YouTube Stories

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YouTube Stories was a short-form, ephemeral video format on YouTube that allowed creators to share temporary, mobile-first content similar to Instagram and Snapchat stories.

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YouTube Reels 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf YouTube feature
ephemeral content format
short-form video feature
availability Android
YouTube
surface form: YouTube mobile app

iOS
category social media feature
contentPersistence temporary
contentType short-form video
vertical video
designedFor mobile viewing
developer YouTube
discontinuationAnnounced 2023-05
discontinuedOn 2023-06-26
discoverability channel page
subscriptions feed
ephemeral true
interaction comments
likes
view counts
launchDate 2017-11
minimumChannelSizeRequirement 10000 subscribers
mobileFirst true
monetization limited
orientation portrait
originalName YouTube Stories self-linksurface differs
surface form: YouTube Reels
ownedBy Google
surface form: Google LLC
partOf YouTube creator tools
platform YouTube
primaryUseCase behind-the-scenes content
casual updates
ephemeral audience engagement
reasonForDeprecation focus on YouTube Shorts
renamedFrom YouTube Stories self-linksurface differs
surface form: YouTube Reels
replacedBy YouTube Shorts
similarTo Instagram
surface form: Instagram Stories

Snapchat
surface form: Snapchat Stories
status discontinued
supports comments
filters
multiple clips per story
music
stickers
subscriber notifications
text overlays
targetUsers YouTube creators
visibilityDuration 7 days

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YouTube hasFeature YouTube Stories
YouTube Stories originalName YouTube Stories self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: YouTube Reels
YouTube Stories renamedFrom YouTube Stories self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: YouTube Reels