How to upload YouTube Shorts from your mobile phone. This is the step-by-step guide. With everything single step. And some commonly searched questions at the bottom!
As of June 2022, YouTube Shorts reached 1.5 billion monthly views. So posting a YouTube Short is a great way to get more views and exposure on YouTube!
You can upload more than one video or do a mixture of uploading and recording. Once you have your video you are ready for step 2.
If you want to know more about filming a video, here are the two options:
This way you can film on your camera or different apps. It also means you can edit your videos more easily. Or even import from platforms. If you want to see how to download TikToks without watermarks, you can check out how here!
The video must be no longer than 60 seconds and filmed in a portrait orientation. The best YouTube Shorts Resolution is 1080 * 1920.
Square videos will also be recognised by YouTube Shorts. But will have black bars around it.
When you are ready to upload:
You can use the effects on the right. Explore and have some fun with them. To summarise these are the effects:
Some of the effects will only appear after you start recording or have uploaded. And may not appear in the front camera mode.
You can also add music.
Here you can add sound, text, and filters. These options are available if you have uploaded or recorded your video.
Now you finally get to share you video with the world.
It is possible to edit all the video details using your phone. This includes the thumbnail, description, location, tags, and any other settings. This can only be done after posting a video, if you are posting via the mobile phone app.
You will need to download the YouTube Studio app for this.
Here are the steps:
And you are done! You have successfully uploaded and edited your YouTube Short!
Yes and no! You can edit all the details except for the thumbnail. But you can only do this after the video is uploaded. You can read how to do this in Step 4.
If you want to edit all the details and schedule the video, you will need to upload using the desktop. To do this, upload the video as normal. Just make sure that it is a portrait video, no longer than 60 seconds, and add the #Shorts.
To edit the thumbnail: check your YouTube Studio app for any options. Otherwise, you will have to edit on the desktop. This can be after you've posted.
It is not necessary if you’re uploading via mobile. HOWEVER, it is recommended.
YouTube will recognise portrait videos under 60 seconds as a 'Short'. And this is especially true if you used ‘Create A Short' on the phone. However, Google recommends that you still use #Shorts. So just be safe and use it!
YouTube also recommends videos based on hashtags people are watching. So just by adding #Shorts you are adding yourself to that pool of videos.
And if you are using a desktop, you will need to add it.
No. It does not matter if you capitalise or not. You may want to do camelCase (e.g. #ThisIsAHashtag) for readability. But this is not necessary.
This also means that #Shorts = #shorts
Yes. upload the video as normal. Just make sure that it is a portrait video, no longer than 60 seconds, and add #Shorts.
At the moment it is 60 seconds. However, if you are using audio from YouTube the music will only play for up to 15 seconds. The rest will be silent.
No! But there are ways to get around it.
If you are using the music on the app, it will mute your video.
If you do want to add music and your voice you will have to do this outside YouTube. Edit the video in another manner. But make sure you are using copyright free music! Otherwise YouTube may flag a Content ID claim. The video might be removed, you could get a copyright strike, and/or YouTube may just block people from seeing your videos.
Good luck filming Shorts!
It can be a lot of fun to get creative with a short amount of time. And the Shorts section of YouTube is still growing!