Creative Formats & Assets
YouTube Shorts Ads
By the AdFlint research team · Last reviewed July 2026
Vertical video ads that appear between clips in YouTube's short-form Shorts feed, swiped past like the surrounding organic content.
Shorts inventory is included in Video, Demand Gen, Performance Max, and App campaigns rather than bought on its own, and it serves 9:16 assets to a fast-scrolling, sound-on audience. It suits sharp hooks and creator-style production. The mistake is letting a repurposed horizontal ad be auto-cropped into the slot, where letterboxing and cut-off captions mark it instantly as recycled television.
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