TikTok Increases Video Length to 10 Minutes

TikTok is beginning to roll out a brand new replace that permits individuals to create movies up to 10 minutes lengthy as the corporate slowly will increase the restrict.

Twitter customers have been sharing screenshots of a discover they obtained stating this new characteristic is now lively. No formal announcement has been made, however in accordance to Chris Stokel-Walker, creator of the ebook “Tiktok Boom: China’s Dynamite App and the Superpower Race for Social Media,” (*10*)a TikTok spokesperson confirmed the characteristic can be a worldwide launch.

Launched initially with 15-second movies, TikTok has been working its approach to enhance the video size on its platform. The most vital bounce occurred in July 2021 when three minutes movies had been launched, and only some months later, that restrict was elevated to 5 minutes.

Initial reactions to the prolonged size are combined. Some Twitter customers appear okay with 10 minutes movies, whereas others appear fairly in opposition to the entire thought. After all, TikTok was created to host bite-sized movies that folks can shortly scroll, which has confirmed immensely profitable.

So a lot in order that different platforms like YouTube have carried out their very own variations of TikTok. Some individuals have speculated that growing video size is a method to encroach on YouTube’s turf as a dominant video platform. Like its rival, TikTok has produced a number of extremely profitable TikTok creators.

To help creators, TikTok created the Creator Fund as a approach for individuals to start earning profits on the platform however has been criticized for not paying its customers very a lot.

According to the TikTok spokesperson, the platform hopes the longer format ends in “more creative possibilities” from its creators.