Guide
How to make Reddit story videos for TikTok
Narrated Reddit stories over gameplay footage are one of the most reliable faceless formats on TikTok, Reels, and Shorts. Making one by hand — voiceover, caption timing, cropping, export — takes an hour in an editor. Here’s the whole workflow in six steps, from the post to the published video, no editing skills required. Rendering is free to try.
Step 1
Pick a story
Paste a Reddit post URL and StoryTok imports the title, body, and stats — or write your own story. Relationship drama, AITA, revenge, and confession stories perform best; 300–550 words lands the ideal 2–3 minute runtime.
Step 2
Choose voice, background, and captions
63 included neural voices in 20 languages (plus 21 premium ElevenLabs voices), a library of gameplay backgrounds (GTA, Minecraft, Subway Surfers style) or up to 12 of your own uploads, and word-by-word caption styling you can recolor and reposition.
Step 3
Add the Reddit intro card
An optional title card shows the post like a real Reddit screenshot — username, upvotes, comments — before the narration starts. It's the hook that stops the scroll.
Step 4
Render
One click renders a 1080×1920 MP4 with narration and synced captions in about two minutes. It lands in My videos, and you own it outright. Download it whenever you like.
Step 5
Connect an account and publish
To post from StoryTok, connect TikTok, Instagram or YouTube in Settings, Social accounts (Instagram needs a professional account). Open the finished video, choose Publish, tick the accounts and write a caption; YouTube also takes a title. Trial videos are watermarked and cannot be published, so this step needs a video rendered on paid credits.
Step 6
Review, schedule and check the result
Post now or pick a date and time, then review the cost (1 paid credit per video per account) and confirm that the post goes out publicly. The Publishing page shows each account's status and links to the post once the platform confirms it. A failed post returns its credit.
What it costs
- 3 free trial minutes at signup, no card, for rendering. Trial renders carry a small watermark and cannot be published.
- After that, one-time credit packs: $5 for 20 credits, $10 for 60, $50 for 360. Rendering is 1 credit per minute (2 with a premium voice). No subscription, and credits never expire.
- Publishing from StoryTok is 1 paid credit per video per account: a 2-minute story is 2 credits to make, 3 posted to one account, 5 posted to three. Downloading is free.
- Posting daily? Autopilot sources the day's top post from your subreddits, rewrites it into an original script, renders it on a schedule and can post it for you.
Want the whole loop hands-off? Read how to automatically post Reddit story videos, or see how publishing works.
Comparing tools? See how StoryTok stacks up against Crayo and AutoShorts.
Questions
Can I make Reddit story videos for free?
Yes. StoryTok gives every new account 3 free render minutes with no card required, enough for one to three short story videos. Trial videos carry a watermark and cannot be published from StoryTok. After the trial, rendering costs 1 credit per minute (about 17 cents on the $10 pack) with no subscription.
How long does it take to make a Reddit story video?
About two minutes of render time per video. You paste a Reddit URL or story text, pick a voice, background, and caption style, and StoryTok handles narration, caption timing, and export automatically.
Can StoryTok post the video for me?
Yes, from the web app, to your own TikTok, Instagram and YouTube accounts, now or on a schedule. It costs 1 paid credit per video for each account, on top of the render. Every post is public, Instagram needs a professional account, and YouTube decides whether an upload counts as a Short.
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