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Economic Times
3 hours ago
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- Economic Times
YouTube Shorts has hit 200 billion daily views: CEO Neal Mohan
Live Events 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 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 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 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 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 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.
Time of India
4 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Time of India
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. Live Events 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. Discover the stories of your interest Blockchain 5 Stories Cyber-safety 7 Stories Fintech 9 Stories E-comm 9 Stories ML 8 Stories Edtech 6 Stories 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
Yahoo
6 hours ago
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
YouTube Announces Expanded Access to Gen-AI Creative Tools, New Usage Insights
This story was originally published on Social Media Today. To receive daily news and insights, subscribe to our free daily Social Media Today newsletter. YouTube has announced that it's expanding access to Google's VEO generative AI tools in the app later this year, which will enable more people to use AI to create YouTube Shorts clips, while it's also shared a range of new usage insights as part of its presentation at the Cannes Lions Festival this week. Celebrating 20 years of existence, YouTube CEO Neal Mohan highlighted a range of new insights at the event, with updated data on usage trends, along with a new report that looks at YouTube's content evolution over time. The big announcement, however, is expanded access to Google's Veo text-to-video tools for Shorts generation. As per Mohan: 'I'm proud to share that Veo 3 will be coming to YouTube Shorts later this summer. I believe these tools will open new creative lanes for everyone to explore.' You've likely already seen a range of Veo-powered examples across various social apps, with many creators generating short snippets based on their own prompts. YouTube launched Veo 2 access for selected Shorts creators back in February, but it's now updating this with the latest Veo model, and giving more people access. Which will mean more AI-generated content. Is that a good thing? I mean, the Veo 3 generated content certainly looks good, but it's also highlighted that, despite having access to such tools, creativity is still the key. It doesn't matter if you can make a sci-fi scene if you can't come up with a good story or joke, and it does seem like we're going to have to sit through a few million examples of AI-generated junk before we start to realise this. But it's already happening, and the expansion of such tools will provide more opportunities for many creative users who may not have got that exposure otherwise. Just anticipate that there'll be a lot, a lot of rubbish as well. In addition to the Veo expansion, Mohan also shared some updated usage data, including: YouTube Shorts are now being viewed over 200 billion times per day on average, up from the 70 billion daily views that YouTube reported in March last year. Viewers now watch over a billion hours of YouTube content on their TVs every day, with over half of YouTube's top 100 channels now generating the majority of their views via Connected TV (CTV), underlining the platform's takeover of traditional TV. YouTube facilitates a billion podcast viewers every month. YouTube's AI-powered auto-dubbing tool has been used on more than 20 million videos thus far. In addition, YouTube also recently published its latest 'Culture and Trends' report, which provides some additional insight into key YouTube usage shifts. The report shows that short-form videos as seeing a lot more views over time (no surprise), while videos over 60 minutes long in the app are also seeing a big rise in viewing. The latter note likely aligns with the rise of CTV viewing, with more people now seeking out movie-length films and documentaries in the app, as well as podcasts, which have proven surprisingly popular on CTV. The report also looks at the emergence of creators in the app, and how YouTube is facilitating opportunity across the world: There's also charts reflecting the popularity of key video trends: And notes on the key role that gaming plays in the rise of online content: These are all important trends to note for creators, and more marketers looking to tap into the YouTube ecosystem. Understanding how YouTube is evolving, and what users are coming to app for, is key to maximizing your content strategy in the app. Some valuable data points, which could help to guide your thinking. You can download YouTube's full 20th birthday 'Culture and Trends' report here.
GSM Arena
a day ago
- Entertainment
- GSM Arena
Google will let creators generate videos for YouTube Shorts using the Veo 3 AI model
Late last year, Google introduced the 'Dream Screen' feature for YouTube Shorts – this is a play on words on 'green screen' and allows content creators to use AI generated images and videos as a background for their videos. The company is building on this capability and will soon integrate its latest Veo 3 model into Shorts. This will allow creators to generate elaborate and fairly polished-looking video clips to use in their shorts with just a text prompt. This was announced by YouTube CEO Neal Mohan while attending the Cannes Lions film festival. The integration is expected to go live later this summer. Here is a demo of what Dream Screen can do right now: Keep in mind that this feature was based on the older Veo 2 model. And now here's what Veo 3 can do. Note that the AI model generated not just the visuals, but also all the sound effects and even the voices for the characters. Mohan's presentation at the Cannes Lions festival included some interesting numbers. YouTube Shorts launched in 2021 and is already averaging 200 billion views per day. Per. Day. Mind you, there are only 8 billion people on Earth. Mohan said: 'My bet for the next 20 years? Creators will flip formats, blend genres, and push deeper into the mainstream — as brand ambassadors, big business ventures and visionary storytellers. Communities will continue to surprise us with the power of their collective fandom. And cutting-edge AI technology will push the limits of human creativity.' Source
News18
a day ago
- Entertainment
- News18
YouTube's AI Push In Shorts Videos Could End The World Of Creators: Here's The Reason
Last Updated: YouTube Shorts videos could soon get AI-powered support from Veo 3 which means you don't need a camera or a script to make videos. YouTube is taking AI to disrupt its creator market by offering Shorts videos that can be created using basic text prompts. The video streaming platform intends to bring Google's Veo 3 AI model to the feature which makes shooting a video and creating a script redundant in a big way. The integration of Veo 3 into YouTube Shorts is expected later this year and the update was shared by YouTube CEO Neal Mohan at an event recently. Like any other AI model launched this year, you can generate content by offering text prompts. Google is aiming to go AI-centric with most of its products but Shorts pivoting to AI could mean trouble for those who make a living because of the platform. YouTube's AI Push For Shorts: Worrying Signs Veo 3 AI model works with Google's paid AI plans so YouTube will need to unlock that aspect to allow people to use the feature. AI content has become a concern for privacy and deep fake experts and creating videos using text prompts could go haywire without adequate moderation in place. The company is seeing over 200 billion views per day on Shorts, which translates into a hefty pay for the creators. Does using AI change that model for both the parties, certainly but YouTube will need to be smart with its plans and share them with the community to avoid facing heavy backlash. We have already seen AI models hallucinate content and companies face copyright cases for allegedly infringing content. YouTube could also play into the hands of its rivals by tempting the creators to jump ship and consider TikTok and Instagram Reels as their next business avenue if the Shorts AI evolution goes ahead. First Published: June 19, 2025, 15:46 IST
