Introduction:
YouTube is a powerful platform for sharing your videos with the world. Whether you're an aspiring vlogger, a content creator, or just want to share a video with your friends and family, uploading a video to YouTube is a straightforward process. In this guide, we'll walk you through the step-by-step process of uploading a video on YouTube.
How to Review a YouTube Copyright Claim
On the same upload page, you can view the impact a copyright claim has on your channel. Click See Details for more information.
Here's what you may see after expanding the details:
In this example, YouTube decided to:
1. Restrict people from viewing the video in certain countries
2. Make the video ineligible for monetization
3. In this case, the copyright holder can monetize the video for their financial gain. Ads may appear on the video, but the revenue goes to the copyright holder – not us. That's the price of using someone else's content. Still, it’s better than receiving copyright strikes and nearly losing a channel that took years to grow.
4. Removing or Disputing a YouTube Copyright Claim
5. If you decide to move forward and upload the video, you can remove or dispute its copyright claim.
6. Make sure you’re at the Checks section of the upload process. Click Select Action under the actions header of the page.
7. Two questions will appear: “Remove claimed content?” or “Do you have rights to this content?” Beneath the first question, you’ll see options for fixing the copyright claim. If your video contains copyrighted music, for example, you can replace the song or Mute it.
8. If you own the rights to the content, navigate to “Do you have rights to this content?” and click Dispute.
You have some flexibility with copyrighted music, but copyrighted video footage has to be removed. Simply delete that part of your video and re-upload the new version from scratch.
Before Ready to Publish Your Video? Here’s Why You Should Wait.
1. Imagine this. You’ve brainstormed a video idea, done some keyword research, and spent hours filming. You’ve edited everything for maximum clarity. Viewers have been asking for the video, so you know it's going to do well. That makes you excited – elated, even – to upload the video and start tracking views.
2. On the upload page, you add everything the video needs – a title, thumbnail, description, and keywords – to reach full optimization. You even pass the copyright check without a hitch. Your next instinct is to publish the video because well, why not?
3. Here’s why you shouldn’t
4. Processing a YouTube Video Takes Time
5. We know what you may be thinking. Didn’t YouTube “finish” processing the video within minutes? That’s what YouTube reports, but it's not the full story. Things are happening in the background, which means you should wait two hours before publishing a video. Set the privacy setting to unlisted so YouTube has time to report accurate information about your video.
Assuming you haven’t already, you can save most of your optimizing for this waiting period. You can:
1. Optimize your video’s title and thumbnail.
2. Add interactive cards and end screens.
3. Add a description and keywords.
4. And on YouTube’s end, there will be extra time to:
5. Continue checking the video for copyright claims.
6. Identify things that violate advertising guidelines (so you can make money).
7. Process your video so it plays at the highest quality.
8. Keeping your channel in good standing is rule number one for successful creators. In addition to avoiding copyright claims, never make these eight legal mistakes on YouTube.
Conclusion:
Uploading a video to YouTube is a simple process that allows you to share your content with the world. Whether you're a beginner or an experienced content creator, following these steps will help you successfully upload your videos to YouTube and engage with your viewers.
So, start sharing your videos and making your mark on YouTube today!