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Data-backed research on short-form video, YouTube and the craft of editing — what works, what it pays, and how creators actually make it.
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What YouTube Shorts actually pay in 2026
Creators report a median $0.08 per 1,000 public Shorts views; their long-form pays 35× more per view. From February 2027, YouTube shares Shorts revenue only above 10M qualified views per 90 days.
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State of short-form video 2026
Omdia says Shorts are over 90% of new YouTube uploads; Alphabet says they now out-earn long-form per watch hour in the US. But 200B daily views isn't growth.
ReelsBot for Mac · Coming soon
Edit your shorts like a doc.
Drop in raw clips and type a brief. ReelsBot removes retakes, stutters and dead air on your Mac, then lets you fix the cut by editing the transcript. Join the waitlist to hear the day it launches.
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