How to Make a YouTube Banner (Tutorial w/ Canva)

Have you been struggling to create your YouTube banner? In this step-by-step YouTube channel art tutorial, you’ll learn how to make a YouTube banner for free with Canva.

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Here's where to add the ruler lines to know where to your logo, text and images to your YouTube banner:
Horizontal ruler lines: 508 & 932
Vertical ruler lines: 507 & 2053

[jamesfoxcroft]

not even an intro. straight into telling us what to do. Perfect

[OfficialSkoosh]

I love how he got straight into the video. We truly need more people like this guy.

[OGECHINURU]

Thank you so much. I am a new youtuber, and I've been struggling to make a banner, I just made one now... I followed your instructions. Thank you.

[sugartrailz]

I spent HOURS fighting with Canva - thank YOU for taking the time to help us with this project!

[MyLifesPurpose_]

love how he doesn't start yapping for 5 strait minutes and get strait to the point

[Cybrons]

Lord thank god 😭 someone who is clear straight to it and just easy to follow.

[tgmaquatics]

This video/tutorial couldn’t have been any better. Short sweet and to the point! Awesome job

[brandonpaulofficial]

FINALLY! Someone who shows a simple and easy way to do this! Can't tell you how unnecasarily difficult it's been creating a youtube banner that works properly across all channels. You sir, deserve a million thumbs up!

[JensGraikowski]

Just created my first channel and made a banner for it. It was crap, so I redid it, using the tips in this video and it turned out great (though I couldn't figure out how to add guides in the canva mobile app, or better said, I couldn't figure out how to set them up at the places they were needed). I think that deserves a subscribe. I'm looking forward to finding more pearls like this among your videos that might help me grow my new channel. Thx, mate! 🙏🏼😎

[toyaamos]

Thank you this was exactly what I needed! I was able to go back and correct my picture and it is now PERFECT

[djbop]

Starting my YouTube journey as a gamer this was much needed thanks again fam 🙌🏿🎉

[DiValenz]

BEST & EASIEST tutorial to follow!!! Straight and to the point with concise directions and demonstration. Thank YOU so much!!!

[samanthaboyer]

I have watched many and yours is the BEST in explaining it. Perfect tone and speed as well. Everyone elses videos were way to fast.

[JeffsWay.]

2 months of having a YouTube channel, I have a banner now. Thanks!

[Jasonandsonsgarage]

Great video, exactly what I needed. Just followed along on my iPad. Right to the point. Thank you.

[serenaX_]

Thanks! now, i have my own banner on my channel rn :)

[Donhwll]

You have no idea how much time you have saved me. WOW. I've made two banners in the space of minutes. The second banner, for some reason, the ruler line will not go to 2053, everything else BUT that lol. It's at 2054, so I've left it as it's minor but is there a way to manually input ruler numbers? Either way. I've got TWO!!! THANK YOU!

[TMSmithHaugntings]

Would've been nice to know how you got to starting pioint. I'm in canva - all morning pulling my hair out because the YT banners are all cut off :(

[skisnake]

Thank you! One of the best tutorials I've ever seen in my life but for some reason it was so hard to get on 932 lol after 3 minutes I got it!

[GraeGloomvale]

Thank you, I was really frustrated with trying to figure out how to make a banner, and this tutorial made it easy and really helped me!