11 YouTube Settings Small Channels Must Turn ON

11 Crucial YouTube Settings You Need to Change NOW!

Are you unknowingly sabotaging your chances of blowing up on YouTube? Here are 11 essential YouTube settings that will drastically improve your channel's growth and views.

Setting 1: Disable Automatic Chapters

While chapters can enhance viewer experience, YouTube's automatic chapters often misrepresent your content, harming retention. Disable this feature in your video details and create manual chapters using timestamps in your description. Tools like TubeBuddy can simplify this process.

Setting 2: Optimize Your Channel Description

In YouTube Studio, go to Customization, then Basic Info, and craft a compelling channel description. This is the first thing viewers see when they visit your channel, so use it to promote your best content or a call to action.

Setting 3: Enable Content Reuse

Allow others to reuse your content by changing the Standard YouTube License to Creative Commons Attribution in your video details. Also, enable shorts remixing for increased exposure and traffic back to your original content.

Setting 4: Correct Video Category

Ensure your videos reach the right audience by selecting the appropriate category in your video details. This prevents your content from being suggested to irrelevant viewers, which can hurt retention rates.

Setting 5: Customize Featured Sections

Make your channel more engaging by organizing videos into playlists with enticing names. Go to Customization, then Featured Sections to add templates like popular videos or shorts. This encourages viewers to binge-watch your content.

Setting 6: Utilize End Screens

Increase session time by adding end screens that prompt viewers to watch more of your videos. Mention specific videos at the end of your content to boost click-through rates.

Setting 7: Add a Branding Watermark

In Customization, then Branding, upload a watermark, like your logo or a subscribe button, to appear on the bottom right of your videos. This makes it easier for viewers to subscribe without leaving full-screen mode.

Setting 8: Use Upload Defaults

Set consistent video descriptions, keywords, and affiliate links in Settings, then Upload Defaults. This saves time and ensures uniformity across all your videos.

Setting 9: Optimize Channel Keywords

In Settings, then Channel, add relevant keywords to help viewers find your channel. This is crucial if your channel name is common or could appear in many search results.

Setting 10: Link Long-Form Videos to Shorts

When uploading shorts, use the Add Related Video feature to link to a related long-form video. This drives viewers from your short clips to your more in-depth content.

Setting 11: Enable 2-Step Verification

Protect your channel from hackers by enabling 2-Step Verification. YouTube will notify you of any unauthorized login attempts, keeping your channel secure.

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[drivingdaily]

If you're reading this I wish your channel success, You've got this!!!

[Shassulife]

To all you beautiful small channels: I send you love and strength! 🥳 I’m sure you will have 1000 subs sooon

[EllaNimeQueendom]

Never loose hope to all the small Channels, we will make it someday . It's a matter of hard work and a calm time

[TasteTrekkerTales]

I love how supportive most are in the YouTube community. I'm plugging away with my channel!!

[WildNatureJournals]

I just started yesterday and still learning how to do it proper way.

I wish everyone who has small channel like me will grow big someday

[B.Questionnaire]

I pray the algorithm start working in this channel favor.

[steel-spirit]

The journey begins with challenges, but stay positive to continue this journey, and I'm currently making it happen. 💪

[its.music.creation]

Thanks for the tips! And to anyone reading this, I wish your channel great success as well ! 😊

[TechZone]

This was made 3 months ago and I had no idea how much I was gonna need this. Thank you for sharing this and I hope this helps my channel.
To all others with a small YouTube channel, don't give up, continue your dreams and I hope your channel blows up soon <3

[eddyballe]

Didn’t think about removing the automatic chapters! Solid video 😎

[faith_angel_]

if u r reading this, hope u'll become a successful youtuber soon❤

[StevenMKifer]

Pointing out a specific video at the end as opposed to random end screens is the key piece of info in this video. Even if your viewer retention is kinda low, the people that click on that video already watched your video so they'll most likely make it thru the next. That's a really smart angle on boosting viewer retention on older videos, and I'm just guessing, but that could possibly get older videos back into the algo.

[EklipseIsReal]

Setting 4 was the hugest game changer for me. I compose music, and when I went to one of my videos, it had the category under blogging. Thanks so much for these!

[adzzzzfrmdgreen]

just started out today and ill use these tips to grow out my channel in the long run

[CaleAi]

This video actually helped me a lot with some things I really needed to know.

I honestly think some people making content like this should re upload it in different ways annually or eveey few months because some people may not know about a lot of the things posted here that help a lot.

[.ladybugs]

🌺Mahalo I went back to double check on the things I set up with YouTube. Everything in check.

[BobMinelli]

Thank you sir, I appreciate these steps. I'm actually in the process right now of getting myself ready to launch the very first YouTube video featuring myself on my brand new channel for my brand WORK HARD PLAY HARD. Humble beginnings, but here we go...Peace! ✌️👊

[WowMomica]

Thank you, I didnt know any of this and I changed alot of my settings, so I hope it helps me and my channel.

[TheBestoftheTops]

By the way…..I went through each tip one by one and made sure my channel reflected it! You’re awesome!! Wishing you much success!!!

[MilindBorkar_MENTOR]

Thank you, I will going to apply all 11 settings.
Thank you so much for your valuable video.