Snapchat launches Discover in India
November 29, 2018
Snap, makers of Snapchat, the popular social sharing app, has announced the launch of a newly localised Discover, tailor-made for the growing community of Indian Snapchatters, through partnerships with nearly a dozen media brands, all premiering within the app over the next several weeks. This is the first time Snapchat has offered local publisher content in India, and follows recent announcements of other expanded Discover offerings within the last month in the UK, France, Germany, Norway and the Middle East.
The Indian Snapchat Discover partners include news, current event, and cultural affairs commentary from Brut. India, HuffPost India, The Logical Indian, The Quint, and VICE India, featuring signature editions from each; social video and entertainment from Pocket Aces (FilterCopy and Gobble), TVF (The Timeliners, Girliyapa, and The Viral Fever), and QYOU (The Q India); music and cultural content from Saavn’s OnRecord; and Bollywood and beauty highlights from MissMalini Entertainment, featuring MissMalini and Beauty BFF.
Snap’s Discover partners will create made-for-mobile Publisher Stories and TV-like Shows for Snapchat, across multiple genres.
Each media partner will independently create their own editions. Discover first launched on Snapchat in January 2015 with 18 brand partners and now includes over 100 globally. Advertisers can also take advantage of several ad formats alongside this new premium content, including tiled Story Ads, which are displayed in the Discover feed; Snap Ads, which are full-screen ads that run within Publisher Stories; and Commercials, which are six-second non-skippable video ads that run in Shows.
“We are delighted to now offer a more customised Discover experience for the millions of daily Snapchatters in India, welcoming many of the media brands they already know and love,” said Rami Saad, Head of International Content Partnerships, Snap. “We are passionate about providing Snapchatters with the best content experience on mobile, featuring a diverse mix of credible, local voices alongside some of the best content creators from around the world. By engaging with our growing and creative community in India, most of whom are aged 18-24, these amazing local partners will be able to inform and entertain this hard-to-reach audience in powerful ways that are native to our platform.”