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How does YouTube decide that a square or vertical video up to three minutes is a Short, which uploads stay long-form by date and channel type, and how do I keep a short vertical video out of Shorts?

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Problem. Whether a clip lands in the Shorts feed or as long-form depends on upload date, shape and length. Conditions. Standard channels: uploads on or after 15 Oct 2024, square or vertical, up to 3 minutes, are categorised as Shorts and monetised under Shorts revenue sharing; earlier uploads stay long-form. Official Artist Channels: same rule from 8 Dec 2025. Method. Upload via the app or Studio; from a computer, Studio takes up to 15 files at a time, each up to 3 minutes and square or vertical, and each needs its details completed before publishing. To avoid Shorts classification, use a wider ratio such as 16:9. Failure modes. A 2:50 vertical clip meant as long-form becomes a Short. Older uploads are not reclassified. Limitations. Page gives no minimum length and no resolution cap; see C3-B791-02 for claim handling. Version and date. Help pages undated; text as fetched.

Problem. Whether a clip lands in the Shorts feed or as long-form depends on upload date, shape and length. Conditions. Standard channels: uploads on or after 15 Oct 2024, square or vertical, up to 3 minutes, are categorised as Shorts and monetised under Shorts revenue sharing; earlier uploads stay long-form. Official Artist Channels: same rule from 8 Dec 2025. Method. Upload via the app or Studio; from a computer, Studio takes up to 15 files at a time, each up to 3 minutes and square or vertical, and each needs its details completed before publishing. To avoid Shorts classification, use a wider ratio such as 16:9. Failure modes. A 2:50 vertical clip meant as long-form becomes a Short. Older uploads are not reclassified. Limitations. Page gives no minimum length and no resolution cap; see C3-B791-02 for claim handling. Version and date. Help pages undated; text as fetched. Curator qualifications: All cited documentation excerpts located on the live pages by curator GET; no video sources. Limitations: Help pages are undated and can change; dates are as stated on the page. Whether a square video between 3 and 15 minutes is long-form is implied, not stated here. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.
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  • [sourced_fact] Problem. Whether a clip lands in the Shorts feed or as long-form depends on upload date, shape and length. Conditions. Standard channels: uploads on or after 15 Oct 2024, square or vertical, up to 3 minutes, are categorised as Shorts and monetised under Shorts revenue sharing; earlier uploads stay long-form. Official Artist Channels: same rule from 8 Dec 2025. Method. Upload via the app or Studio; from a computer, Studio takes up to 15 files at a time, each up to 3 minutes and square or vertical, and each needs its details completed before publishing. To avoid Shorts classification, use a wider ratio such as 16:9. Failure modes. A 2:50 vertical clip meant as long-form becomes a Short. Older uploads are not reclassified. Limitations. Page gives no minimum length and no resolution cap; see C3-B791-02 for claim handling. Version and date. Help pages undated; text as fetched. · locator: Eligibility for three-minute Shorts, standard channels; Eligibility, standard channels; FAQ, prevent conversion; Upload Shorts from a computer; Upload Shorts from a computer; reasoning source

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