X lets anyone clip your videos, and both sides earn: creator news, 11 Nov
X adds clipping on iOS and Android. Clips of up to 60 seconds credit the original creator, who earns too and cannot opt out yet. Threads adds search filters.
By Ebenezer Don3 min read
X now lets anyone cut a moment of up to 60 seconds out of a longer video and post it with their own commentary. The original creator is credited on every clip and earns from it, but cannot switch clipping off yet. Threads is also rolling out filters for its search.
X: anyone can clip your videos, and both sides earn
What changed: Social Media Today reported on 10 November 2026 that X has added video clipping, announced by the X Creators account. X's help page for clipping sets out the rules:
- Only pre-recorded videos of at least 2 minutes can be clipped. Live broadcasts cannot be clipped yet.
- A clip runs between 5 and 60 seconds and can be no more than 30% of the original video. A clip from a 2-minute video can be up to 36 seconds; videos longer than 3 minutes and 20 seconds can be clipped for the full 60 seconds.
- To make one, tap the Repost icon on the video's post, choose "Clip video", pick the moment in the trimmer, then add commentary and post.
- Every clip shows a "Clip from" label that opens the original video at the moment the clip starts.
- Engagement on a clip counts toward the clipper's Original Content Rewards earnings like their other posts. The creator of the original video earns from clips of it too, calculated the same way as earnings from embedded reposts. Each side has to be enrolled in Original Content Rewards to earn.
- Clip earnings are included in regular Original Content Rewards payouts, starting with the first payout after the launch.
- Clips do not count toward the Video Kickstart Bonus.
- Creators cannot turn off clipping for their videos. X says an option to do so is being worked on. Deleting the original video removes every clip of it.
X has not published how earnings from a clip compare with earnings from the original video.
Who it affects: anyone who posts videos of 2 minutes or longer on X, whether or not they earn there. Anyone on the latest version of the X app on iOS or Android can make clips; web is coming soon. The help page adds that clipping may vary by app version and region.
What to do: if you post long videos on X, expect clips of them from now on. Check that you are enrolled in Original Content Rewards in Creator Studio if you want to earn from those clips. If there is a video you do not want clipped, the only choice today is to delete it. If you clip other people's videos, add commentary of your own and keep the Video Kickstart Bonus in mind: clips are not qualifying videos for it.
Threads: search gets filters
What changed: Threads said it is rolling out advanced search, which Social Media Today reported on 10 November 2026. A filters menu in the search bar narrows results by date range, community, post type and profile, and there is an exact match option for searches with several words.
Who it affects: anyone who posts on Threads. Older posts can now be found by date, topic community and type instead of an unsorted list of mentions. Threads has not said which countries have the filters yet or when the rollout finishes.
What to do: nothing has to change. The filters are also a quick way to look up what has been posted on your subject in a given week before you write about it.
Sources
- Social Media Today, X adds video clipping, 10 November 2026.
- X Help Centre, About clipping on X, read 11 November 2026.
- X Creators, post announcing clipping, November 2026.
- X Help Centre, Original Content Rewards, read 11 November 2026.
- Threads, post announcing advanced search, November 2026.
- Social Media Today, Threads adds advanced search filters, 10 November 2026.