{"id":14142,"date":"2022-07-15T11:16:36","date_gmt":"2022-07-15T11:16:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/?p=14142"},"modified":"2022-07-15T11:16:36","modified_gmt":"2022-07-15T11:16:36","slug":"how-long-can-a-video-be-on-twitter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-long-can-a-video-be-on-twitter","title":{"rendered":"How Long Can a Video Be on Twitter?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_43 counter-flat ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\">Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69f9262ea637b\" class=\"cssicon\"><span style=\"display: flex;align-items: center;width: 35px;height: 30px;justify-content: center;direction:ltr;\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/label><label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69f9262ea637b\"  class=\"cssiconcheckbox\">1<\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-69f9262ea637b\" ><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-long-can-a-video-be-on-twitter\/#How_Long_Can_a_Video_Be_on_Twitter\" title=\"How Long Can a Video Be on Twitter?\">How Long Can a Video Be on Twitter?<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-long-can-a-video-be-on-twitter\/#140_seconds\" title=\"140 seconds\">140 seconds<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-long-can-a-video-be-on-twitter\/#512_MB\" title=\"512 MB\">512 MB<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-long-can-a-video-be-on-twitter\/#3rd_party_apps\" title=\"3rd party apps\">3rd party apps<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-long-can-a-video-be-on-twitter\/#Trimming_a_video_before_posting\" title=\"Trimming a video before posting\">Trimming a video before posting<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-6\" href=\"https:\/\/zeru.com\/blog\/how-long-can-a-video-be-on-twitter\/#Using_hashtags_to_increase_traffic\" title=\"Using hashtags to increase traffic\">Using hashtags to increase traffic<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"How_Long_Can_a_Video_Be_on_Twitter\"><\/span>How Long Can a Video Be on Twitter?<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"how long can a video be on twitter\" align=\"left\" style=\"height:auto; max-height:312px; max-width:38% margin:0px 10px; width:auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/eELsNss.png\">  <\/p>\n<p>So, you&#8217;re wondering, how long can a video be on Twitter? You have to be mindful of two important limits: 140 seconds and 512 MB. If you&#8217;re unsure of which to use, you can use YouTube instead, since its video uploading speed and resolution are much better. However, you can post a video on Twitter for much longer than that, which will give you more time to explain your motive and engage with your audience.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"140_seconds\"><\/span>140 seconds<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you&#8217;re using Twitter as a video platform, you might have noticed that the video upload limit is just 140 seconds. But it&#8217;s more than that. Twitter&#8217;s new video format allows you to post up to 2 minutes and 20 seconds of video. In order to get around the 140-second limit, you can create a free account with Twitter&#8217;s ad platform. Although you&#8217;ll have to provide your bank card information, you won&#8217;t be charged. But if you deliberately create an ad, you will bump the limit up to 10 minutes.<\/p>\n<p>Vine, a video app owned by Twitter, will soon allow users to create videos that run less than 140 seconds. In addition to increasing the video limit, users can now view these videos in a new &#8220;viewing mode&#8221; that is designed to keep users on Twitter. And because Twitter wants to boost video quality, it&#8217;s working to make Vine videos shorter. That&#8217;s a win-win for everyone.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"512_MB\"><\/span>512 MB<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>To share a 512MB video on Twitter, you need to know the requirements of the social network. As a general rule, you can only upload videos up to 512 MB. However, there are some ways to reduce the file size of your video. In addition to video compression, you can trim your video to meet Twitter&#8217;s requirements. Here are three ways to cut the file size of your video:<\/p>\n<p>Firstly, you need to decide how long the video should be. Twitter limits the size of videos to 512 MB, but if you choose to post longer videos, you can edit and trim them to fit into the allowed time frame. You can also choose to upload a video as a file and use the in-app camera to record your video. Make sure the video length is two minutes and twenty seconds and follow the other upload guidelines.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"3rd_party_apps\"><\/span>3rd party apps<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you&#8217;re wondering how long a video can be on Twitter, you&#8217;ve come to the right place. You can upload videos up to 512 MB in size and up to 140 seconds long. This is still pretty long, but Twitter&#8217;s recent increase in character length has made that limit less relevant. The social network has not yet confirmed whether it will continue to support longer videos, but it&#8217;s a good start.<\/p>\n<p>There are some important limitations to keeping video files on Twitter. The minimum file size is 32&#215;32, and the maximum is 1920&#215;1200. You can&#8217;t include a description, but you can tag important people and describe the video&#8217;s contents. However, if you want to upload a 4K video, you&#8217;ll have to use a third-party app.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Trimming_a_video_before_posting\"><\/span>Trimming a video before posting<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>If you are considering posting a video on Twitter, you may want to consider trimming it first. Twitter does support the MP4 and MOV video formats. If you are planning to upload a video on Twitter, you must keep it under 512 MB and two minutes and 20 seconds long. If your video is longer, you will need to trim it before you can upload it. If you have a longer video, you can record it again and add more content to it later.<\/p>\n<p>Before you start the process of trimming a video, you must first download the editor. Once you&#8217;ve done that, open up your video and click the Trim option. You can then add a watermark, text, and subtitles. Once the video is trimmed, you can either share the URL of the edited video or download the MP4 file. Once you&#8217;re ready to post it on Twitter, you can also adjust the clip size using the editor.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Using_hashtags_to_increase_traffic\"><\/span>Using hashtags to increase traffic<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>One great way to increase traffic to your video on Twitter is by using relevant hashtags. The first step is to identify which topics you want to highlight and start using hashtags that pertain to those topics. You can use a tool to define hashtags or simply do a quick Google search to see a list of popular hashtags. Once you have a list of popular hashtags, it&#8217;s time to start posting your videos.<\/p>\n<p>One of the most important things to keep in mind when using hashtags is that they should be specific, and not obscure. If a hashtag is too broad, it is unlikely to get a good response, and will probably get lost in a sea of unrelated content. In addition, hashtags should be related to the subject of the video. Try to think of at least one relevant hashtag for each keyword in your video.<\/p>\n<p> <iframe width=\"427\" height=\"239\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" frameborder=\"0\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sAJlDlDCpHE\" style=\"margin:0px auto; display: block;\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How Long Can a Video Be on Twitter? So, you&#8217;re wondering, how long can a video be on Twitter? 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