Video Upload Limits and Features on Swonkie

When uploading videos to social media through their API (as third-party platforms like Swonkie link with social networks), you will encounter restrictions. If exceeded, these restrictions may prevent the posts from being sent.

This does not happen when posting directly on the social network (natively), but all social media platforms apply restrictions for users posting via the API.

Below are the restrictions for each social network:

Facebook

Maximum Duration: 59 minutes
Maximum Size: 99 MB

Instagram Feed

Duration: Between 6 seconds and 59 seconds
Maximum Size: 99 MB
Format: MOV or MP4
Dimensions: Between 320x320 px and 1920x1920 px
Frame Rate: Between 23 and 60 FPS
Recommended Video Bitrate: VBR, 5 Mbps maximum
Audio Settings (Audio codec): AAC, 48kHz
Audio Format: Mono or Stereo
Pixel Ratio: 1:1

Instagram Stories

Duration: Between 3 seconds and 60 seconds
Maximum Size: 99 MB
Format: MOV or MP4
Dimensions: Between 320x320 px and 1920x1920 px
Frame Rate: Between 23 and 60 FPS
Recommended Video Bitrate: VBR, 5 Mbps maximum
Audio Settings (Audio codec): AAC, 48kHz
Audio Format: Mono or Stereo
Pixel Ratio: 1:1

Instagram Reels

Duration: Between 3 seconds and 15 minutes
Maximum Size: 99 MB
Format: MOV or MP4
Dimensions:
- Maximum Pixels for the longer video dimension: 1920px
- Recommended Aspect Ratio: 9:16 to avoid cropping or white spaces.
Frame Rate: Between 23 and 60 FPS
Recommended Video Bitrate: VBR, 25 Mbps maximum
Video Settings (Video codec): HEVC or H264
Audio Settings (Audio codec): AAC, 48kHz
Audio Settings (Bitrate): 128 kbps
Audio Format: Mono or Stereo

TikTok

Duration: Between 1 second and 600 seconds
Maximum Size: 99 MB
Dimensions: Between 360px and 1920px
Format: MP4
Frame Rate: 23 or 60 FPS
Maximum Video Bitrate: 7000 kbps
Recommended Audio Bitrate: 128 kbps
Video Settings (Video codec): H264 High Profile
Audio Settings (Audio codec): AAC LC
Recommended Screen Ratio: 16:9 / 1:1
Pixel Ratio: 1:1
Audio Format: Mono or Stereo
Pixel Format: YUV 4:2:0

Threads

Format: MOV or MP4
Audio Settings (Audio Codec): AAC, maximum sample rate of 48 kHz, 1 or 2 channels (Mono or Stereo)
Video Settings (Video Codec): HEVC or H264
Frame Rate: 23-60 FPS
Image Resolution: Maximum of 1920 columns (horizontal pixels)
Required Aspect Ratio: Between 0.01:1 and 10:1, but we recommend 9:16 to avoid cropping or white areas.
Video Bitrate: VBR, maximum 25 Mbps.
Audio Bitrate: 128 kbps (will be processed by Swonkie)
Duration: Maximum of 300 seconds (5 minutes), minimum above 0 seconds.
File Size: Maximum of 1 GB.

Twitter

Duration: Between 0.5 seconds and 140 seconds
Maximum Size: 99 MB
Dimensions: Between 32x32 px and 1280x1024 px
Frame Rate: 30 or 60 FPS
Recommended Video Bitrate: 5000 kbps
Recommended Audio Bitrate: 128 kbps
Video Settings (Video codec): H264 High Profile
Audio Settings (Audio codec): AAC LC
Recommended Screen Ratio: 16:9 / 1:1
Pixel Ratio: 1:1
Audio Format: Mono or Stereo
Pixel Format: YUV 4:2:0

Duration: Between 6 seconds and 10 minutes
Maximum Size: 99 MB

Tumblr

Maximum Size: 99 MB

Google My Business

Currently, Google does not allow video publishing through the API.