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# YouTube Shorts expands music from 15 to 60 seconds
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/youtube-shorts-expands-music-from-15-to-60-seconds/
- Published: 2022-11-16T16:40:00.000Z
- Updated: 2022-11-16T17:28:24.000Z
- Description: YouTube Shorts is expanding the length of music and sounds on its short videos from 15 to 60 seconds, thanks to new licensing deals with labels and publishers. In the. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2022/11/youtube-shorts-expands-music-from-15-to-60-seconds.html]
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: Music Marketing, Social Media, YouTube & Video, DIY musicians, music, Music Business, music industry, Music Tech, musician, musicians, YouTube, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 09:44

YouTube Shorts is expanding the length of music and sounds on its short videos from 15 to 60 seconds, thanks to new licensing deals with labels and publishers.

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*image via YouTube*

In the coming days, YouTube says that the majority of music on Shorts will be available in lengths of up to 60 seconds. Creators can now also remix or sample, up to 60 seconds of sounds from other videos.

TikTok already enables 60 seconds of music, and this update addresses one of the chief complaints from YouTube Shorts at a time when the definition of what constitutes a short video is evolving.

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