✳ CODEC HUB
VP9 compatibility across creator platforms
open royalty-free codec from Google; standard inside WebM and the dominant choice for YouTube non-AV1 uploads.
Updated
64 documented platform x container combinations. Verdicts: Accepted (3); Not documented (45); Non-standard mux (16).
Per-platform coverage
- TikTok: WEBM - Accepted, MKV - Not documented, MP4 - Not documented, MOV - Non-standard mux
- Instagram Reels: WEBM - Not documented, MP4 - Not documented, MOV - Non-standard mux, MKV - Not documented
- Instagram Feed: WEBM - Not documented, MP4 - Not documented, MOV - Non-standard mux, MKV - Not documented
- Instagram Stories: WEBM - Not documented, MP4 - Not documented, MOV - Non-standard mux, MKV - Not documented
- YouTube Shorts: WEBM - Accepted, MKV - Not documented, MP4 - Not documented, MOV - Non-standard mux
- YouTube (long-form): WEBM - Accepted, MKV - Not documented, MP4 - Not documented, MOV - Non-standard mux
- LinkedIn: WEBM - Not documented, MP4 - Not documented, MOV - Non-standard mux, MKV - Not documented
- X (Twitter): WEBM - Not documented, MP4 - Not documented, MOV - Non-standard mux, MKV - Not documented
- Facebook Reels: WEBM - Not documented, MP4 - Not documented, MOV - Non-standard mux, MKV - Not documented
- Facebook Feed: WEBM - Not documented, MP4 - Not documented, MOV - Non-standard mux, MKV - Not documented
- Pinterest: WEBM - Not documented, MP4 - Not documented, MOV - Non-standard mux, MKV - Not documented
- Snapchat: WEBM - Not documented, MP4 - Not documented, MOV - Non-standard mux, MKV - Not documented
- Spotify Canvas: WEBM - Not documented, MP4 - Not documented, MOV - Non-standard mux, MKV - Not documented
- Threads: WEBM - Not documented, MP4 - Not documented, MOV - Non-standard mux, MKV - Not documented
- Snapchat Spotlight: MP4 - Not documented, MOV - Non-standard mux, WEBM - Not documented, MKV - Not documented
- Snapchat Story: MP4 - Not documented, MOV - Non-standard mux, WEBM - Not documented, MKV - Not documented
Validity per container
- WEBM: pair common - VP9 inside WebM is the standard VP9 upload pair.
- MKV: pair common - VP9 inside MKV is common in archives; not all creator platforms decode it server-side.
- MP4: pair possible - VP9 inside MP4 is a documented ISOBMFF profile; some platforms accept it.
- MOV: pair invalid - non-standard mux for creator uploads.