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Short answer: most AI video clips are short, 720p, and split almost evenly between vertical and horizontal. The Oakgen AI Video Index 2026, based on 4,069 video generations from January 10 to November 10, 2026, found that 38.4% of clips with a set duration were 5 seconds or less, 52.7% of clips with a set resolution were 720p, and 9:16 beat 16:9 by just 1.4 points.
That last number surprised us. AI video is often pitched as a Reels and TikTok tool. In practice, people make almost as much widescreen footage as vertical.
Every cut, with sample sizes, is on the AI video statistics hub.
Set length, resolution and ratio in one place
Pick 5 or 15 seconds, 720p or 1080p, 9:16 or 16:9, and see the credit cost before you run the clip.
How long are AI video clips?
Clip duration, for jobs that set one (n = 3,876).
- 38.4% of clips were 5 seconds or less.
- 10.0% of clips were 6 to 8 seconds.
- 13.3% of clips were 9 to 10 seconds.
- 32.1% of clips were 11 to 15 seconds.
- 6.2% of clips were longer than 15 seconds.
This is a two-humped shape. One group makes quick shots of 5 seconds or less. A second group goes long, to 11 to 15 seconds, enough for a full short-form beat in one take. Few people pick the middle.
What resolution do people use for AI video?
Resolution, for jobs that set one (n = 3,207).
- 52.7% of clips were 720p.
- 21.0% of clips were 1080p.
- 16.1% of clips were 480p.
- 8.0% of clips were 768p.
2K and 4K together had fewer than 100 jobs, so we do not publish a share for them.
720p is the working default. It looks fine on a phone, and on most Oakgen models it costs less than 1080p. 480p, at 16.1%, is the budget option. Job data cannot tell us whether those were drafts or final clips. See AI video cost per finished clip for what each choice costs.
Is 9:16 or 16:9 more popular for AI video?
Aspect ratio, for jobs that set one (n = 2,418).
- 46.9% of clips were 9:16 vertical.
- 45.5% of clips were 16:9 horizontal.
Square 1:1 and auto ratios had fewer than 100 jobs each, so they are suppressed. Note that the sample is smaller here. Some jobs never store a ratio, for example when the model has no ratio setting, so they drop out of this cut.
Vertical is still growing on the platforms. Meta said nearly 10% of the Reels people view each day are now created in its Edits app (Meta Platforms, Q4 2025 earnings call, January 28, 2026). But on the generation side, widescreen is just as common. People make B-roll, YouTube footage and ads for placements that are not vertical.
Which settings should you pick?
Here is what we would do with this data.
| Goal | Length | Resolution | Ratio |
|---|---|---|---|
| Testing an idea | 5 s | 480p or 720p | Match the final post |
| Reels, TikTok, Shorts | 5 to 10 s per shot | 720p, 1080p for the keeper | 9:16 |
| YouTube or B-roll | 5 to 15 s | 1080p | 16:9 |
| One-take story beat | 11 to 15 s | 720p | Match the final post |
Two rules matter more than the table.
- Pick the ratio before you generate. Cropping 16:9 to 9:16 throws away most of the frame. If you must convert, read landscape to vertical video: crop or expand.
- Draft low, finish high. Run the idea at 720p. Raise the resolution or upscale only once the motion is right. The upscaler finished 72.6% of jobs (n = 117), so save it for clips you will keep.
For a vertical workflow on one model, see the Seedance 2.5 Reels and Shorts guide.
Make a vertical and a widescreen cut
Generate the same shot at 9:16 and 16:9 in Oakgen and post each where it fits.
Do longer clips fail more often?
We did not cut completion by duration in this release, so we cannot say. What we can say is that the overall failure rate was 11.5% (n = 4,069), and most failures came from servers and content filters, not length. See how often AI video generations fail.
How we measured this
- Dataset. The Oakgen AI Video Index 2026 covers every video job on Oakgen from January 10 to November 10, 2026 (n = 4,069).
- Where specified. Each cut uses only jobs that stored that setting. Duration was set on 3,876 jobs, resolution on 3,207 and aspect ratio on 2,418.
- Normalizing. Resolution labels were case-normalized, so "720P" and "720p" count as one.
- Buckets. Durations were grouped as 5 s or less, 6 to 8, 9 to 10, 11 to 15 and over 15 seconds.
- Privacy. Aggregate counts only. No user-level data.
What are the limits of this data?
- Single platform. Oakgen's model menu and defaults shape what people pick.
- Missing settings. Jobs that did not store a setting are left out, which skews each cut toward models that do.
- Defaults count. A 5-second clip may be a choice or just the default. Job data cannot tell them apart.
- Small tails. 2K, 4K and 1:1 are suppressed because each had fewer than 100 jobs.
See all cuts on the AI video statistics hub.
Frequently asked questions
How long are most AI video clips?
Short. In the Oakgen AI Video Index 2026, 38.4% of video jobs with a set duration were 5 seconds or less, and 32.1% were 11 to 15 seconds (n = 3,876, January 10 to November 10, 2026). Only 6.2% were longer than 15 seconds.
Should I generate AI video at 1080p?
Only for the final take. Most people draft at 720p, which is cheaper on most models, and move to 1080p or upscale once the shot works.
Why are so many clips 11 to 15 seconds?
Newer models allow longer single takes, and 10 to 15 seconds fits a full short-form beat. We cannot see the reason from job data, only the setting people picked.
