If you're looking to chop your YouTube Shorts time, there's a way to curb your doomscrolling. "Setting a scrolling time limit on the Shorts feed allows for this exploration while helping users be more ...

YouTube has announced new protections for kids and families, as well as new parental controls. The highlight of the new features is the ability for parents to limit their children's YouTube Shorts ...

Views of YouTube Shorts count toward a channel’s total watch time, but do not count toward monetization eligibility. To monetize YouTube videos you need to accumulate 4,000 hours of watch time within ...

Parents will also be able to manually create and adjust child and teen accounts on YouTube. Parents will also be able to manually create and adjust child and teen accounts on YouTube. is a news ...

YouTube has introduced a new timer that automatically pauses scrolling through Shorts. Scrolling can be resumed at any time, and Shorts will still appear throughout the app while the main feed is ...

Parental controls have been a major focus in January 2026, and YouTube is the latest platform to step in with new safety-focused updates. With YouTube Shorts evolving into a core product, kids are ...

YouTube Shorts are getting a time limit upgrade. Creators will soon be able to upload Shorts that are three minutes long. The new Shorts upgrade will take effect ...

YouTube has introduced a new feature that will help users manage how much time they spend watching Shorts. The short-form video feed is designed for quick viewing, but continuous scrolling can extend ...

Online video streaming platform YouTube has rolled out a new feature aimed at parents and guardians, allowing them to control how much time their children spend watching YouTube Shorts. This update ...

YouTube is rolling out a new feature for its Shorts platform, enabling mobile users to set custom daily watch time limits. Upon reaching the set limit, users will receive a notification pausing Shorts ...

Mobile users can automatically pause their Shorts feeds after watching for a set duration. Mobile users can automatically pause their Shorts feeds after watching for a set duration. is a news writer ...