Video on social has historically been horizontal, with dimensions longer than they are tall so you get that wide, TV-like view, even though you’re watching it on a computer screen, tablet, or phone.

Instagram’s IGTV launched with one main differentiating feature from platforms like YouTube — vertical video. But a year later, IGTV is conforming to traditional video with support for horizontal ...

There is now a built-in tool that is under testing on YouTube that will help people who want to convert their horizontal, regular videos into vertical Shorts format with ease. The online streaming ...

Snapchat is credited with jumpstarting the vertical video trend earlier this year, but now the format is really starting to hit its stride. That’s out of necessity, said Ari Brandt, CEO and co-founder ...

Instagram's standalone video platform IGTV finally supports horizontal videos, the company has announced. The video app was, until now, limited to vertical content, which is arguably better suited for ...

A new videography app called Horizon uses the iPhone's gyroscope to automatically "level out" iPhone videos so they are always shot in landscape mode, avoiding the so-called vertical video problem. By ...

TikTok has confirmed it is testing a new viewing mode. The TikTok app is allowing some users to view videos while holding their phones horizontally. Some of the users, who have received access to the ...

Some brands and agencies are seeing success with square-shaped videos, also known as videos with a 1:1 ratio, on Facebook, according to Ad Week. Digital agency Laundry Service found that view rates ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... The great debate is here. And it’s not about politics or sports, but something that touches on many consumers’ daily lives: their smartphone viewing habits.

Instagram is still searching to find the right recipe for IGTV, the long-form video service it debuted nearly a year ago. In the hopes of encouraging usage of IGTV, Instagram is breaking the original ...