YouTube Says It’s Gaining on TikTok in Short-Video Race

In an effort to present itself as a viable competitor to the reigning short-form video platform TikTok, YouTube announced today its rival service YouTube Shorts is now being watched by over 1.5 billion logged-in users every month, less than two years after its launch. By comparison, TikTok announced 1 billion monthly users in September 2021.

Though it hasn’t announced updated figures since, TikTok was forecast to hit the 1.5 billion per month user figure sometime this year.