YouTube’s finally adding more separation between shorts and regular videos

YouTube is updating its website and app so Shorts, live streams, and regular videos each have their own tab on a creator’s channel, instead of being thrown together in a single list (via 9to5Google). Support post, the company says the change is based on user feedback, and that it’ll “make it easier for viewers to discover the kinds of content they’re most interested in when exploring a creator’s channel page.”

Before the update, if you went to a channel you’d see a single tab labeled “videos,” which showed you a list of all the user’s uploads, including shorts, live streams, and regular-length videos. There is a filter which allows you to alter the format of the list. However, the filter resets each time you leave the page. So when you come back, everything will be in the same format.

The change giving each type of content its own tab started rolling out on Thursday, and should make its way to more users “in the coming weeks.”

It is possible that completionists may find it more difficult to view all channels. However, they still enjoy the convenience of having everything on one screen. For me personally, though, it’s a blessing — lots of the creators I follow will create clips of their regular content, and upload it as shorts, and it was always a bit of a hassle to switch to the videos tab, scroll through a few thumbnails, and then remember that I have to go back to the top to turn the filter on. It’ll also help users who just want to watch shorts, who don’t want to have to filter out regular videos.

For Youtube and creators, that’s good news: the company recently announced that, starting next year, creators in its Partner Program will Take a percentage of the revenue from adsThey are often seen in shorts. The platform could be able to compete with TikTok, which currently pays creators via a creators fundThey can also make some of their own cash by tipping.