YouTube Stories

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YouTube feature ephemeral content format short-form video feature

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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Surface form Occurrences
YouTube Reels 2

Statements (47)

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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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

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