What the Video Giant Has Learned About the 60-Second Format — and What’s Next
Variety reports: “As of this summer, YouTube Shorts was generating over 15 billion global daily views, more than doubling from 6.5 billion in March 2021, Alphabet/Google CEO Sundar Pichai announced in July. “YouTube Shorts continues to gain momentum,” he said. YouTube Shorts launched globally in mid…
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YouTube/Alphabet
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Methodology
Platform official figure cited by Sundar Pichai, reported by Variety
Methodology documented
Trend Over Time
| Period | Value | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2021-03 (current) | 6,500,000,000 | |
| Q3 2025 | 70,000,000,000 | +976.9% |
| Q4 2025 | 70,000,000,000 | 0% |
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Industrymarketing
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YouTube Shorts: 6,500,000,000 daily video views. Source: YouTube/Alphabet (2021-03). Via Lighthouse Intelligence -- https://lighthousedata.io/data/youtube-shorts-daily-views-march-2021
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<blockquote cite="https://lighthousedata.io/data/youtube-shorts-daily-views-march-2021" style="border-left:3px solid #2563eb;padding:12px 16px;margin:16px 0;font-family:system-ui,sans-serif;background:#f0f4ff;"><strong>6,500,000,000</strong> -- daily video views for YouTube Shorts<br><small>Source: YouTube/Alphabet (2021-03) · <a href="https://lighthousedata.io/data/youtube-shorts-daily-views-march-2021" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lighthouse Intelligence</a></small></blockquote>
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