Create a Community mail service

Customs posts can give you more reach on YouTube and greater engagement with your audience. Learn more about Community tab benefits and eligibility.

Create a post

To create a Community post:

  1. Tap Createand thenPost.
  2. In the box at the top:
  3. Select Post.

We limit how many posts a aqueduct tin create in a 24-hr menses to protect the YouTube community. If you encounter a "limit reached" error bulletin, try over again in 24 hours.

Schedule a post

To schedule a Customs post:

  1. Tap Create and thenCreate a post.
  2. Type a bulletin to create a text mail or to add text to an image, GIF, or poll.
  3. Cull to create a poll  or paradigm post.
  4. In the acme correct corner, tap the clock icon.
  5. Choose a date, time, and time zone to publish the post.
  6. Select Done.
  7. On the post creation page, click Schedule.

Share a video in a post

Share a playlist in a mail service

Create a alive stream post

Mention other channels in a mail service

You tin mention other YouTube channels in your Community posts on a calculator by entering @ followed immediately by the channel name. The aqueduct may get a notification that you've mentioned them. Viewers can click the mention from any device and go directly to that channel page.

Learn about types of posts

Text posts

To create a text post, enter your message in the text box on the Community tab of your channel. You can post your text by itself, or with a video, prototype, or GIF. Text posts tin can't be combined with polls.

Playlist posts

If you have Community posts turned on, you can post playlists from artists that y'all enjoy. Copy and paste the playlist URL into your post.

Prototype and GIF posts

You tin can cull to upload up to v images with your post. Tap image to select images or animated GIFs from your Android device.

Guidelines

  • Size: Upwardly to 16MB
  • File types: JPG, PNG, GIF, or WEBP
  • Suggested attribute ratio: We suggest one:1 ratio because that'due south how images are shown in the feed. Viewers tin can see the total image by clicking to aggrandize information technology.

Only use images that yous have permission to use. Y'all can as well include text content with your image mail service. Keep in mind that all images must follow YouTube Community Guidelines.

Video posts

On mobile devices, you lot tin can share videos directly in your Community tab.

When you create a post that shares a video by another creator, a notification may be sent to the original uploader of the video. This notification helps creators acknowledge when other creators are sharing their videos.

Notation: Community posts about a video already in a viewer'southward Subscription or Home feed might not show once more. This setting prevents your viewers from seeing the same video repeatedly.

Polls

If you choose to add together a poll to your post, you'll exist asked to:

  1. Enter a question in the text field.
  2. Enter answers in the "Add choice" fields.
  3. If yous need more reply fields, click +Add another selection and enter the questions and answers.

Note: Poll options tin can be 65 characters max.

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