GIF to WEBM converter
Convert GIF to WEBM in your browser. No upload and no account: the file never leaves your device, so the only size limit is your device’s memory.
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Video has no transparency, so see-through parts of the GIF are filled with this color.
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Read more about the GIF format and the WEBM format, or see every video tool and all video conversions.
Should you convert GIF to WEBM?
Almost always. The same animation as WEBM is typically a tenth of the size of the GIF, plays smoothly, and keeps full color. Choose it wherever video is accepted.
GIF is a 256-color image format best known for short looping animations; WEBM is the web’s open video format, holding VP8, VP9 or AV1 video with Opus or Vorbis audio. Use WEBM for video on your own website, especially short loops and clips with transparency.
| Property | GIF | WEBM |
|---|---|---|
| Usually contains | — | VP9 or AV1 video with Opus audio |
| Support | Opens everywhere | Opens in current browsers and apps |
| Plays on | Every browser, chat app, phone and computer | Chrome, Firefox, Edge and recent Safari, but not the iPhone Photos app, many editors or social uploads |
| Best for | Short, silent loops and reaction images | Video embedded in web pages, and browser screen recordings |
| Introduced | 1987 | 2010 |
How to convert GIF to WEBM
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Add your GIF
Drop your GIF video onto the box, or click to choose it. It is read from your disk and stays there.
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Check the settings
The output is already set to WEBM. Change the quality if you want to; the defaults suit most files.
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Save the WEBM
Press convert and save the WEBM. Several files come back together as a ZIP.
What changes when GIF becomes WEBM
Much smaller, same motion
GIF compresses each frame on its own; WEBM stores only what changes between frames. A 10 MB GIF often becomes a 1 MB video with no visible difference.
No sound to carry
GIFs are silent, so the WEBM has a picture track only. Loops don’t repeat inside a video file; most players and sites loop short clips themselves.
Expect a much smaller file
GIF: A five-second animation can easily pass 10 MB. WEBM: Usually a little smaller than MP4 at the same quality. Shrinking the file is often the main reason to make this conversion.
This page is put together from our notes on each format, choosing only what is true of GIF and WEBM, so every pairing states the same facts the same way. How these pages are made.
Why it doesn’t upload
Your browser can already decode GIF frames and encode video with your device’s hardware. Uploading the GIF would only add a wait, so it stays on your device.
How to check for yourselfWorth knowing
- About the GIF. A few seconds of video as GIF is often ten times the size of the same clip as MP4, because GIF compresses each frame as a separate picture.
- About the WEBM. Browser screen recorders save WEBM, and the recording then fails to upload or attach almost everywhere else.
- Browsers with WebCodecs convert to MP4, WebM, MOV and MKV instantly. Other formats, and older browsers, use the FFmpeg engine, a one-time 31 MB download.
Questions
Will the WEBM loop like the GIF?
Video files don’t store a loop setting. Websites, chat apps and players loop short clips themselves, and video players have a repeat option.
Will a WEBM play on my phone?
WEBM opens in current browsers and apps: Chrome, Firefox, Edge and recent Safari, but not the iPhone Photos app, many editors or social uploads. Drag it into Chrome, Firefox or Edge, or open it in VLC.