Your Reels, mirrored to YouTube.
Reels and Shorts want exactly the same file, which is what makes uploading to both by hand so irritating. Shortcast watches your Instagram account and publishes every new Reel to your YouTube channel as a Short, at full resolution.
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Same video, two upload flows
There is no creative reason to post a Reel and a Short separately, because the format, the length and the aspect ratio are identical. The only thing standing between the two is a download, a transfer and a second upload form. That is the part worth automating.
Setting it up
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Connect Instagram as your main channel
A professional Instagram account is required, which is a free setting in the Instagram app.
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Connect your YouTube channel
Sign in with the Google account that owns it. Shortcast publishes straight to your channel.
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Post a Reel
Shortcast notices it within minutes and uploads the same video to YouTube as a Short.
Good to know
Full resolution
The original file is re-uploaded rather than a compressed screen copy, so your Short looks like your Reel.
Your own titles
Use the Reel caption as the Short title, or set a default title for the channel and keep it consistent.
Add more destinations later
The same Reel can go to TikTok and Facebook at the same time by connecting those accounts too.
Questions
- Is the Reel caption used as the YouTube title?
- By default, yes. You can also set a fixed title for your YouTube channel if you prefer.
- Does the Short keep the quality of the original Reel?
- Yes. Shortcast downloads the original video file and re-uploads it, rather than re-recording or heavily recompressing it.
- How quickly does the Short appear?
- Shortcast checks your Instagram account every five minutes, so a Reel is normally live on YouTube within minutes.
Other routes
Stop uploading the same video twice.
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