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  "schema_version": "1.1",
  "id": "youtube-shorts-up-to-3-minutes",
  "slug": "youtube-shorts-up-to-3-minutes",
  "url": "https://groundedkit.com/claims/youtube-shorts-up-to-3-minutes/",
  "api_url": "https://groundedkit.com/api/claims/youtube-shorts-up-to-3-minutes.json",
  "claim": "YouTube Shorts can be up to three minutes long",
  "commonly_cited_as": "\"YouTube Shorts max length is 60 seconds\"",
  "verdict": "verified",
  "verdict_definition": "Primary source found; it says the same thing, the scope matches, and it is reasonably current.",
  "confidence": "high",
  "rating": {
    "value": 5,
    "best": 5,
    "worst": 1
  },
  "origin": {
    "publisher": "YouTube Help",
    "title": "Understand three-minute YouTube Shorts",
    "year": "2026"
  },
  "quote": "You can now create YouTube Shorts up to three minutes in length.",
  "method": "Platform documentation; square or vertical aspect ratio required for longer Shorts.",
  "drift": [
    "Older guides still say Shorts are capped at 60 seconds"
  ],
  "interest": "n/a (platform documentation).",
  "safe_rephrasing": "YouTube now allows Shorts up to three minutes long (the old limit was 60 seconds).",
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "YouTube Help — three-minute Shorts",
      "url": "https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/15424877",
      "primary": true
    }
  ],
  "kind": "reference_fact",
  "as_of": "Help page checked Oct. 16, 2026 (three-minute Shorts launched Oct. 2024)",
  "last_checked": "2026-10-16",
  "stale": false,
  "date_reviewed": "2026-10-16",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
}