How to upload an mp4 to youtube

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.

Note: This feature may not be available with supervised experiences on YouTube. Learn more here.

Upload videos in YouTube Studio

1. Sign in to YouTube Studio.
2. In the top-right corner, click CREATE
   
    
   
    Upload videos .
3. Select the file you’d like to upload.

Note: You can upload up to 15 videos at a time. Be sure to click Edit 

​If you close the upload experience before you finish choosing your settings, your video will be saved as a draft on your Content page.

Details

Add important details to your video. Note: You can click REUSE DETAILS to copy select details from a previously uploaded video.

At the bottom of the Details page, select SHOW MORE to choose your advanced settings.

Monetization

Ad suitability

If you're in the YouTube Partner Program, you can use the ad suitability page to rate your videos against our advertiser-friendly content guidelines. This action helps us make monetization decisions faster and accurately. Learn more about Self-certification.

Video elements

Add cards and end screens to show your audience related videos, websites, and calls to action.

Checks

Use the Checks page to screen your video for copyright issues and, if you're in the YouTube Partner Program, 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: The Ad suitability check will verify whether your video follows our ad-friendly content guidelines. If issues are found, you can request human review if you think our systems made a mistake.

These checks help you learn about potential restrictions so you can fix issues before your video is published. Checks can take some time, but they run in the background, so you can return to the process later. You can also publish your video while checks are running and fix issues later.

Visibility

On the Visibility page, choose when you want your video to publish and who you want to find your video. You can also share your video privately.

Note: The default video privacy setting for creators aged 13–17 is private. If you’re 18 or older, your default video privacy setting is set to public. Everyone can change this setting to make their video public, private, or unlisted.

• Save or publish: To publish your video now, choose this option and select Private, Unlisted, or Public as your video’s privacy setting. If you choose to make your video public, you can also set your video as an instant Premiere.
• Schedule: To publish your video later, choose this option and select the date you want your video to be published. Your video will be private until that date. You can also set your video as a Premiere.

Preview your changes and make sure they follow YouTube policies, then click SAVE.

Note: If your account has a Community Guidelines strike, your scheduled video won’t publish during the penalty period. Your video is set to “private” for the penalty period duration, and you have to reschedule publishing the video when the freeze period ends. Learn more about Community Guidelines strike basics.

Watch how to upload videos

Check out the following video from the YouTube Creators channel on how to upload videos.

How To Upload Videos with YouTube Studio

Learn more about uploading videos

How many videos you can upload per day

There's a limit to how many videos a channel can upload each day across desktop, mobile, and YouTube API. To increase your daily limit, visit this article.

Upload audio files

You can’t upload audio files to YouTube. Here is a list of supported file formats that can be uploaded to YouTube.

To add your content to YouTube, try converting your audio file to a video file by adding an image. YouTube doesn’t have a tool to upload audio files, but you can try other video editing software.

Learn the difference between “upload” and “publish”

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

When you publish a video, the video is made available for anyone to watch.

Upload vertical videos

When you upload and publish your video, YouTube will figure 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, the video will fit the screen.

Figure out why your video’s upload date and publish date are different

• Upload date: The date you uploaded your video. Shows next to your private or unlisted video on your Content page.
• Publish date: The date your video became public. Shows beneath your live video and is set to Pacific Standard Time (PST).

These two dates can be different if you uploaded your video as private or unlisted, and made it public later.

Understand video quality processing

When you upload a video, it will initially be processed in low resolution. This process helps you complete the upload process faster. When the upload flow is complete, your video will be available to stream in low resolution, on a wide variety of devices.

Higher resolutions, such as 4K or 1080p, can take more time to process. While this processing happens, your video may seem to be missing higher resolutions for several hours. Once high-resolution processing is finished, higher resolutions will be available on your video. Learn more about video processing after upload.

Related links

• Common uploading errors
• Get an overview of channel performance
• Channel customization
• Edit video settings
• Creator updates

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