YouTube Shorts averaged over 70 billion daily views, and more than 3 million channels were in the YouTube Partner Program (2024)
Outdated Confidence: high
Source found and quoted correctly, but old enough that the market has changed.
- Commonly cited as
- "How many views do YouTube Shorts get per day?"
- True origin
- YouTube (CEO Neal Mohan) — Letter from the YouTube CEO: 4 Big bets for 2024
- Type
- Reference fact: A frequently needed number or rule taken directly from a primary source (e.g. Pew, Census, IAB/PwC, FTC), with its as-of date.
- Year
- 2024
- Data as of
- Early 2024 (CEO's 2024 letter)
- Last checked
- What the source says
Today more than 3 million channels are in the YouTube Partner Program (YPP) ... Shorts is averaging over 70 billion daily views
- Method & sample
- Company-reported figures.
- Drift between quote and source
- Age: early-2024 figure; YouTube's press page now says Shorts averages over 200 billion daily views
- Interest
- YouTube promotes its own platform.
Safe rephrasing
In early 2024 YouTube said Shorts averaged over 70 billion daily views; its current press page says over 200 billion, so use the newer figure with its date.
Sources we opened
Machine-readable: /api/claims/youtube-shorts-70-billion-daily-views-2024.json · Last checked 2026-10-16