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YouTube Shorts · Video ad
Last verified 15 Oct 2026
Check a file against this →Key facts
- Recommended size
- 1080 × 1920
BOfficial recommendation. Evidence details
- Source
- YouTube Shorts ads · Video ads specs and format requirements (Google Ads Help)
- How verified
- Read directly
- Verified
- 15 Oct 2026
Vertical 9:16, 1080x1920.
Open source ↗- Aspect ratio
- 9:16
BOfficial recommendation. Evidence details
- Source
- YouTube Shorts ads · Video ads specs and format requirements (Google Ads Help)
- How verified
- Read directly
- Verified
- 15 Oct 2026
Vertical 9:16, 1080x1920.
Open source ↗- Duration
- ≤ 180 s (3 min)
AOfficial requirement. Evidence details
- Source
- YouTube Shorts ads: asset specs and best practices
- How verified
- Read directly
- Verified
- 15 Oct 2026
Video ads can be up to 3 minutes long.
Open source ↗- Max file size
- ≤ 256 GB
AOfficial requirement. Evidence details
- Source
- Video ads specs and format requirements (Google Ads Help)
- How verified
- Read directly
- Verified
- 15 Oct 2026
Google Ads video.
Open source ↗
All requirements
| Property | Rule | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| File size | ≤ 256 GB | AOfficial requirement. Evidence details
Google Ads video. Open source ↗ |
| Asset type | video | AOfficial requirement. Evidence details
Audio-only files (MP3, WAV, PCM) rejected. Open source ↗ |
| Duration | ≤ 180 s (3 min) | AOfficial requirement. Evidence details
Video ads can be up to 3 minutes long. Open source ↗ |
| Duration | ≤ 60 s | BOfficial recommendation. Evidence details
Only the first 60 s play in the Shorts feed (overlay at 50 s offers the rest on the watch page); videos under 60 s recommended. Open source ↗ |
| Property | Rule | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Headline length | ≤ 40 characters | BOfficial recommendation. Evidence details
Provide a 40-character headline (shown in the mobile CTA overlay card). Open source ↗ |
| Description length | ≤ 90 characters | AOfficial requirement. Evidence details
Descriptions limited to 90 characters; text beyond 1 line on mobile / 2 on desktop and TV is truncated. Open source ↗ |
Loudness
No official loudness target. About loudness standards
| Property | Rule | Evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Audio codec | aac, opus, eclipsa | BOfficial recommendation. Evidence details
AAC-LC, Opus or Eclipsa Audio recommended. Open source ↗ |
| Audio channels | 2, 6 | BOfficial recommendation. Evidence details
Stereo or 5.1. Open source ↗ |
| Sample rate | 48,000 Hz | BOfficial recommendation. Evidence details
48 kHz recommended. Open source ↗ |
| Audio bitrate | ≥ 384 kbps | BOfficial recommendation. Evidence details
Stereo 384 kbps recommended (mono 128, 5.1 512). Open source ↗ |
Notes and caveats
- Marketing page; looser than Google's own production overlay (measured: 288/192/672/48 px), which is shown by default.
Sources
- YouTube Shorts ads · GoogleRead directly · 15 Oct 2026
- Video ads specs and format requirements (Google Ads Help) · GoogleRead directly · 15 Oct 2026
- YouTube Shorts ads: asset specs and best practices · GoogleRead directly · 15 Oct 2026
- YouTube vertical video ads safe zone overlay (PNG, 1080x1920) · GoogleRead directly · 15 Oct 2026
- About video ad specs (Google Ads Help) · GoogleRead directly · 15 Oct 2026
- YouTube recommended upload encoding settings · GoogleRead directly · 15 Oct 2026
Version history
- 15 Oct 2026 · 0.2.0Verified: official pages read directly; safe zones measured from official template files. Each item's verification field says which.
- 15 Oct 2026 · 0.1.0Initial research entry (not authoritative).