Social Media Videos

Create Videos for Every Social Platform

Reels, Stories, Shorts, TikToks, and LinkedIn — adapted to each platform's format, hook, and audience, not copy-pasted everywhere.

What social media videos are for

Every social platform rewards a different rhythm. A Reel that kills on Instagram can flop on LinkedIn because the audience, hook, and pacing are all wrong for it.

SimpleVideoHub helps you adapt the same core message into platform-native videos — the right dimensions, hook, and tone for each one — instead of posting the identical video everywhere.

Instagram, TikTok, YouTube Shorts

9:16 vertical, hook in 1–2 seconds, fast cuts, captions on, 15–60 seconds for most content.

YouTube long-form

16:9, a real thumbnail and title, and a value promise in the first 8 seconds that pays off by the end.

LinkedIn

Professional tone, lead with the insight, keep it under 2 minutes, and skip the trending audio.

Facebook

Captions on (most watch with sound off), community and event content, and 4:5 or 16:9 for the feed.

Best practices for social media videos

Hook in the first 1–2 seconds — the first frame is the whole video on social.
Always burn in captions; most social video is watched muted.
Match the aspect ratio to the platform before you publish, not after.
Adapt the tone, not just the crop — LinkedIn and TikTok want different voices.
End with one clear call-to-action; a video without a next step is wasted reach.

Platforms

Instagram ReelsInstagram StoriesFacebookTikTokYouTubeYouTube ShortsLinkedInPinterest

Recommended formats

  • 9:16 vertical for Reels, TikTok, Shorts
  • 4:5 for Instagram & Facebook feed
  • 16:9 for YouTube and LinkedIn
  • 1:1 for in-feed and Pinterest
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