With TikTok still facing the possibility of a ban in the U.S., the popularity of short-form video content continues to grow. The latest company to enter this space is TED, the non-profit best known ...

Recent technological advances and the introduction of new digital media platforms have dramatically changed how people learn and source information about topics that interest them. Some recent studies ...

Netflix announced on Wednesday that it’s testing a short-form video feature, signaling that even a streaming giant with over 300 million subscribers is concerned about losing viewers’ time spent on ...

Short-form video isn't new. Before TikTok, there was Vine—a platform that popularized 6-second video clips and helped redefine what it meant to go viral. The "Only a spoonful" of ice cream skit lives ...

Short-Form Video Rewards Consistency Short-form video looks simple from the outside. A clip may last less than ...

Latin American downloads of the top 20 short-drama apps have increased by roughly 402% year-on-year in 2025, according to market intelligence firm Sensor Tower. That's on top of a 4,300% year-on-year ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Short Video Addiction (SVA) is a term used by researchers, and this is separate from excessive general internet use. A 2025 report ...

Watching short inspirational videos may be just as effective at reducing stress as meditation, according to research published by the American Psychological Association. Stress has arguably reached ...

China now has 1.012 billion short video users who each spend on average more than 2.5 hours online each day, a newly-released ...

In this episode of Galaxy Brain, Charlie Warzel talks with the business writer Ed Elson about the rise of the “clip economy”—the idea that short video clips pulled from podcasts, livestreams, and ...

Short-form videos have become one of the dominant ways young people engage with social media. These are clips lasting seconds up to a few minutes, driven by personalized algorithms that are deeply ...