{
  "schema_version": "1.1",
  "id": "youtube-shorts-200-billion-daily-views",
  "slug": "youtube-shorts-200-billion-daily-views",
  "url": "https://groundedkit.com/claims/youtube-shorts-200-billion-daily-views/",
  "api_url": "https://groundedkit.com/api/claims/youtube-shorts-200-billion-daily-views.json",
  "claim": "YouTube Shorts averages over 200 billion daily views",
  "commonly_cited_as": "\"YouTube Shorts gets 200 billion views a day\"",
  "verdict": "verified",
  "verdict_definition": "Primary source found; it says the same thing, the scope matches, and it is reasonably current.",
  "confidence": "high",
  "rating": {
    "value": 5,
    "best": 5,
    "worst": 1
  },
  "origin": {
    "publisher": "YouTube",
    "title": "YouTube Press — YouTube by the numbers",
    "year": "2026"
  },
  "quote": "YouTube Shorts is now averaging over 200 billion daily views",
  "method": "Company-reported; YouTube does not publish how a Shorts view is counted on this page.",
  "drift": [
    "Unit: views, not viewers"
  ],
  "interest": "YouTube (Google) sells ads on Shorts.",
  "safe_rephrasing": "YouTube says Shorts averages over 200 billion daily views (views, not unique viewers).",
  "sources": [
    {
      "title": "YouTube Press",
      "url": "https://blog.youtube/press/",
      "primary": true
    }
  ],
  "kind": "reference_fact",
  "as_of": "YouTube press page, checked Oct. 16, 2026",
  "last_checked": "2026-10-16",
  "stale": false,
  "date_reviewed": "2026-10-16",
  "license": "CC BY 4.0",
  "license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/"
}