Scientists know very little about how TikTok and its copycats affect human cognition, but the signs aren’t good.

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 ...

Most articles don’t make good videos. The ones that do share qualities that translate naturally to 60-second formats. Identifying them before you commit production resources saves more time than any ...

A new “Short videos for you” row featuring YouTube Shorts will arrive on US Google TV home screens this summer. Starting today, Nano Banana and Veo AI features ...

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 ...

Who among us hasn't put off doing something we know we need to do while scrolling through just a few more TikToks, Instagram reels or YouTube shorts? New research from the William Allen White School ...

Short videos have become one of the leading sources of information and entertainment for internet users worldwide. Reflecting the scale of this trend, TikTok alone had an estimated 2 billion active ...

And it may eventually support TikTok and Reels too. And it may eventually support TikTok and Reels too. is a news writer focused on creative industries, computing, and internet culture. Jess started ...

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 ...

You're currently following this author! Click to unsubscribe from email alerts. Netflix is leaning into snack-sized content as it seeks to claw viewing time from YouTube. The streaming giant is ...