How to upload a YouTube video

YouTube is the biggest video streaming service, and it is also a place where hundreds of YouTubers make a living. There are 500 hours of video content uploaded to YouTube every minute, and I am going to show you how you can upload your own YouTube video!

Things you would need

A laptop. A working video camera (if your laptop does not have a video camera)

Step 1: Record a video

This can be about anything. If you do not know what to talk about, I suggest you talk about something you are very passionate about. If you still do not know what that it, well I suggest you just stare at the camera for 5 minutes and that would work as well. Open the camera app on your laptop. You can do that by typing “Camera” in the search bar.

To the right of the screen, there are two icons. One represents “Picture” and the other represents “video”. Click the video icon to start recording your video.

When you are done recording, click the big red icon to end the recording. Perfect! You have now recorded a video. I am sure everyone wants to watch you talk about your passion so let’s upload the video to YouTube!

Step 2: Sign in to Youtube

Open your browser and type in "www.youtube.com". This should take you to YouTube’s home page.

To make a YouTube video, you would have to sign in with Google. Click the “Sign in” button at the top right-hand corner. If you do not see a Sign in button, then you are already signed in and you can skip this step. You would get redirected to a Google Sign in page. Type in your email address and password to sign in with google. Now you are signed in. You are so close to being a YouTuber!

Step 3: Create a YouTube channel

Click on the video plus button at the top right of your screen, and then click “Upload video”.

You should see a dialogue box asking you if you want to use your Google account’s name or a custom name. Any of them would be fine. After that you would be met with a screen telling you your YouTube channel has been created. Scroll down and click “Set Up Later”. Congratulations, you are now a proud owner of a YouTube channel.

Step 4: Upload the video

Click the Upload Video button in the middle of your screen. Click “Select files” button. This would bring up your computer’s file explorer and you should be able to see all your documents. Click “Videos” in the left panel of the file explorer and look for your recorded video. It should be the last thing in the box so you might have to scroll down if you have a lot of videos. Click the correct video and click “Open” in the bottom right corner of the file explorer. Your video will now be uploaded to YouTube. Click Next at the bottom right corner of the screen. Click Next again. Then Click Next one more time.

Set your video’s visibility. Choose Public to make your amazing video available to the world! After choosing that click “Publish”.

Congratulations! You have now uploaded your first YouTube video! Click on Facebook or Twitter in the dialogue box to share your YouTube video to friends and family.