What is Vayug?
Vayug is a creator-first video platform for discovering, watching, publishing, and monetizing short-form and long-form video.
Frequently Asked Questions
Answers about Vayug's video experience, creator publishing, monetization, guaranteed ad impressions, and player features.
Is Vayug the same as Snehayog?
Yes. Vayug is the product-facing name, while Snehayog is the repository, project, and internal package identity.
Does Vayug support short and long videos?
Yes. Yug is the short-form discovery experience and Vayu is the long-form viewing experience. Series and episodes are supported where configured.
How do creators make money on Vayug?
Creators can monetize in Vayug by opening the Account tab, sharing Vayug with 2 friends using the refer button or uploading 2 videos, then using Setup Billing when it appears. After adding a UPI ID, eligible creators can earn from eligible ad impressions and receive 80% of eligible advertising revenue, subject to eligibility, ad availability, policy, payout setup, and payment requirements.
Is the 80% creator revenue share guaranteed income?
No. It is a configured share of eligible advertising revenue, not a guaranteed income, CPM, RPM, or promise that every video will receive ads.
Can advertisers run campaigns on Vayug?
Yes. Campaign, creative, targeting, payment, impression, click, and analytics workflows are included. Inventory, pricing, approval, and targeting depend on the current deployment.
What are guaranteed ad impressions on Vayug?
Unlike traditional platforms where ad delivery and reach are uncertain, Vayug offers guaranteed ad impressions for advertisers, ensuring clear ROI visibility and verified views. For eligible creators, 80% of advertising revenue is split based on these verified ad impressions.
Who is the target audience for Vayug?
Vayug is built for three primary groups: (1) Creators seeking transparent 80% revenue share and true subscriber ownership; (2) Viewers who want an uninterrupted, clean viewing experience across short-form and long-form content; and (3) Advertisers seeking verified reach with guaranteed impressions.
Can I watch videos in an external player like VLC or MX Player?
Yes. While watching long-form videos on Vayug (Android), you can stream and open videos directly inside your preferred external media player (such as VLC, MX Player, or any supported player installed on your device) right from the video player menu.
Does Vayug support AI dubbing and translation?
The platform includes transcription, translation, and speech-synthesis workflows for dubbing when the relevant feature flags, AI engines, quotas, and deployment services are available.
Does Vayug support E2EE subscriber-only videos?
Yes. Creators can publish subscriber-only videos using end-to-end encrypted delivery. Protected content is encrypted on the creator/client side, encrypted per-subscriber key material is stored by the backend, and an authenticated eligible subscriber decrypts the video locally.
Can creators connect with subscribers outside the app?
Yes. Authenticated creators can export available subscriber names, email addresses, profile information, and subscription dates as a CSV for consent-based use with their own email, newsletter, or external communication tools. Privacy law, anti-spam rules, subscriber consent, and platform terms apply.
Can creators send notifications to subscribers?
Yes. Creator Tools can send a direct push alert to all or selected eligible subscribers, optionally with a target URL. Alerts respect notification preferences, require an active app/device token, and are currently limited to two sends per creator per day.
Can Vayug videos be shared or embedded on the web?
Yes. Available videos have shareable pages at /video/{video-id}/{title-slug} (legacy ID-only links remain supported) and embeddable player pages at /embed/{video-id}.
What features are available to viewers?
Viewers can discover and search videos, watch short and long content, like, comment, share, follow creators, save videos, recover watch position, receive notifications, and report content.
What can creators do on Vayug?
Creators can upload and manage videos, edit metadata, organize series and episodes, add quizzes where enabled, build profiles, grow followers, review analytics, and access revenue and payout workflows.
Which sign-in methods does Vayug support?
The backend supports Google Sign-In and phone/OTP authentication. The exact options shown depend on the current app build and configuration.
Is Vayug open source?
The repository is MIT-licensed. Production deployments, user data, private credentials, media, and third-party provider accounts are not automatically public because the code is open source.
Is Vayug available in every country?
Website, app distribution, payments, advertising, language features, and creator payouts can vary by country, region, eligibility, and deployment configuration.