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The Future Of Short Form Content
Between trending applications such as Tiktok and Clubhouse it’s clear to see that the internet is far from settling into its established ways of output. Not only are these newcomers blowing up in popularity it seems that established systems such as Facebook and even YouTube are starting to struggle. So, with 2021 being the year of the podcast in terms of growth, what do we see growing in the near future as far as content is concerned. Let’s check it out.
Short Form Everything
Now of course short form content has clearly blown up over the last year, but I believe we’re very likely going to start seeing it pop up in even more locations. We’ve gotten used to the idea of short form content in very “amateur” productions, but I think the next move will be what Quibi did, well, attempted to do. If you don’t know what Quibi was. here’s a short summary. Netflix but with five-minute TV episodes instead of the average 30–45–60-minute episodes the American public has gotten used to over the last several decades. Mix in some other productions such as documentaries and news commentary and you basically just read all about Quibi. They failed to catch a paying audience and they shuttered not long after launch, only to be consumed by Roku. So, what could this future look like?
