Coub is a gif maker app that helps you made dynamic, looped video clips with sounds. With the app, it's possible to upload video content from your phone's own library, as well as remix your favorite YouTube videos. To really customize your creation, the app has filters that will transform the look and feel of a clip, plus music from your iTunes library can be added to really make your clips sing.
The iOS app has a huge social component too, much like Instagram or Vine where you can follow the most epic creators in the Coub community, browse editor and community picks and save your favorite "Coubs." With over 45 million monthly viewers, there's a lot of funny stuff to look at, like this Coub clip that makes it look like Beyoncé is being attacked by a fly.
What's Driving This Trend
- Looping Video Clips
- Opportunity for developing innovative apps that enable users to create and share dynamic, looped video clips.
- Video Remixing
- Disruptive potential for apps that allow users to remix and personalize videos from their own libraries or popular platforms like YouTube.
- Social Video Communities
- Emerging trend of social platforms that foster the sharing and discovery of creative and entertaining video content.
Who This Affects Most
- Mobile App Development
- Opportunity for app developers to create innovative tools for making and sharing looping video clips.
- Video Editing Software
- Disruptive potential for software companies to develop video editing tools that cater to the growing demand for remixing and personalization.
- Social Media Platforms
- Emerging market for social media platforms that focus on video content and foster active communities of content creators and viewers.
