YouTube Stories, a feature introduced in 2017, will be discontinued on June 26th, 2023. The platform, resembling Instagram Stories and Snapchat Stories, allowed users to share short-lived videos that disappeared after 24 hours. Initially available to a select group of creators with over 10,000 subscribers, YouTube later expanded the feature to include those with over 1,000 subscribers. However, Google has now chosen to phase out YouTube Stories, redirecting its focus towards enhancing creator tools like Community posts, Reels, and Shorts. Community posts empower creators to interact with their audience using various mediums, including text, images, and polls. Meanwhile, Shorts represents YouTube's response to the rising popularity of TikTok, providing users with the ability to create and watch short-form videos. In an official support post by YouTube¹, it was confirmed that starting from June 26th, 2023, users will no longer have the option to create new YouTube Stories. Existing s...
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