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Gfycat Reviews

Gfycat is gif hosting, with three unique advantages: Speed - Average is 8 times faster.

Social recommendations and mentions

We have tracked the following product recommendations or mentions on Reddit and HackerNews. They can help you see what people think about Gfycat and what they use it for.
  • The quadruple fake
    You can use https://gfycat.com/ and https://streamable.com to easily convert YouTube videos/Twitch clips/Twitter videos (the latter of which also supports audio without the need to create an account). - Source: Reddit / about 1 month ago
  • Twitch ban
    I have the same thing with gfycat.com. - Source: Reddit / 2 months ago
  • CHATGPT political compass result
    Https gfycat.com slash wellmadeshadowybergerpicard-visualization-united-states-infographic. - Source: Reddit / 3 months ago
  • Mother stork throws out immature baby to increase survival chances of other babies.
    You can still upload the part you cut out to https://imgur.com/ or https://gfycat.com/, and then upload that link. - Source: Reddit / 3 months ago
  • Problem sharing videos on subreddit
    "Your submission to /r/CatsWhoSqueak has been removed since it looks like a non image link. If it's an image you're trying to post, please re-host on imgur.com or gfycat.com.". - Source: Reddit / 3 months ago
  • Just found out that GIF can be with a sound! OMG...
    Some subreddits don't accept videos, they ask to send a gif and forward a user to such websites like https://gfycat.com that writes that it makes gifs from videos... - Source: Reddit / 4 months ago
  • [A] Mini Launch
    Therefore, v.redd.it is not allowed and posts using it will not be evaluated or approved on a case-by-case basis. Please re-upload the image to an acceptable host (such as but not limited to imgur or gfycat) and make a new post. - Source: Reddit / 4 months ago
  • Grand Champion milestone - wish I stared this game earlier!
    You can use https://gfycat.com/ and https://streamable.com to easily convert YouTube videos/Twitch clips/Twitter videos (the latter of which also supports audio without the need to create an account). - Source: Reddit / 5 months ago
  • How to post a video?
    Unfortunately I think uploading to YouTube and linking through to a new post, or converting the video to a gif with sound? gfycat.com as an example. - Source: Reddit / 7 months ago
  • Ben 10 vs Stitch
    Stitch can get stomped on by Way Big, outmuscled by Humungosaurbabyishdisgustingcornsnake), incapped by Toepick or tire himself/get KOd by NRG out of his suit since he’d be completely untouchable. Here’s what his energy blasts can do when he’s weakened IN his suit. - Source: Reddit / 7 months ago
  • Have to log in every time now
    Been using gfycat for a few years now and the past few months I have to log in everytime I visit. Not only that, every time I change pages it'll log me out. Anyone else having this issue? I've tried deleting the cookies for gfycat.com but it doesnt fix it. - Source: Reddit / 8 months ago
  • Large feature request & bug report
    Add image upload via imgur, gfycat api or something else. With option to connect to your own (imgur, gfycat) account. - Source: Reddit / 10 months ago
  • Good work, everyone
    But why not use https://gfycat.com/? - Source: Reddit / 10 months ago
  • i need help..mods keep deleting post
    You can use https://gfycat.com/ and https://streamable.com to easily convert YouTube videos/Twitch clips/Twitter videos (the latter of which also supports audio without the need to create an account). - Source: Reddit / 11 months ago
  • Third trippy spin yet! Feels good to Trippy Spin
    Gfycat is a web video sharing platform similar to imgur that was very popular on reddit before they came out with their video platform. I think v.reddit is easier to upload to but people complain about it a lot, and gfycat was the first place to do 60fps video for sharing that was popular. - Source: Reddit / 11 months ago
  • How does that count as a demo???
    You can use https://gfycat.com/ and https://streamable.com to easily convert YouTube videos/Twitch clips/Twitter videos (the latter of which also supports audio without the need to create an account). - Source: Reddit / about 1 year ago
  • A pod of six Humpback whales in Antarctica team up in a demonstration of highly-coordinated cooperative behavior to trap krill in a net of bubbles before scooping them up from below. The rings of bubbles cause the krill to concentrate towards the middle making each hunting foray more effective.
    If you have mp4s, you can convert to sound gifs using gfycat.com - free and easy! - Source: Reddit / about 1 year ago
  • What is your process for generating campaign ideas?
    Fmylife.com and gfycat.com for idea inspirations. - Source: Reddit / about 1 year ago
  • How do you make those crispy GIFs? I want to make GIFs of my game/assets for social media, but after indexing the colors they look like garbage.
    Also, instead of creating an actual .gif files, you can use https://gfycat.com - it works well for Reddit for example :). - Source: Reddit / about 1 year ago
  • types of bus on OC transpo with description
    That would be an interesting video to see. I think you can post videos to your own reddit profile, or otherwise https://gfycat.com/ is commonly used on reddit. - Source: Reddit / about 1 year ago
  • Yes yes yes no (I don’t actually care that it flopped. This was my first and it felt so good.)
    You can use https://gfycat.com/ and https://streamable.com to easily convert YouTube videos/Twitch clips/Twitter videos (the latter of which also supports audio without the need to create an account). - Source: Reddit / over 1 year ago

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