&sq=&lang=&file=File:Vine_wordmark.svg){kind=small} | |
&sq=&lang=&file=File:Vine_screenshot.jpeg) A screenshot of a Vine on Shawn Mendes's profile showing the loops counter and description | |
| Original author(s) | |
|---|---|
| Developer(s) | Vine Labs, Inc. (Twitter, Inc.) |
| Initial release | June 2012 – January 17, 2017 |
| Operating system | Windows, macOS, Android, iOS, Windows Phone, Xbox One |
| Available in | 27 languages[citation needed] |
| Type | Video sharing |
| License | Proprietary software |
| Website | vine |
Vine was an American short-form video hosting service where users could share up to 6-second-long looping video clips. Founded in June 2012 by Rus Yusupov, Dom Hofmann and Colin Kroll,[1][2][3] the company was bought by Twitter, Inc. four months later for $30 million.[4] Vine launched with its iOS app on January 24, 2013, with Android and Windows versions following.
Videos published on Vine's social network could also be shared on different social networking platforms such as Facebook and Twitter. The Vine app was also used to browse videos, along with a group of videos that were uploaded by theme, and hoping that users could "trend" videos. Vine competed with other social media services such as Instagram and Snapchat. By December 2015, Vine had over 200 million active users.[5]
On October 27, 2016, Twitter announced that it would disable all uploads, but that viewing and download would continue to work.[6][7] Twitter shut down Vine on January 17, 2017, and the app was discontinued a few months later.[8] On January 20, 2017, Twitter launched an online archive of every Vine video that had ever been published.[9] The archive was officially discontinued in April 2019.[10] Vine's co-founder Dom Hofmann created a successor not affiliated with Twitter,[11] which launched on January 24, 2020, as Byte; was renamed twice; and was discontinued on May 3, 2023.
- ^ "It's been five years since Vine shut down. Where are the most popular ex-Viners now?". NBC News. January 17, 2022. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
- ^ Rowell, Catherine (May 19, 2020). "The rise and fall of Vine: A brief timeline". businesschief.com. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
- ^ systems (July 20, 2021). "What Happened To Vine?". TheFutureParty. Retrieved September 5, 2024.
- ^ Ng, Alfred. "Why Twitter killed off Vine after a short-lived run". CNET. Archived from the original on December 22, 2022. Retrieved December 22, 2022.
- ^ Craig Smith (August 24, 2014). "27 Vine Statistics and Facts". DMR. Archived from the original on March 8, 2022. Retrieved February 19, 2017.
- ^ Foxx, Chris (October 27, 2016). "Twitter axes Vine video service". BBC News. Archived from the original on November 8, 2020. Retrieved October 27, 2016.
- ^ "Important News About Vine". Medium.com. Archived from the original on October 27, 2016. Retrieved October 27, 2016.
- ^ Fiegerman, Seth (January 17, 2017). "Twitter officially shuts down Vine". CNNMoney. Archived from the original on December 22, 2022. Retrieved December 22, 2022.
- ^ Dalton, Andrew (January 20, 2017). "The Vine Archive will keep the videos looping forever". Archived from the original on January 3, 2023. Retrieved January 3, 2023.
- ^ "Vine FAQs". Archived from the original on July 6, 2018. Retrieved May 13, 2020.
- ^ Blumenthal, Eli (December 6, 2017). "Ready for Vine 2.0? Co-founder teases new app". USA Today. Archived from the original on December 7, 2017. Retrieved December 7, 2017.