YouTube Shorts appear smaller than before
14 posts across 2 communities in the last 30 days; 93% from r/youtube.
“what on earth it this? cant even see how many views something has now... also why is there a giant empty space?”
“I uploaded a video today and got a message about how you can't trim Shorts. I used to do this regularly, so it was jarring to suddenly not have it be an option. I realize that there's probably a bunch of software I can use outside of YouTube, but I liked doing it natively. It…”
“This looks disgusting and you can't even see the whole thumbnail”
Users dislike the new YouTube interface, specifically noting that Shorts videos now take up more space and are less organized compared to the previous 3x3 layout. The change makes the display feel cluttered and visually unappealing.
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“what on earth it this? cant even see how many views something has now... also why is there a giant empty space? submitted by /u/hornyafomfg [link] [comments]”
“I uploaded a video today and got a message about how you can't trim Shorts. I used to do this regularly, so it was jarring to suddenly not have it be an option. I realize that there's probably a bunch of software I can use outside of YouTube, but I liked doing it natively. It seems weird to get rid of something that already existed as a feature. submitted by /u/BowlerTraditional283 [link] [comments]”
“Shorts should not take the entire screen and should be 2 instead of 4, they should also not be the first when you open the app, after that, the overall sizes of both shorts and have space between them to have it more clear and videos in the home screen should be smaller and there should be needing extra buttons such as like, comment and save and instead save should be contained in the three dots and the other should be removed(before that the video ofc) and the channel icon should smaller and th”
“Bro the new ui update made yt shorts small💔 submitted by /u/LeftAsparagus850 [link] [comments]”
“One has the old like-dislike layout, whilst the other has the current layout. ? submitted by /u/FreedoM1A2 [link] [comments]”
“Do YouTube Shorts have to be vertically-oriented like a phone? Or can the be wide like a long video? submitted by /u/Zealousideal-Win5603 [link] [comments]”
Idk how submitted by /u/Spirited-Shame-2082 [link] [comments]
“It looks so ugly ESPECIALLY the shorts section on home page submitted by /u/National_Winter_3476 [link] [comments]”
“I scrolled random videos and found this submitted by /u/Reinforced1100 [link] [comments]”
“Is there any way to make it centered again? submitted by /u/therawhuman [link] [comments]”
“on the YouTube app you used to see a white tag saying "new" on shorts that were posted within a week < or at least that is what Gemini tells me when I searched for YouTube shorts new tag gone submitted by /u/No-Name-Nobody94 [link] [comments]”
“They added the save button to shorts. submitted by /u/Initial-Brilliant-85 [link] [comments]”
“Other shorts were completely normal but this one seems different submitted by /u/I_likeTsukigames [link] [comments]”
“This looks disgusting and you can't even see the whole thumbnail submitted by /u/Disastrous_Lie_6698 [link] [comments]”
“I was scrolling and I stumbled upon this and wondered if the change doesn't apply to all short. submitted by /u/Wide-Mine-388 [link] [comments]”
“Yes this the concept of them sucks asss the shorts player is annoying and its just hindering my experience i use a shorts blocker on my phone browser it helps a tons. pushing for shorts creations and views is hindering my favorite channels so much submitted by /u/yotam5434 [link] [comments]”
“The short on the right is the only one that looked like that 🤔 submitted by /u/Themadbritter_ [link] [comments]”
“It just changed recently, used to be like 10 viewable shorts to scroll through…what happened? submitted by /u/77ku77 [link] [comments]”
“THE SHORTS WERE MUCH MORE ORGANIZED BY 3x3. Why do we need to make them bigger?! submitted by /u/Lia-Scamander [link] [comments]”