Ever wondered how you can upload videos longer than 2 minutes and 20 seconds on Twitter? Twitter limits the length of videos posted on the site, to 140 seconds. So, you might have this long video that you want to share, and because of that restriction be compelled to either tweet just part of the video, or tweet the video in pieces. But there is a way to go around this limitation and share a video of up to 10 minutes in length. The secret is using Twitter Media Studio.
What is Twitter Media Studio?
Media Studio is a platform to manage, measure and monetize your videos on Twitter. This tool is designed for people who advertise on Twitter. It enables you to do more with your media files, more especially videos by improving their quality, for instance; changing thumbnails, adding titles, captions, call to action buttons, and much more.
You can also manage your previously uploaded content, including videos, images, and GIFs that you uploaded on Twitter, and even create new tweets that include any media in your library. In addition to that, Twitter Media Studio has features that help you manage media across multiple accounts and users.
How to upload long Twitter videos
If you wan to upload a video on Twitter that’s more than 2 minutes and 20 seconds long, here is a guide to help you out.
- Go to Media Studio Library, you will need to log in with your Twitter account. If you are unable to access the Media Studio then;
- Head over to your Twitter Ads Account. From there, click on the “Creatives” tab at the top of the screen and select “Media” and you’ll be connected to your Media Studio.
- If still unable to access the Media Studio, you will have to contact Twitter through the Ads help. Under “Tweets, Cards & Videos”, select “I can’t access Media Studio”, describe your issue and then click on “Submit support ticket”. Twitter will be in touch to help you in accessing the Media Studio.
- Once logged in, you will see the media files i.e., photos, videos and gifs, you will also have an option to upload new media.
- Click/tap on the “Upload Media” button to upload the video you want from your device. You can upload several videos at once. The video(s) you want to upload, should be:
- MP4 or MOV
- Less than 1GB
- Up to 10 minutes in total length
- Once your select the video you want to upload, the upload will start automatically, and you can check the progress of the upload in the Media Studio.
- After uploading the video, you can edit it; set a thumbnail, add a video title and description, add subtitles, add a call-to-action button, add geotargeting options or add a video category.
- Twitter Media Studio saves all of the updates you make to your video automatically.
- Once you have added all your desired elements, you can proceed to tweet the video right from your media library.
- Click the blue Tweet button in the lower-right corner of the video you want to tweet, write the text of your tweet, and then click the “Tweet” button.
- You can also schedule the tweet in Media Studio. To schedule a tweet, click the “Tweet” button in the lower left of the video, write the text for your tweet, and click the “Schedule” option. After you select a date and time to publish the tweet, click “Tweet” so your content is published at the preselected time.
Hola, no sabía que se podía subir videos mas largos allí, muchas gracias por la info! me sirvió! =D
Hi Victor, how can i get a media studio account? I’m logged in, but there’s no option to upload media.
It’s working.
Does it take a while for it to work after adding my CC?
Hello please help me with this i have tried to upload a video more than 2 minutes 20 seconds with all the ways but still didn’t get successful. so how can i do it please tell me
Just follow the steps outlined in this article.
it’s not working. you need to be some kind of a selected creator or something to log in into this thing. And then you have to do some magic with your twitter ads, basically you need to become a promoter, credit card and everything. Otherwise there’s no way to get into it.
You have to contact or make an application to Twitter.
how i can contact them because they dont tell anything related to this they just sent the link of how to use media studio which is already on their platform but it doesnt work so help me with this
We have detailed that on the procedure above.
Even when you get access like we have at radio Lichfield and pay advert fees . You are still not allowed to upload over the 2minutes and 20 seconds . This article is incorrect
You can upload up to 10 minutes. Check out my video for example.
For some reason, I still won’t let upload up longer than 2 minutes. It keeps saying video is too long.
What’s going on?
That’s the case for me too.
hiii can you help me? I followed the steps but when i try to upload a 2:30 video i can’t, it says “Upload Failed The video is too long” what should i do?
How to login to Twitter media studio by smartphone
Check out Twitter Media Studio.
hola, buen dia, podrias apoyarme con peritas y manzanas, ya estoy dentro de mi cuenta de media en la computadora, pero a la hora de tratar de subir material de 5 minutos aprox, me bota, me apoyas? gracias
The steps in this article helped.
Despite having access to the Media Studio, I am unable to upload videos longer than 2 min 20 seconds. I have gone through the article multiple times to make sure I’m following the steps, but I have not been able to upload anything longer than 2:20 (I have been successful with videos 2:20 and under). Should you be whitelisted or something?
Hi there Leo. I’m having the same problem. Everything works as described up until the actual upload. I get a message saying my video is too long. Did you have any luck figuring this out?
Hello there. Very clear article. However, when I go to upload my video in the media studio, it still tells me my video is too long. Is there some special permission I need?
This does not work if you’re not allow-listed for this by your Twitter account manager. This is not applicable to most users. It’s not wrong – just not applicable to people reading this article.
How do I ask my twitter account manager to approve me of uploading videos up to 10 minutes ?
Most people are limited to 2:20 (140 seconds), though some partners are allowlisted to allow for video duration up to 10 minutes. If you would be like to be allowlisted for upload > 2:20 minute video uploads (up to 10 mins), reach out to your Twitter account manager.
por favor les solicito me habiliten la opcion de subir videos de 10 minutos para mi cuenta 2
Eso me permitirá no cortar los videos y te ganas mejor sentido. Gravais