YouTube Goes After Instagram Reels With Their New Shorts App

Find dollars in your shorts

A couple takes a selfie in front of snow-covered mountains. Image by Good Photo.

I discovered Instagram reels by accident, but YouTube’s Shorts were very direct with their marketing.

My goal was to upload a video of me playing the guitar to Instagram. It was longer than a minute which meant I had to upload to Reels, even though it would be on my thread.