Which video shapes TikTok, YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Threads, X, LinkedIn, Pinterest and Bluesky accept, which one each prefers, and how to make one master video work on all of them.
Most n8n templates for posting video wire up each platform's API on its own, with its own app review, tokens and limits. A simpler workflow sends the video once to a publishing API and lets it reach every platform. Step by step, with the HTTP Request node.
Posting a TikTok as a Reel or a Short is mostly the same video with a few changes that decide whether it works: the watermark, the music, the length, the caption and the cover. A step-by-step checklist, based on what each platform actually says.
Instagram, TikTok and YouTube each have a built-in scheduler, with different rules on who can use it, how far ahead you can schedule and what doesn't work. Step by step for all three, from their own help pages, plus when a cross-platform scheduler makes more sense.
The real caption, title and description limits for Instagram, TikTok, YouTube, LinkedIn, X, Threads, Pinterest, Facebook and Bluesky, checked against each platform's own pages, and why a scheduler sometimes cuts off a caption the app would accept.
How long a video can be on TikTok, Instagram Reels, YouTube Shorts, Facebook, LinkedIn, X, Threads, Pinterest and Bluesky in 2026, from each platform's own pages, including the YouTube rule that blocks some Shorts over one minute.
Every post from an unaudited TikTok app is private, and at most five people a day can use it. Here is what the Content Posting API audit checks, and the Direct Post screen TikTok requires before it lets your posts go public.