There are a couple of advantages to prefer std::make_shared to the ordinary way of creating a shared pointer.

• Better readibility (see example below)
• Less memory consumption
• Better exception-safety

Example (wrong):

std::shared_ptr<Object> ptr(new Object("foo"));

Example (correct):

std::shared_ptr<Object> ptr = std::make_shared<Object>("foo");

Example (correct, even better):

auto ptr = std::make_shared<Object>("foo");