how long should video intro's be?

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10 seconds or less. Anything over that would be a bad idea. One thing that annoys me (and other people, of course) are super long intros that don't get to the point.
 

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Under 10 seconds is the general rule, unless the intro has something very specific in mind, which would make up to 15 or 20 seconds acceptable (in very rare cases!!!). I prefer ones that are 5 seconds or less personally.
 

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I try and work to keep mine between 5-10 seconds because long intros (unless it is actually liked to the video, for example a tv show intro) then people will get bored of having to see a really long intro every time they go onto one of your videos :)
 
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I try and work to keep mine between 5-10 seconds because long intros (unless it is actually liked to the video, for example a tv show intro) then people will get bored of having to see a really long intro every time they go onto one of your videos :)
This was the example I was looking for when I mentioned 20 second intros, spot on. The only time this is really acceptable is when it's linked to the video very specifically, such as a TV show. One of my favorite parts of watching animes is the amazing intros they do, and the music they use in them. I'll watch a 1 minute or longer intro on every episode of my animes no problem, but on YouTube? Hell no XD
 
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This was the example I was looking for when I mentioned 20 second intros, spot on. The only time this is really acceptable is when it's linked to the video very specifically, such as a TV show. One of my favorite parts of watching animes is the amazing intros they do, and the music they use in them. I'll watch a 1 minute or longer intro on every episode of my animes no problem, but on YouTube? Hell no XD
woop woop anime! I'm watching angel beats atm.. their into is like 1 minute and 30 seconds.. but it's so good :')
 
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Well myself i dont rlly prefer intro's :/ In the beginning of the vid yu can better come straight to the point XD But a intro mustnt be over 10 secs bcoz then the viewer gets bored and will just click ya away without even watching the whole vid D: That way yu prevent yourself from getting any views XD So 5 - 10 secs max ;)
 

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for a view to actually count (according you youtube) the viewer has to watch for 30 seconds or over! you don't want to watch half that time with an intro :) or many have a little funny clip from the video just before the intro so you can make them stay for 30 seconds and maybe even the whole video! :D
 

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I structure mine a bit differently.

My main series is a 3 minute game industry hot topic rant. I start with about 10 - 15 seconds of summary telling people what issue I'm talking about this episode and telling them I want to read their comments. Introduce my name and show. Then follows a 5 second After Effects intro with my logo, show title and properly licensed music. Once that's done, the show then runs as normal.

Since I changed to this format from just "intro" straight into video I've had a good increase in comments.
 

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I would say about 10 seconds or less is good, because my interest is loss after a little while. My first video really sucked because it had a long intro and it was boring, so keep it as quick and simple as you can.