Is YouTube Social Media?

It depends on whom you ask actually. Some people use Youtube as a social media platform, subscribing to content and uploading their own videos.

 

Yet others, it is no different from Netflix or Prime. Simply, a place to watch content that people on other social media platforms, may have recommended. Whereas you have to be into having a social media account in order to consume things on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter, YouTube users can dodge the social media side of the platform and simply watch content.

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That said, it has a different set of rules than social media platforms that encourage you to scroll down even as the content is playing. You have a bit more time on youtube than three seconds to reach your viewer, which is a broader audience than the age-niche based platforms.

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We know the differences between platforms and how to make your video shine depending on where it plans to show most.

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