Copy the GIPHY URL link for any GIPHY GIF in giphy.com or the GIPHY mobile app. Past the GIPHY URL link to the end of your tweet. Your GIF will play on Twitter once your tweet is published.

What GIF system does Twitter use?

The feature is powered by GIF search engines Riffsy and Giphy. The GIF button appears in the tweet composer in between the buttons for adding photos and polls. Twitter expects it to be heavily used: people added 100 million GIFs to their tweets last year, the company says.

What is the Twitter GIF tab?

The company has announced a GIF search feature is coming to tweets and direct messages. It is rolling out an honest-to-goodness GIF button. So, when you’re composing a tweet or direct message, you can search and browse for the perfect animated image to go along with your text.

Finding and using existing GIFs

You can pull in GIFs directly from Twitter’s GIF library, or go to an external website and save the GIF to upload. Twitter’s GIF library: Go to Twitter.com and compose a new tweet, clicking on the GIF icon to search and insert a GIF directly from Twitter’s GIF library.