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.

Create a post

To create a post:

1. Sign in to YouTube.
2. At the top of the page, select Create Create post.
3. In the box at the top:
   • Type a message to create a text post or add text to an image, GIF, or video post.
   • Choose to create a video , poll , quiz , or image post.
4. Select Post.

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. Sign in to YouTube.
2. At the top of the page, select Create Create post.
3. In the box at the top:
   • Type a message to create a text post or add text to an image, GIF, or video post.
   • Choose to create a video , poll , quiz , or image post.
4. Click the down arrow next to Post and select Schedule Post.
5. Choose a date, time, and time zone to publish the post.
6. Select Schedule.

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 the mention from any device and go directly to that channel page.

Understand 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. Open the playlist that you’d like to share and copy the URL. Paste the playlist URL in the text field when creating your post.

Image and GIF posts

You can choose to upload up to 5 images with your post. Click image to select images or animated GIFs from your computer.

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.

Keep 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 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 Text or Image poll.
2. For Text polls:
   1. Enter a question in the "Ask your community..." field.
   2. Enter answers in the "Add option" fields within 65 characters each.
   3. Click Add another option to add up to 4 answers.
3. For Image polls:
   1. Enter a question in the "Ask your community..." field.
   2. Upload images as answers, and add captions within 36 characters in the “Option” fields.
   3. Click Add option to add up to 4 images.

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 4 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 350 characters max.

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

Manage your activity

You can go to and manage a history of your activity on posts. This feature is only available on a computer.

1. Go to YouTube.com.
2. From the left, click History.
3. From the right under "History type," click Community. You’ll see your post history.
4. To edit or delete an activity, hover over it, click More Edit or Delete.

Note: A history of posts you’ve opened is only kept for 30 days.