Get started with YouTube Shorts

YouTube Shorts

YouTube Shorts is a way for anyone to connect with a new audience using just a smartphone and the Shorts camera in the YouTube app. YouTube'south Shorts creation tools makes it piece of cake to create brusk-class videos that are up to lx seconds long with our multi-segment camera.

Learn more than about Shorts

How do I tape a Short?

To create a short video on YouTube:

  1. Sign in to the YouTube app.
  2. Tap createand thenCreate a Short.
  3. To brand your Short longer than xv seconds, tap xv to a higher place the tape button to record up to 60 seconds (lx).
    Notation: Recording with music from our library or the original audio from other videos is limited to 15 seconds.
  4. To record a prune, concord the capture button  or tap information technology to start recording and then again to stop.
  5. Tap undo to remove the previous video clip you recorded or tap redo to add it back.
  6. Tap close and then choose to Start over or to Save every bit draft and get out the photographic camera.
  7. Tap done" " to preview and enhance your video.
  8. Tap back to return to the record screen. You can also tap back after you've made edits to Discard edits or to Save as typhoon and exit the editor. Saving a draft at this point saves any edits yous've made.
  9. Tap Adjacent to add details to your video. From this screen, add a title (max 100 characters), and choose settings, like video privacy.
    Note: The default video privacy setting for creators aged 13–17 is private. If y'all're 18 or older, your default video privacy setting is set to public. Everyone can alter this setting to brand their video public, individual, or unlisted.
  10. Tap Select audienceand then "Yes, it's fabricated for kids" or "No, it's not made for kids" to choose your audience. Learn more about made for kids.
  11. Tap UPLOAD to publish your Short.

Become artistic with Shorts!

Enhance your Shorts with various creative features in the YouTube app – Learn how.

How will viewers notice my short videos?

We're e'er testing new means to evangelize content to viewers. This is especially true for Shorts.

Correct now, viewers may notice your Shorts by tapping Shorts  at the lesser of the YouTube app. They may likewise find Shorts:

  • On the YouTube homepage.
  • In their notifications.
  • Checking their Subscriptions.
  • Featured on your channel homepage. Learn how to customize your channel layout.
  • One time they tap into a Short, viewers can curl to sentinel more curt videos.

Wherever they notice them, subscribers gained from watching your Shorts count toward Creator Awards Plan milestones.

Include#Shorts in your short video'south championship or clarification to aid our organization recommend your Shorts across YouTube.

For more than info on hashtags on YouTube, go to Add together hashtags to your video.

Can I earn coin from my short videos?

Short-class video creators practise not share acquirement from advertisements played in the Shorts player right at present. We've instead started the YouTube Shorts Fund, a $100M fund for creators who help us build the futurity of short-class video on YouTube.

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