YouTube, a video-streaming platform owned by Google, announced Thursday that “YouTube Stories” will be discontinued on June 26.
YouTube made the announcement in a blog post, saying, “Starting June 26, 2023, the option to create a new YouTube Story will not be available.” Stories that are already live on that date will be removed seven days later.”
Meanwhile, the company hopes to concentrate on other important areas such as shorts, community posts, live videos, and so on.
Additionally, the company stated that creators would be notified of the shutdown via a variety of channels, including forum posts, in-app messages, reminders in YouTube Studio, and more.
YouTube, which has 2.1 billion monthly users worldwide, stated that both community posts and YouTube shorts are fantastic options for “viewer connections and conversations.”
YouTube Community posts, according to the company, can be a great option for creators who want to share lightweight updates, start conversations, or promote their YouTube content to their audience.
Furthermore, YouTubeShorts is a better option for users who want to create short video content or reach new audiences than Stories, according to the company.
“As Shorts adoption grew on YouTube, we saw that creators benefited from this new format,” a YouTube spokesperson told TechCrunch about the changes.
“Stories are going away so we can prioritize key areas that creators need to be successful. We’ll continue to invest in helping creators grow and connect with their audiences across formats,” they added.
Shorts have many times the number of subscribers as the average.
YouTube officially introduced Stories to creators with more than 10,000 subscribers in 2018.
According to the company, creators used Stories to “engage with their audience in between their more polished and produced videos for things like behind-the-scenes updates, vlogs, sneak peeks at upcoming videos, quick updates, and more.”
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