Vine's lifecycle and influence on short-form video (2012–2017)

1. Vine is founded as a short-video startup

   Jun 1, 2012Labels: Dom Hofmann, Rus Yusupov, Colin Kroll

   • Britannica
   • Wikipedia

2. Twitter acquires Vine before public launch

   Oct 1, 2012Labels: Twitter

   • Wikipedia
   • Britannica

3. Vine launches on iOS with six-second loops

   Jan 24, 2013Labels: Vine, iOS

   • Macworld
   • Wikipedia

4. Early launch problems and Facebook access block

   Jan 24, 2013Labels: Facebook, Vine

   • WIRED

5. Vine becomes top free app on iOS

   Apr 9, 2013Labels: Apple App, Vine

   • Wikipedia

6. Vine launches on Android

   Jun 3, 2013Labels: Android, Vine

   • AndroidPolice
   • Wikipedia

7. Vine releases Windows Phone app

   Nov 12, 2013Labels: Windows Phone, Vine

   • TechCrunch
   • Microsoft

8. Vine opens web discovery via Explore

   May 1, 2014Labels: Vine, Explore

   • WIRED
   • Wikipedia

9. Vine adds visible “loop count” metric

   Jul 1, 2014Labels: Vine, loop count

   • Wikipedia

10. Vine launches Vine Kids app

    Jan 30, 2015Labels: Vine Kids, Vine

    • Engadget
    • WhistleOut

11. Twitter announces plans to discontinue Vine

    Oct 27, 2016Labels: Twitter, Vine

    • Pitchfork

12. Vine app shuts down; site becomes archive

    Jan 17, 2017Labels: Vine, archive

    • TechCrunch
    • Wikipedia