Create a Community post

YouTube Community Posts

Posts can give you more reach on YouTube and greater engagement with your audience. Learn more about Community tab benefits and eligibility.

How to create on YouTube: Videos, Shorts, mobile live streaming and posts from your phone

Note: Some post features such as scheduling, rich editing and expiry are not yet available on Android tablets or iPads.

Create a post

To create a post:

1. Tap Create   Post.
2. Add text.
3. Select image , poll  or quiz  depending on the type of post that you'd like to create.
4. Select Post.

Note: If you want to set your post to expire in 24 hours, tap the hourglass .

We limit how many posts a channel can create in a 24-hour period to protect the YouTube community. If you run into a 'limit reached' error message, try again in 24 hours.

Schedule a post

To schedule a post:

1. While creating your post, in the top right-hand corner, tap the clock.
2. Choose a date, time and time zone to publish the post.
3. Select Done.
4. On the post creation page, click Schedule.

Share a video in a post

To share a video in a post:

1. Go to the video that you want to share.
2. Tap Share Share.
3. Tap Create post.
4. Type your message and tap Post or .

Share a playlist in a post

To share a playlist in a post:

1. Open the playlist that you want to share.
2. Select More Share.
3. Tap Copy link.
4. Tap Create Post.
5. Paste in the playlist URL and tap Post.

Create a live stream post

1. From the home screen, tap Create .
2. Tap Go live Public.
3. Choose a title, then tap Next.
4. Select a thumbnail for the post.
5. Tap Share Create a post.
6. Add your post text, then select Post.
7. Tap Go live.
8. To end the stream, tap Finish.

Mention other channels in a post

You can mention other YouTube channels in your posts by entering '@' followed immediately by their handle or channel name. The channel may get a notification that you've mentioned them. Viewers can click on the mention from any device and go directly to that channel page.

Learn about types of posts

Text posts

To create a text post, enter your message in the text box on the Community tab of your channel. You can post your text by itself or with a video, image or GIF. Text posts can't be combined with polls.

Playlist posts

If you have the Community tab turned on, you can post playlists from artists that you enjoy. Copy and paste the playlist URL into your post.

Image and GIF posts

You can choose to upload up to five images with your post. Tap image to select images or animated GIFs.

If you have access to the Community tab, you can also add text, stickers and filters to your image post through the YouTube app.

Guidelines

• Size: Up to 16 MB
• File types: JPG, PNG, GIF or WEBP
• Suggested aspect ratio: We suggest 1:1 ratio because that's how images are shown in the feed. Viewers can see the full image by clicking to expand it.

Only use images that you have permission to use. You can also include text with your image post. Bear in mind that images must follow YouTube Community Guidelines. If images violate Community Guidelines, your post may be removed and a strike may be applied to the channel.

Video posts

If you choose to add a video to your post, you can:

• Search for a YouTube video
• Paste in a YouTube video URL
• Select a video from your YouTube channel

When you create a post that shares a video by another creator, a notification may be sent to the original uploader of the video. This notification helps creators to acknowledge when other creators are sharing their videos.

Note: Posts about a video already in a viewer's Subscription or Home feed might not show again. This setting prevents your viewers from seeing the same video repeatedly.

Polls

If you choose to add a poll to your post:

1. Select either a TEXT or IMAGE poll.
2. For TEXT polls:
   1. Enter a question in the text field.
   2. Enter answers in the 'Option' fields. These can be up to 65 characters each.
   3. If you need more answer fields, tap ADD OPTION.
3. For IMAGE polls:
   1. Enter a question in the text field.
   2. Upload images as answers.
   3. If you need more images, tap ADD OPTION to add up to four images.

Note: Image poll options have now increased to a maximum of 36 characters. Text poll options can be a maximum of 65 characters.

Quizzes

If you choose to add a quiz  to your post:

1. Enter a question in the text field.
2. Enter answers in the 'Answer' fields. Answers can be up to 80 characters each.
3. If you need more answer fields, tap Add answer. You can have up to four answers.
4. Select the correct answer. You can add an optional explanation for why this is the correct answer in the text field. Explanations can be a maximum of 350 characters.

Note: You can only have one correct answer in quizzes.