Upload videos

You can upload videos to YouTube in a few easy steps. Use the instructions below to upload your videos from a estimator or from a mobile device.

Note: This feature may non exist available with supervised experiences on YouTube. Learn more here.

Upload videos

Use the YouTube Android app to upload videos by recording a new video or selecting an existing i:

  1. Tap Create""and then  Upload a video.
  2. Select an existing video from your gallery.
    • If your video is 60 seconds or less and has a foursquare or vertical attribute ratio, it volition be uploaded as a Short. Acquire more than.
    • (Optional) If your video is longer than threescore seconds and has a foursquare or vertical aspect ratio, you tin can tap "Edit into a Brusk" to trim your video and upload it as a Curt. Learn more.
  3. TapNEXT.
  4. Add your video details and tapNEXT.
    • Annotation: The default video privacy setting for creators aged 13–17 is private. If y'all're xviii or older, your default video privacy setting is set to public. Everyone tin can change this setting to make their video public, private, or unlisted.
  5. Select "Aye, it'south made for kids" or "No, information technology'due south not made for kids" to choose your audience. Larn more about made for kids.
  6. Tap Age brake (advanced) and select "Yes, restrict my video to viewers over 18" or "No, don't restrict my video to viewers over 18." Learn more than almost age brake.
  7. Tap UPLOAD to publish your video.

Sometimes we begin uploading your video while you're recording the video. We never publish a video without your consent.

Sentry an instance

If you'd like a demo of how to upload videos in the Android app, watch the following video.

Upload on YouTube on your Android telephone or tablet

Learn more virtually uploading videos

How many videos you can upload per day

There's a limit to how many videos a channel can upload each day. To increment your daily limit, see this article.

"Featured in this video" section on Android

If your video features a top searched creator, viewers on Android may see a link on the sentinel page to the featured creator'south channel, with the option to subscribe. This feature makes it easier for viewers to discover new creators and subscribe to their channels.

A diverse group of top searched creators on YouTube are tagged automatically. Creators cannot be tagged manually.

How to remove a tag

If you lot created the video, you can tap on the featured creator's name and cull to remove them from the video.

If you're tagged in a video, you lot tin tap on your proper name on the sentinel page and choose to remove yourself from the video or from all videos you're tagged in on this aqueduct.

Upload over mobile network vs. Wi-Fi

You can modify the type of connection used to upload your videos.

  1. Tap your profile pic .
  2. Tap Settings and thenGeneral.
  3. Tap Uploads.
  4. Cull between uploading videos over Wi-Fi or your mobile network.

Larn the deviation between "upload" and "publish"

When you lot upload a video, the video file is imported to YouTube.

When you publish a video, the video is bachelor for anyone with access to sentry it.

Upload vertical videos

When you upload your video, YouTube volition figure out the all-time way to display the content. For the all-time experience, don't add black bars to the sides of your vertical video. Whether the video is vertical, square, or horizontal, the video will fit the screen.

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