✳ YOUTUBE SHORTS HUB
YouTube Shorts tools
Shorts reserves less overlay space than TikTok or Reels - mainly the subscribe button and progress bar at the bottom - but the title is a separate, indexable field that matters for search as much as the caption does.
- Aspect ratio
- 9:16 or 1:1
- Max length
- up to 3 minutes
- Max file size
- 256 GB overall upload cap; Shorts duration rules still apply
- Caption limit
- 5,000 characters