Use your artist name as your channel name
Effective channel names can help fans easily find your official channel in search results and your official videos across YouTube. Poor channel names can make discovery of your channel and your videos more difficult for fans and potentially have a negative impact on your analytics. Consider using your official artist name, band name, or the name of your newest release for your OAC.
For example, a good channel name for the band Big Light would be Big Light. Try to use the name that’s on your newest release.
For example, a good channel name for the band Big Light would be Big Light. Try to use the name that’s on your newest release.
Best practices for writing your channel name
Notifications
Once fans subscribe, they may also start getting notifications when you publish new videos. By default, we'll only send highlights from the channel.
If you have an Official Artist Channel, viewers will only see notifications originating from the official channel in their subscriptions feed.
The type of notification they'll get from the Official Artist Channel depends on the notification preferences they've had for your other channels. Preferences from a topic channel do not affect notification settings for the Official Artist Channel.
If you have an Official Artist Channel, viewers will only see notifications originating from the official channel in their subscriptions feed.
The type of notification they'll get from the Official Artist Channel depends on the notification preferences they've had for your other channels. Preferences from a topic channel do not affect notification settings for the Official Artist Channel.
Learn how viewer settings affect notifications
View YouTube Analytics for Artists
If you're an artist on YouTube and you have an Official Artist Channel, you can use the YouTube Studio app to see analytics. Analytics will show your data across all of the channels where your music resides (for example, artist owned & operated channel, topic channel, and VEVO).
Learn more about YouTube Analytics for Artists.
Update your artist discography
If you notice errors within your discography, such as an incorrect or missing release, learn how to submit feedback to update your discography.