YouTube will start adding watermarks to Shorts uploaded from YouTube Studio on your computer. The company says this is done to raise awareness among viewers that content shared on other platforms can also be found on YouTube Shorts.

Best known for its short video format, TikTok has also become popular thanks to watermarks. If you watch short videos on multiple apps and websites, you may know that creators tend to post the same videos on similar services like Instagram Reels and TikTok. This may have been the entry point for many TikTok users who saw and flocked to TikTok watermarked videos on other platforms.

YouTube has also added a new feature that allows creators to create and link to short videos from original videos they’ve previously posted. This allows creators to engage with viewers who watch short videos in an original format along with their other content. YouTube currently watermarks Shorts downloaded from YouTube Studio on a computer. This will also roll out to mobile devices in the coming months.