Upload YouTube videos

You can upload videos to YouTube in a few easy steps. Use the instructions below to upload your videos from a computer or from a mobile device. Uploading may not be available with supervised experiences on YouTube. Learn more here.

Upload videos

Use the YouTube iPhone and iPad app to upload videos by recording a new video or selecting an existing one.

YouTube app

1. Open the YouTube app .
2. Tap Create   Video.
3. Select the file that you'd like to upload and tap Next.
   • If your video is three minutes or less and has a square or vertical aspect ratio, it will be uploaded as a Short. Learn more.
   • (Optional) If your video is longer than three minutes and has a square or vertical aspect ratio, you can tap 'Edit into a Short' to trim your video and upload it as a Short. Learn more.

​If you close the upload experience before you've finished choosing your settings, your video will be saved as a draft on your content page.

YouTube Studio app

1. Open the YouTube Studio app .
2. At the top, tap Create .
3. Select the file that you'd like to upload
   1. If your video is three minutes or less and has a square or vertical aspect ratio, it will be uploaded as a Short. Learn more.
   2. (Optional) If your video is longer than three minutes and has a square or vertical aspect ratio, you can tap 'Edit into a Short' to trim your video and upload it as a Short. Learn more.
4. Add details to your video, such as a title (max 100 characters), the privacy settings and monetisation settings.
5. Tap Next.
6. Choose your audience, 'Yes, it's Made for Kids' or 'No, it's not Made for Kids'. Learn more about Made for Kids.
7. Tap Upload video to publish your video.

Details

Add important details to your video.

Thumbnail	The image that viewers will see before clicking your video.
Title	The title of your video. Note: Video titles have a character limit of 100 characters and cannot include invalid characters.
Description	Info that shows below your video. For video attributions, use the following format: [Channel name]|[Video title]|[Video ID]. To format text, highlight the text that you'd like to change and select an option from the editing bar. You can bold, italicise or strike through text. Video descriptions have a character limit of 5,000 characters and cannot include invalid characters.
Visibility	Choose the privacy settings of your video to control where your video can appear and who can watch it. If you're in the YouTube Partner Programme, you can set your video to unlisted or private until checks are finished. To be notified once checks have been completed, you can opt in to get a notification in the YouTube Studio app. Note: We're slowly rolling out this feature.
Location	Enter the location where your video was filmed.
Playlist	Add your video to one of your existing playlists or create a playlist.

Click NEXT to select your audience.

Audience	To comply with the US Children's Online Privacy Protection Act (COPPA), you're required to tell us whether your videos are Made for Kids.
Age restriction	Age-restrict videos that may not be appropriate for all audiences.

Checks

Checks for copyright issues and ad suitability

If you're in the YouTube Partner Programme, checks allow you to screen your videos for copyright issues and ad suitability.

• Copyright: The copyright check searches for copyrighted content in your video. If issues are found, you can remove the claimed content from your video or choose to dispute a claim.
• Ad suitability: Once you've turned on ads, the ad suitability check will verify whether your video follows our ad-friendly content guidelines. If issues are found, you can request a human review if you think that our systems have made a mistake.

These checks help you learn about potential restrictions so that you can fix issues before your video is published.

Note: Copyright and ad suitability check results aren't final. For example, future manual Content ID claims, copyright strikes and edits to your video settings may impact your video.

Manage your notifications for checks

You can turn on push notifications to conveniently know when your videos have completed checks.

Note: Make sure that you've turned notifications on in your mobile devices and that you're signed in to the right account.

YouTube Studio app

1. Open the YouTube Studio app .
2. Tap your profile picture Settings .
3. Under 'Notifications', tap Push notifications .
4. Toggle 'Policy' on or off.

Watch an example

If you'd like a demo of how to upload videos on your iPhone or iPad, watch the following video.

Learn more about uploading videos

When you upload and publish your video, YouTube will work out the best way to display the content. For the best experience, don't add black bars to the sides of your vertical video. Whether the video is vertical, square or horizontal, it will fit the screen.