YouTube Stories are saying goodbye

We probably all agree that there are big differences between giants like Facebook, Snapchat, Intagram and YouTube, yet they all fight for practically the same target group of users. Therefore, in 2017, the YouTube portal enabled all its users with more than 10,000 subscribers a new feature - Youtube Stories. Of course, there is no need to waste words on this new multimedia format. Many people have already met her on Snapchat, Instagram and Facebook.

YouTube Stories is a very similar innovation to the one we know from the social networks listed above. Content creators who want to engage their audience and have a good subscriber base can now use Stories, add text to their videos, filters, stickers, music and much more. But it seems that the Stories service did not work for the multimedia giant in terms of sales or advertising. At least judging by the fact that Youtube Stories will soon be saying goodbye forever.

The YouTube Stories service will only be available until June 26 this year. Its place will be taken by the much more popular Shorts service. This allows users with smartphones to create short videos and publish them directly on the portal. Users also have a special tool that allows them to combine a large number of videos, the ability to record with music from the local library, the ability to edit the speed of the recorded videos and, to top it off, a timer and countdown for easy hands-free recording. The preview option makes it easy to switch between different videos.

YouTube Shorts have been much more successful in attracting viewers and creators. More than two billion active users around the world swear by the new service every month. Google has managed to achieve this in less than three years since announcing YouTube Shorts.