How to use Twitter Spaces

Tired of being restricted to 280 characters? Check out Twitter Spaces.

This exciting social media feature – launched in 2020 – uses audio to bring Twitter experiences to life. Similar to popular streaming platforms, Spaces open the door for live, back-and-forth conversations between close-knit groups or broadcasts to millions of listeners. They’re an excellent tool for chatting with friends or building relationships with your Twitter audience.

If you want to experiment with this feature on your Twitter, we can help you get started. Here’s everything you need to know about how to use Twitter Spaces.

What are Twitter Spaces?

Twitter Spaces are versatile, casual conversation forums designed to complement your social media presence. You could create a live podcast, host a Q&A, offer free lectures, and much more – there’s lots of room for creativity.

Anyone can host a Space, and there’s no time limit on broadcast length. Within each Space, there are three roles:

• Host: The host has administrative control. They can start and end the session, add people, mute people, remove speakers, and speak themselves. They can also give these permissions to two additional co-hosts.
• Speakers: The speakers are the people who can join the discussion. There can be a maximum of 13 speakers (including the host) at one time. The host can invite users to become speakers, which they can approve or deny. Participants can also request to speak at the host’s discretion.
• Listeners: Listeners are users who can listen to the speakers’ conversation and react with emojis. There’s no limit to the number of listeners per Space.

Any Twitter user can share the link to a Space and Tweet or direct message (DM) the Spaces invite for listeners.

3 advantages of Twitter Spaces

People flock to Twitter to participate in public conversation. Whether you’re a business, influencer or casual user, being part of those conversations (and facilitating them) helps you grow your audience and forge meaningful relationships with followers.

Here are three reasons you should use Twitter Spaces:

1. Establishing your brand

Who are you, and what are you about? People want to know the answers before they hit “Follow.”

Live streaming is one of the most powerful ways to give your audience a look at the real you. Unlike curated words and pictures, audio conversations are intimate, dynamic, and real. Hosting Spaces relevant to your content puts your brand in front of potential followers and shows them who you are – and if they like what they hear, your audience will grow.

2. Interacting with your audience

People value brands that take the initiative to reach out and listen to them. Hosting Spaces allows your following to interact with you directly by tuning in, emoji reacting, or even getting involved in the conversation.

Twitter Spaces can also help you get to know your audience better. For example, you could host discussions on customer service, feedback sessions or follower satisfaction meetings. From there, you can use what you’ve learned to inform future content. After all, providing valuable content is the key to boosting your follower count, engagement, and conversions.

3. Increasing your reach

Twitter Spaces let audiences interact with brands, industry experts, thought leaders, influencers, and celebrities – and that’s exciting. The more you put yourself out there, the better your chances of connecting with new people, especially if you host Spaces regularly and build a loyal following. These people are more likely to share your content with their friends and followers, leading to more engagement with each broadcast.

You also have a better chance of getting noticed with Twitter Spaces. Tweets have a short lifespan in your followers’ feeds, but Spaces are located at the very top of a users’ timelines. There are always more Tweets than Spaces, meaning your Space is less likely to be scrolled past in a mass of other content.

How to join Twitter Spaces

Checking out other users’ Spaces is a great way to get a feel for the content form and find inspiration. Here’s how to join a Twitter Space:

Mobile

Locate the Space you’d like to join by following a link or tapping a profile picture with a purple ring in the “Fleets” section at the top of your timeline. A pop-up will open with the Space’s details. To join, tap on “Join this Space.”

Desktop

Twitter Spaces also exists on desktop – but you may only join and listen, not host.

From Twitter’s website, click the search bar and type “Filter: Spaces.” Look through the Tweets for a Space you’d like to join. Alternatively, follow a link to a Space from someone you follow. Click on “Start listening.” A pop-up menu will open – from the menu, select “Join this Space.”

How to use Twitter Spaces

Ready to host a Space of your own? Here’s how:

1. Open the Twitter mobile app and log in to your account.
2. Tap and hold the “Compose” icon (+) at the bottom right corner of the home screen.
3. Select the “Spaces” button (microphone icon).
4. Name your Space, add topic tags, choose to record the session, and decide to schedule or go live immediately.
5. Once you begin or schedule your Space, invite people to join via DM or a Tweet with the link.

Manage the interactions in your Twitter Space by tapping the “People” icon. From there, you can see how many users are in your Space, their roles and any pending requests.

FAQs about Twitter Spaces

Still have questions about how to use Twitter Spaces? Here are answers to common queries.

Can I record a Space?

Yes. When creating a Space, hosts can toggle on “Record Space.” While recording, co-hosts, and speakers see a recording symbol (REC). Recordings identify the host, co-host(s), and speakers and show the number of participants.

How long can a Twitter Space last?

Twitter Spaces recorded using iOS 9.15+ and Android 9.46+ last indefinitely (unless deleted by the host). The storage period for Space hosts using older versions of the Twitter app is only 30 days. Users can listen to a replay of the recording as soon as the broadcast is ended.

What’s “Clipping?”

Clipping is a new Twitter feature utilizing audio captured from Spaces. If the host enables the Clipping function, hosts, speakers and listeners can capture up to 30 seconds of audio from a live or recorded Space and share it via Tweet.

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