What a Vtuber Clip Is, and How to Cut It into a 9:16 Short

If you already follow Vtubers, you've seen those funny short clips of streamers flooding TikTok and YouTube Shorts. This article explains what those clips are, why they're vertical, and how to make them fast.

What is a Vtuber clip (切り抜き)?

It's a highlight from a long stream — a laugh, a scare, a big reaction — turned into a short, shareable clip. In Japanese it's called 切り抜き (kiri-nuki): a fan culture where viewers clip moments to help streamers grow faster.

Why vertical 9:16?

TikTok, YouTube Shorts and Reels are full-screen vertical feeds on mobile. A 9:16 clip cropped neatly around the avatar and gameplay grabs more attention and views than a landscape clip with black bars.

Why is it hard to do yourself?

A single stream runs 2–4 hours. Hunting for highlights, cropping each clip, then re-rendering takes hours per stream — repetitive work that eats time you could spend making other content.

How VTubeClip helps

Paste a stream URL and the system analyzes the whole audio track to pick highlights for you (loud moments, laughter, scares), crops to a neat 9:16, and renders on a real GPU. You get ready-to-post .mp4 files — editing + framing only, no subtitles — charged only when the job finishes, pay for the clips you get.

How to start

Sign up free with Google, no card required, try 10 clips, then you're only charged when a job finishes. See the 3-step getting-started guide for details.