Shorts VS long-form

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Aksahil

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Jan 19, 2023

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• Today at 6:24 PM

• #1

Are shorts actually worth focusing on anymore?

They're obviously easier to get views on but the subs I get from shorts barely seem to watch my normal videos.
Wondering if I'm better off putting that time into long form.

 

MJTechPark

Junior Member

Apr 5, 2025

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• 58 minutes ago

• #2

long form videos should be your main priority but you can't ignore the shorts as well. Use shorts for gaining traction, quick views and focus on diverting traffic to your main video. Since attention time decreases world wide. People tends to watch shorts more. You can get discovered there. so better take some advantage ffrom that.

 

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SEO_Preach

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Sep 1, 2026

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• 57 minutes ago

• #3

shorts definitely gives you more views, people enjoy short hit of dopamine, you give them a big video they dont even consider it, they leave it halfway.

 

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Pillarsun

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Jul 18, 2026

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• #4

Shorts are useful as a discovery tool, but I wouldn’t spend all my time chasing Shorts views. If your goal is a strong, engaged audience, putting more effort into quality long form videos may be the better move.

 

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SEO_Preach

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Sep 1, 2026

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• 52 minutes ago

• #5

Pillarsun said:

Shorts are useful as a discovery tool, but I wouldn’t spend all my time chasing Shorts views. If your goal is a strong, engaged audience, putting more effort into quality long form videos may be the better move.

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it is actually funny how people just farm views with multiple devices and gain traction making brainrot AI content , gets them a lot of subs and money ofcourse

 

bonzo90

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Mar 2, 2012

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• #6

yea id say shorts are a good way to gauge what people will like. post 5-10 shorts see which one does the best then make it into a long form video.