Best video format for Facebook

Do you plan to start a video life journey on Facebook and you don’t know what format will be cool? On the internet, there might be a lot of recommendations but just very few are cool to accept.

Facebook is one of the oldest and still existing social media platforms introduced by Mark Zuckerberg.

Since its introduction into the media space, Facebook has been a complete rival to other social media giants.

Facebook introduced a video section in its platform back in the year 2015 and since then, the popularity of the platform grew.

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Apart from YouTube, a lot of people prefer Facebook to be their next source of video content.

When Facebook gave people the opportunity of monetizing their Facebook videos, its usage increased further.

If you are reading this, I am sure you want to upload videos to Facebook but don’t know the best format to use.

So in this post, you will get to find out the best-recommended video formats for your Facebook videos

Facebook-approved video formats

As retrieved from their official website, Facebook listed about 30 video formats you can choose from when editing your videos for Facebook.

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Below is a list of video formats you can use and acceptable by Facebook.

  1. 3g2 (Mobile Video).
  2. 3gp (Mobile Video).
  3. 3gpp (Mobile Video).
  4. asf (Windows Media Video).
  5. avi (AVI Video).
  6. dat (MPEG Video).
  7. divx (DIVX Video).
  8. dv (DV Video).
  9. f4v (Flash Video).
  10. flv (Flash Video)
  11. gif (Graphics Interchange Format).
  12. m2ts (M2TS Video).
  13. m4v (MPEG-4 Video).
  14. mkv (Matroska Format).
  15. mod (MOD Video).
  16. mov (QuickTime Movie).
  17. mp4 (MPEG-4 Video).
  18. mpe (MPEG Video).
  19. mpeg (MPEG Video).
  20. mpeg4 (MPEG-4 Video).
  21. mpg (MPEG Video).
  22. mts (AVCHD Video).
  23. nsv (Nullsoft Video).
  24. ogm (Ogg Media Format).
  25. ogv (Ogg Video Format).
  26. tod (TOD Video).
  27. qt (QuickTime Movie).
  28. ts (MPEG Transport Stream).
  29. vob (DVD Video).
  30. wmv (Windows Media Video).

Best formats for Facebook videos

Facebook recommends that you export your videos either in MP4 or MOV format.

You can use any of the formats found in the above list but if you want the ones recommended by Facebook then you should use MP4 or MOV format.

By Sir Chike

Sir Chike is an Imo born teacher and actor. He studied at Alvan Ikoku Federal college of Education (AIFCE) Owerri, Imo state. He has obtained the following qualifications; 1. Nigeria Certificate in Education (NCE) in Political Science and Social Studies. 2. Bachelor in Education (B.Ed) in Social Studies