YouTube

Video Tutorials

 

YouTube Account Tutorials

• Secure and recover your hijacked YouTube account
• Under-18 students will lose access to YouTube and Blogger on September 1, 2021
• How to back up your YouTube account data
• Download your YouTube Channel data from Google Analytics before February 1, 2021
• Run a privacy checkup on your Google, YouTube, Facebook & Twitter accounts (Video quick tip)
• Add a Manager, Editor or Studio Viewer to your YouTube channel (Video tutorial)
• Switch from Brand Account managers to Channel Permissions in YouTube Studio (Video tutorial)
• All about Brand Accounts for YouTube
• Download a backup of your Brand Account YouTube channel
• Create a YouTube Channel for your Brand, Business, Organization or Band
• Manage your Google Brand Accounts for Google+, YouTube and Photos
• Create a new YouTube Channel without Google+ (Updated)
• Removing the last Google+ Features from YouTube: Private shares with G+ Circles, G+ links, Mobile app
• G Suite for Education users: transfer ownership of YouTube Brand Accounts before July 10, 2019

YouTube Monetization Tutorials

• YouTube Partner Program scheduled suspensions improve the appeal process
• View AdSense payments in YouTube Studio
• YouTube Partner Program open to more creators with fan funding tier
• Extended reapplication waiting times for the YouTube Partner Program
• Find your end-of-year tax documents in your AdSense account
• YouTube Advertiser Friendly Guidelines update: More breast feeding and sensual dancing allowed
• YouTube relaxes profanity prohibitions for monetization
• YouTube will no longer display overlay ads: check Analytics for potential impact on your earnings
• YouTube Partners: Start earning from YouTube Shorts
• December 2022 update to the Advertiser-Friendly Guidelines
• Apply for the YouTube Partner Program in the YouTube Studio mobile app
• Was your AdSense Payments accounts cancelled? Don't panic!
• New YouTube monetization options coming in 2023
• YouTube has suspended ads in Russia
• YouTube and other AdSense earnings will have separate payments accounts
• Low quality "Made for Kids" content on YouTube cannot be monetized
• YouTube Partner Program eligibility update: no active Community Guidelines strikes
• New Super Thanks tip jar lets fans show appreciation
• YouTube Advertiser Friendly Guidelines update: more green $ on content previously with limited ads
• Guest appearance on Tinkering with Tech: YouTube Partner Program and AdSense
• Set up AdSense for your YouTube Shorts Fund bonus
• All international YouTube Partners must submit U.S. tax information to AdSense
• New AdSense Reports will not include older stats and YouTube data
• All YouTube Partners can now monetize COVID-19 content
• YouTube Monetization Update: new "checking" icon 
• YouTube Partner Program update: Self-certification available to all monetizing channels
• YouTube inserting mid-roll ads in monetized 8 minute+ videos at the end of July
• How to enable monetization on YouTube (NOTE: Updated YouTube Partner Program Setup Page in November 2019)
• Chrome to stop showing "intrusive" ads on short videos
• Does your channel meet the new YouTube Partner Program watch time requirements? (video)
• Get paid your AdSense balance, even if you are no longer in the YouTube Partner Program (video)
• YouTube Partners: Assess whether your content is advertiser-friendly
• YouTube Partners and AdSense Publishers: keep your content advertiser-friendly
• What to do if your YouTube Partner Program application was rejected for Duplication

YouTube and Copyright

• How to use the YouTube Copyright Match Tool
  
• YouTube makes it easier for Creators to resolve manual Content ID claims
• Copyright holders can no longer monetize manually claimed videos with unintentional use of music

YouTube Policy Updates

• Remove Community Guidelines warnings with policy training
• YouTube making age-restriction more consistent (and harder to bypass)
• YouTube Policy Update: Age restriction of nicotine and THC content
• YouTube expands hate speech and harassment policies to include harmful conspiracy theories like QAnon
• YouTube policy enforcement in the time of COVID-19: more removals, more successful appeals
• YouTube in the time of coronavirus: limiting misinformation and promoting authoritative sources
• YouTube temporarily increasing automated content review
• YouTube increasing policy enforcement around dangerous pranks
• YouTube to reduce recommendations for content that could "misinform in harmful ways"
• YouTube revises Community Guidelines strike system - no more 90 day live streaming bans!
• YouTube increases enforcement of "fake engagement" links policy
• YouTube updates hate speech policy to cover supremacist content, Sandy Hook denialism and more
• YouTube policy update: video game violence now treated like other scripted violence
• YouTube Policy Update: stronger rules against harassment and cyberbullying

YouTube and Content for Kids

• YouTube disables comments on millions of videos featuring kids; recommends holding comments for moderation
• YouTube's Policies to Protect Kids
• YouTube now removing "mature" content targeting children
• YouTube will treat all "children's content" as if kids are watching
• How to indicate your YouTube channel or videos are made for kids to comply with COPPA

YouTube Creator Tutorials

• Earn YouTube Achievement Badges by taking quizzes, joining a membership, completing a course or listening to music
• YouTube Shorts are getting longer
• Made on YouTube: Community, Hype Leaderboards, Jewels & Gifts, Automatic Dubbing, AI Shorts Tools
• Get inspired with YouTube's new experimental AI inspiration tool
• Scroll the YouTube Posts feed for creator polls, quizzes, photos and more
• Configure YouTube's new "For You" recommendation section on your channel
• Easily create movies with the YouTube Create app
• Share links on your YouTube channel and long-form videos
• How to choose or change your YouTube handle
• YouTube removing "View Attributions" page from videos created in the YouTube Video Editor
• Use a separate identity for YouTube and other Google services
• Compare social media Stories on YouTube, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn
• Save your YouTube Story video before it expires
• Goodbye Classic YouTube Studio!
• How to share a private YouTube video
• YouTube improving captioning tools for creators
• Download your YouTube Channel data from YouTube Analytics
• Improving YouTube comments: respectfulness reminders, improved automated removal, moderation updates
  
• YouTube Smart Replies to Comments
• YouTube discontinuing Community Contributions
• Some YouTube Playlist Features to be Removed
• The Fundo virtual events platform is now open to creators (shutting down March 31, 2021)
• Quick tip: Get free sound effects for your next spooky video
• Accentuate the positive on YouTube: Learn@Home and Stay Home #WithMe
• Filter your YouTube comments by sub status, questions and more
• How to block someone on your YouTube channel
• YouTube #hashtag search (video)
• Make your Halloween video spookier
• Three ways to make your Christmas & Holiday videos more festive
• Report and remove bad YouTube ads
• Test YouTube experimental desktop features at YouTube New!
• View your YouTube channel's total subscriber count after public numbers are abbreviated
• YouTube no longer automatically publishes community contributions due to "spam and abuse"
• YouTube tightens verification checkmark badge eligibility requirements then mostly back tracks changes to verification badges
• YouTube DMs are going away: Save a copy of your messages!
• YouTube VidCon announcements: Learning Playlists, Merch Options and More
• Connect your YouTube channel to Twitter (NOTE: YouTube removing option to automatically share to Twitter and Google+)
• Turn your Google+ Followers into YouTube Subscribers (This has advice for other social sites too)
• Check the traffic to your YouTube videos from Google+ (and other external sites) (NOTE: Classic YouTube Analytics only)
• Check your YouTube Realtime Report to see estimated views in real time (video) (NOTE: Classic YouTube Analytics only)

 YouTube and Google Photos Movies

• Google Photos split from Google Drive, no longer available for YouTube import
• Import videos from Google Photos to your YouTube channel (NOTE: Does not work with the new YouTube uploader)
• How to add music to a Google Photos movie from the YouTube Audio Library

YouTube and your Blog or Website

• Limit related videos on embedded videos to those from the same YouTube channel
• 3 easy ways to promote your YouTube channel on your blog
• Embed YouTube livestream and live chat on your blog or website

Promote your YouTube Channel

• Set up a Bing Page to promote your persona, brand or YouTube channel

YouTube on Android

• YouTube Android app update: "Profile Cards" linked from comments
• Manage your YouTube Search and Watch history in the Android YouTube app (video)
• Change your channel privacy settings in the Android YouTube app (video)
• Use the YouTube Gaming app to record demos and tutorials on your Android device
• Add video filters with the YouTube Android app + the worst game ever (video)

YouTube Live Tutorials

• Live stream your Google Meet meeting to YouTube: Everything you need to know
• Tour of YouTube updates to Live Control Room
  
• How to use the new YouTube live control room
• Live stream on YouTube using only your webcam
• Embed YouTube livestream and live chat on your blog or website
• YouTube raises eligibility requirement for mobile live streaming to 1000 subscribers

Year End Reviews

• Year in Review 2023: YouTube monetization expanded, channel redesign and creator features
• Year in Review 2022: Cheers to 2022!
• Year in Review 2020: AdSense, YouTube Partner Program & Monetization and COVID, Communication & Creator Updates
• Year in Review 2019: YouTube Studio, Policy, and Live Streaming 
• Year in Review 2018: YouTube Partner Program tougher eligibility, new features for all Creators
• Year in Review 2017: YouTube Creators, Partners and Live Streamers
• Year in Review 2016: YouTube Creator updates - community, creativity, communication 
• Year in Review 2015: YouTube
• Year in Review 2014: YouTube and Google+ closer than ever

YouTube Support & Creator Resources

>> Follow YouTube for updates and tips

• Official YouTube Blog 
• YouTube on X
• Follow @YouTube
• Follow @YTCreators
• Follow @YouTubeGaming
• Follow @TeamYouTube
• Follow YouTube Creator Liaison
• YouTube on Threads
• Follow YouTube Creator Liaison
• Follow YouTube
• Follow YouTube Creators

>> Get Help!

• YouTube Help Center
• Email Creator Support (for eligible channels)
• YouTube Help Forum
• Tweet YouTube questions to @TeamYouTube on X/Twitter

>> YouTube Creator Resources

• Creator Insider YouTube Channel
• Google Developers: YouTube Subscribe Button
• YouTube Creator Hub
• YouTube Partner Email Support (for eligible channels)

>> Support For Viewers

• YouTube Viewers channel
• YouTube Premium and Purchases Support
• YouTube TV Help Center
• YouTube Gaming Help Center
• YouTube Kids Help Center and Parental Guide

(Updated July 2024)