''TLDR News'' are a British

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launched in 2017 by Jack Kelly and primarily hosted on

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. Most of their video reports focus on political issues. The abbreviation in their name stands for ''

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History

''TLDR News'' were founded in April 2017 by

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graduate Jack Kelly (born August 1996), with the aim of making the news engaging to young audiences. Kelly credits some of the channel's early success to having been started during the

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, which drew attention to it, as well as a lack of competition from traditional outlets on YouTube. The network are currently based in

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. As of July 2025, they have a staff of ten full-time employees. Their income largely derives from a mix of YouTube ad revenue and from sponsorships set up by their network,

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, plus their physical magazine ''Too Long''. They have multiple channels and publish videos across them each week. A 2024 study published by

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found that their channels are popular with young consumers, along with other YouTube-based news organisations in other countries, such as ''Under the Desk News''. ''TLDR News'' are owned by Three26 Ltd, of which Jack Kelly is the CEO and sole owner.

Content

''TLDR News'' research

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s, official documents, transcripts, as well as other records and reports when finding topics to discuss and produce as a video. Their videos are usually approximately ten minutes long, being distributed across their ''TLDR UK'', ''Global'', and ''EU'' channels on different political topics around the United Kingdom, the world at-large, and the

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, respectively. Examples include ''How a US-Saudi Defence Pact Could End the War in Gaza'', which has received 190,000 views and almost a thousand comments, and ''The UK Election Results Explained'', which received 1.1 million views within 48 hours following the

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. In addition to their short-form videos, they also produce multiple longer form podcasts that are published on their ''TLDR Podcasts'' channel, and a physical magazine named ''Too Long''.

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* * {{Authority control 2017 establishments in the United Kingdom British news websites Mass media companies based in London Organisations based in London YouTube channels launched in 2017