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Are Short-Form Creators Getting Short-Changed?
TikTok and YouTube limit links in videos
Good morning.Ā Are you ready for the Streamy Awards Sunday evening? Ahead of the show, our very own Colin and Samir hosted a roundtable discussion with award nominees including Michelle Khare and Zach King. The crew covered it all, from predicting a videoās success to taking creative risks. Watch the conversation here.
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TikTok Could Be Next to Target External Links
Illustration by Moy Zhong
TikTok is reportedly planning to ban video links to e-commerce sites like Amazon, according to a new report on TikTok Shop in The Information. TikTok denied the claim, TechCrunch later reported.
The move, should it come to fruition, would be in line with a recent push from TikTok to create an enclosed shopping experience for users, which also includes ending Shopify storefronts in favor of TikTokās first-party TikTok Shop hub.
Context: TikTok wouldnāt be the first to target off-platform linksālast week YouTube announced it will no longer allow clickable links in Shorts descriptions, comments sections, or vertical live feeds starting August 31.
While each platformsā public-facing reasoning is differentāYouTube wants to address scammers while TikTok wants to grow its shopping experienceāsome creators have suggested the effect could be the same.
What creators are saying: The link cutting could make it difficult to monetize via commission-based affiliate links like those on Amazon or LTK or via product sales of courses, merch, and more.
Zoom out: AI tech exec Alex Leo says the news is a reminder for creators to work towards owning their relationships with their audiences. āWhether you are a journalist or an influencer, do not depend on third-party platforms,ā she tweeted. āCreate a direct relationship with your audience that cannot be demonetized or destroyed by social media giants.ā
Indiaās Lunar Landing Breaks YouTube Viewership Record
the Chandrayaan-3 livestream(left) and The Indian Space Research Organisation mission control room (right) / YouTube
On Wednesday, Indian spacecraft Chandrayaan-3 became the first human-made vehicle to land on the moonās south poleāand the missionās YouTube livestream broke viewership records as over 8 million tuned in to watch the landing.
The creator POV: Popular Indian creators like Abhi and Niyu have been educating their audiences about the historic lunar mission forĀ weeks. And in the last 48 hours, fellow Indian creators such as RJ Raunac and Gaurav Thakur have also recapped the mission on their channels, providing viewers an opportunity to celebrate the accomplishment together in the comments sections.
The hype seems to have paid off. By the numbersā¦
6.5 million viewers ā The previous YouTube livestream record, set by CazĆ©TVās World Cup stream last year.
375k ā The number of videos uploaded to YouTube featuring the hashtag #chandrayaan3.
47.8 million ā The number of views on the hashtag #chandrayaan3 on TikTok.
FYI: India has the largest YouTube user base in the world, with roughly 467 million users (nearly double the second-biggest country, the U.S.) as of July 2023, according to Statista.
Dope Creator Partnerships: Zahra Hussain š¤Ā Adobe After EffectsĀ
Zahra Hussain / TikTok
VFX creator Zahra Hussain recently debuted a brand partnership with Adobe to highlight its After Effects softwareās visual tracking features.
How it rolled out:
Hussain shared a 16-second video on TikTok and IG labeled āSerenity at Sunrise.ā
The creator is pictured at a lakeāa close-up shot of her eye reflects the purplish sky.
Hussain then narrated a video on Adobeās accounts to show how she animated her eye.
Why it makes sense: Viewers learn a valuable, aesthetic After Effects skill through an easy-to-follow tutorial, while Hussain gets to share her unique visual style with a bigger platform.
āHaving Adobe feature it on their own channels is pretty epicāIām getting exposure to tons of artists who are similar to me and that Iād want to connect with,ā she told us.
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