Research Overview

Social videos are short recordings (between 15 seconds and 3 minutes) designed specifically for social media platforms. Social videos primarily serve to drive viewer engagement through interactions such as comments, reactions, likes, or dislikes. Individual users and businesses can create social videos. These videos are frequently only suitable for a specific hosting platform. Apart from promoting user interaction, social videos have various purposes, including brand building and expanding eCommerce operations.

The social video market is comprised of short-video platforms, which either feature short-form videos as their main feature or as one of their main offerings. Short-video platforms generate much of their revenues through advertising, with brands paying to place advertisements across users’ feeds, either organically or inorganically. Short-video platforms also secure revenues through alternative channels such as premium subscriptions or paid customization, which are collectively referred to as consumer spending.