are YouTube shorts bringing subscribers who actually watch long videos?

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thirstpapa

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Jan 28, 2024

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• Wednesday at 4:28 PM

• #21

yes but only a small portion of shorts viewers usually move to long videos.keep both formats around the same topics and check youtube studio analytics see if viewers are watching both.

 

Max Suite07

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Jun 25, 2026

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• Wednesday at 6:34 PM

• #22

Yes, you can use important clips from a longer video as shorts. This will make people subscribe to your channel to watch the next part of this video.

 

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Hare1

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Sep 7, 2026

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• Thursday at 11:35 PM

• #23

Ji Xao said:

shorts can get thousands of views but do those viewers ever watch your regular videos? i'd like to hear from creators who have tried both.

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shorts audience is mostly different than the one who stays longer on long form videos. I have observed it on my channel I got 500 subscribers per week from shorts but they are of no use because they don't engage in longer videos.

 

lisati

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Aug 14, 2023

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• Thursday at 11:42 PM

• #24

long and short form are 2 very different types of audiences, generally you’ll generate more traffic with short form but the conversion rate is way lower. Mix both, that’s the best way.

 

missrose

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Aug 18, 2023

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• Yesterday at 4:35 AM

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In my experience, view counts on Shorts do not automatically translate into views for long-form videos. You might want to focus on tracking the number of returning viewers and the traffic to your long-form content that originates from Shorts.

 

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High Score

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Sep 27, 2025

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• Yesterday at 4:37 AM

• #26

Shorts aren't great to bring in viewers who watch the long videos.

 

Coders_Belli

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Mar 26, 2024

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• Yesterday at 9:42 PM

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Mostly no. Shorts viewers come from a swipe feed and rarely click through to long-form. On-topic Shorts that tease your long videos, with the full video linked, convert far better than random viral ones.