How to Make a YouTube Short - Complete Beginner Guide

How to Make a YouTube Short, the Complete Beginner Guide. Yes people keep asking so this is the full answer... until YouTube change everything!

⏱️TIMESTAMPS⏱️
0:00 Intro
1:05 The YouTube Short Camera feature
2:03 YouTube Shorts Creator Requirements
3:02 What device do you need to use?
3:35 YouTube short video length and video format
4:26 Do you need to add #shorts?
5:13 How to check your YouTube shorts
5:48 How to check YouTube shorts analytics
7:06 Bonus Free vidIQ shorts tool
7:42 YouTube Shorts for 1k subs and 4k watchtime
8:59 YouTube Shorts monetization

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[SuzyElzaharOfficial]

After watching 11 mins, you are not showing how to upload a short without having the button 😓

[.Koreans.American]

I thought this was a YouTube short 😂😂 Awesome intro!

[AuthenTech]

As much as I love YouTube experimenting with "short form" content, this rollout can only be explained in one emoji... 🤦‍♂️

[TheOneTheOny]

Whoever is reading DONT give up on your channel. Think about all the hard work that you have already put in. Every youtuber was once in your spot they just kept going. Stay consistent and you will reach your goals. consistent uploads and improvement and some determination is all you need! I am going for 350 subs by the end of December!!!

[CreativeThinking]

Very informative video. Thanks for sharing. Have a great day.🎉

[jackdawack]

SHORTS IS THE WAY, I MADE MY FIRST ONE AND GOT MORE VIEWS THAN ALL MY OTHER VIDEOS COMBINED, THANK YOU!!

[ThreeTwentyTech]

Lighting is such a crucial element of filming videos. It can make or break an entire video and first impressions are super important if you want to turn that viewer to a subscriber. Make sure you have adequate lighting in the right areas, then you'll make sure to impress anyone watches your videos! 👌🏻

[sehbaanabbasi]

0:34 I love how he casually said
LETS MAKE THINGS COMPLICATED

[gloryb-tv]

This was helpful. I'm late to the Shorts party. Always creating "Longs". Did I see Camtasia at 3:18? That's my go-to!
Having watched and read 3 of your blog posts about Shorts, I'm guessing there is no thumbnail to upload, right? I'm likely to still create Shorts using my DSLR, editing it, and uploading from computer. Hoping it gives me the 3 choices for a thumbnail!

[AustPro]

It seems like Shorts follow a similar graph compared to Jake Fellmans (not necessarily to scale)

[Jeffdangit]

Thank you for this breakdown! 👏
My app also doesn’t list the option of “Create a Short.”
Was literally like “where the crap do I find the option unless I just upload a short video?!” 🤷‍♂️

[Marcus-Jones]

Nice Video vidIQ - super helpful info for gaming YouTubers, too!

[kylestyleLEGO]

For a 60 second short video how do make sure the music is longer than 15 seconds? My music keeps stopping at 15 seconds even if my video is longer like a 30-45 second short.

[evolvetravel]

So it’s automatic when you do a min long video?

[hiddenmissingo]

My goodness, im in shock bro.
Im literally getting views in the 10s out here and these shorts making 3.5 billion a day?!?!
Thanks for not hiding this info man, your a good youtuber

[ThrottleNeck]

This video was PERFECT. Thank you for clarifying everything I was confused about with Shorts

[ThatGuyReviews]

Great video - I have been trying to start and used 9:16 ratio for the format. However, some of my videos are recorded 16:9 making it look too small. Do you know if 1:1 format is acceptable for Shorts? I see that it's "square is acceptable", just making sure. Does the quality of the video matter? I've been publishing it in 4k. Also what happens to videos that are a little over 1 min, and has the hashtag shorts ?

[valuablememories]

Great video! What program you edited it on?

[DirectionalFaith]

The real topic should be: "How to Make a *GOOD* YouTube Short"... something I have yet to figure out. ;-)

[NikhchansGaming]

Whats a phobia of uploading a short video but fearing it wont be counted as a short? I have it!