AI explainer video generator
ViewGum's Explainer is an AI explainer video generator for vertical YouTube Shorts, TikTok and Instagram Reels. Ask a why or how question and it makes a narrated short that draws the answer as charts, icons and moving type, with no presenter on screen. An Explainer short runs 30 to 60 seconds; 30 seconds costs 425 credits to make. You export one MP4 with post copy for each app and post it yourself.
Explainer shorts at a glance
- Length
- 30 to 60 seconds, in 15-second steps; about 30 seconds unless you pick another. A short lands within a fifth of the length you pick.
- In each short
- A narrator voice and clean motion graphics: charts, flows, icons and type. Captions, music and sound effects.
- Export
- One vertical 1080 x 1920 MP4 at 30 frames a second, with post copy for YouTube Shorts, TikTok, Instagram Reels and Facebook Reels. No watermark.
- Credits
- 30 seconds: 425 credits to make, plus 3 to export. 60 seconds: 625 credits to make, plus 5 to export.Quoted on ViewGum's default writer on November 13, 2026.
- From an AI assistant
- Yes, through ViewGum's connector, which quotes the price first.
How to make an Explainer short
- Type the question, such as why the sky is blue, or pick one of the ideas ViewGum suggests.
- Pick Explainer and about how long it runs, 30 to 60 seconds. Pick History to tell how something began, or leave it to answer the question.
- ViewGum writes the answer, voices it and animates it with captions and sound. Watch it, then export the MP4.
Example Explainer shorts
Why do onions make you cry?
A knife cuts an onion while the speed of the spray it throws up counts up on screen, in meters per second and then miles per hour. A muted excerpt.
Make one like this
Why should you rest a steak after cooking?
A thermometer and moving type follow the heat as it keeps moving inward after the steak leaves the pan. A muted excerpt.
Make one like this
Who Explainer is for
- Channels that answer why and how questions about science, food, tech and everyday things.
- Teachers and tutors who post short answers to the questions students ask.
- Marketers explaining the problem their product solves, told as the idea behind it rather than a product demo.
What Explainer doesn't do
- An Explainer runs 30 to 60 seconds. A narrated faceless short in another look runs up to 90 seconds.
- An Explainer has no presenter or avatar, and it can't show your product's own screens or a screen recording.
- It does not post for you. You get the MP4 and post copy for each app, then post it yourself.
- It does not cut clips from long recordings.
- It does not export horizontal or square video.
- It does not have a public REST API. AI assistants connect through its MCP server.
Questions
Is there an AI that turns a question into an animated explainer without an avatar?
Yes. ViewGum's Explainer turns a why or how question into a narrated vertical short that draws the answer as charts, flows, icons and moving type, with no presenter or avatar on screen. It runs 30 to 60 seconds.
How do I make a 30-second explainer Short?
Type the question, such as how a microwave heats food, pick Explainer and a length of 30 seconds. ViewGum writes the answer, voices it and animates it with captions and sound. Watch it, then export one MP4 with post copy for each app.
Can I make explainer videos about my product?
About the idea behind it, yes: an Explainer can answer the question your product solves, such as how noise cancelling works. It can't show your product's own screens, a screen recording or a demo.
How much does an Explainer short cost?
On ViewGum's default writer: 30 seconds: 425 credits to make, plus 3 to export; 60 seconds: 625 credits to make, plus 5 to export. Creator is $49 a month for 4,500 credits, Pro is $99 a month for 9,500 credits and Studio is $199 a month for 20,000 credits. Every Explainer short shows its price in credits before it starts and is charged exactly that.
Can I make an Explainer short from my AI assistant?
Yes. Connect ViewGum to your AI assistant once, then ask it for an Explainer short on your topic. It shows you the price and waits for your yes before anything is charged.
Make your first explainer short
Ask a why or how question, pick Explainer, and watch the answer get drawn.
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Last updated October 29, 2026.