Just about every app ranging from Snapchat to Messenger now has a 'Stories' feature. Today, it's YouTube's turn as YouTube Stories is now rolling out to creators with over 10,000 subscribers. Unlike Instagram and Snapchat, YouTube Stories is aimed at larger online personalities as another tool for interacting with fans.
Starting today, we are excited to announce that we are rolling out YouTube Stories to all eligible creators with 10K+ subscribers. Creating with Stories is lightweight, easy, and fun. Stories will have the fun creation tools that you know and love. You can add text, music, filters, YouTubey stickers, and more to make your story uniquely you! To create a story, just open the YouTube mobile app, tap on the video camera icon, and select "Create Story." We’ve also added comments to Stories, so the entire community can be a part of the conversation. Your fans can comment, thumbs up and thumbs down comments, and you can heart comments. And all of the comment moderation tools that are available on video uploads will also be available on Stories. You can now also respond directly to a fan comment with a photo or video for the entire community to see!
Standard features include adding text, music filters, “YouTube stickers,” and more. The camera icon used to start a stream on Android and iOS will feature a new “Create Story” option. Like regular videos and live streams, there are user comments with the ability for the community to heart and thumbs up/down. The same video content moderation tools are available here, while creators can reply to a comment in photo or video form, with a preview of that question included. A YouTube Story will last for seven days and appear for subscribers in the Subscriptions tab. They'll also be visible in the Home tab and Up next list. Stories will be rolling out starting today on both Android and iOS for accounts with over 10,000 subscribers.
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