YouTube Shorts Take Over Living Rooms

YouTube Shorts, originally designed for mobile, are experiencing significant viewership on televisions, accumulating over 2 billion hours monthly. YouTube reports the living room is its fastest-growing screen, with U.S. viewers alone watching over 200 million hours of YouTube content daily on these devices.

This trend is further supported by Google TV, which now features a 'Short videos for you' row. To enhance the experience on larger screens, YouTube has updated Shorts to display viewer comments alongside the vertical videos, creating a more immersive environment for both viewers and creators.

The popularity of short-form content on TVs extends to podcasts as well. YouTube viewers watched over 700 million hours of podcasts on living room devices in 2025, an increase from 400 million hours in 2024, signaling a broader shift in how audiences consume media.