A shoutout from an established creator can bring a real audience boost — but cold, generic requests almost never work, and the way most people ask actively hurts their chances. Here’s what improves the odds. Target Realistically A creator with 500,000 subscribers has little reason to promote a channel with 50 and no track record, … Read more
YouTube discontinued the feature literally named “Fan Funding” years ago. What replaced it is a set of distinct tools that let viewers support you directly — which is what people actually mean when they search for this. Here’s each one and how to turn it on. The Tools That Replaced Fan Funding Channel Memberships Recurring … Read more
Watch hours are the metric that gates YouTube Partner Program eligibility, which is why creators check them obsessively. Here’s exactly where to find them, and — more usefully — what actually counts toward the threshold and what doesn’t. Where to Find Your Watch Hours On Desktop Open YouTube Studio. Click Analytics (renamed Insights in a … Read more
Whether you can remove audio from a YouTube video depends on whether it’s already published and what exactly you want gone — all the audio, or just a copyrighted music track. These have different solutions. Removing Audio From an Already-Published Video Go to YouTube Studio > Content and open the video. Click Editor in the … Read more
YouTube’s default caption size is small, and on a phone or a TV across the room it can be genuinely hard to read. The setting exists on every platform, but it lives in a different place on each one — which is why it’s often hard to find. On Desktop (Web Browser) Play any video … Read more
YouTube Studio lets you upload several videos in one session rather than one at a time. It’s straightforward, but there are real limits and a few settings worth getting right before you start a large batch. How to Upload Multiple Videos Go to YouTube Studio and click Create > Upload videos. In the file picker, … Read more
YouTube’s old Annotations feature — which let you overlay text on published videos — was discontinued in 2019. Any guide still describing it is out of date. Here’s how to actually put text on a video now. Option 1: Add Text Before Uploading (Recommended) Editing text into the video itself before upload gives you full … Read more
Slow YouTube almost always comes down to something on your end — your connection, your browser, or your device — rather than YouTube’s servers being broken. Here’s how to work through it in the order that actually finds the problem fastest. Start Here: Is It Just You? Before changing anything, check Downdetector. If YouTube is … Read more
Your YouTube profile picture (channel icon) is tied to your Google Account, which is why changing it can affect more than just YouTube. Here’s how to update it and get the sizing right the first time. How to Change It Sign in to YouTube and click your profile icon in the top-right corner. Select Your … Read more
If you hid your YouTube channel or set videos to private, getting them visible again is straightforward — as long as hiding is actually what happened. The steps differ depending on whether you hid your channel deliberately, changed individual video settings, or had your channel suspended by YouTube. Unhide Your Whole Channel If you used … Read more
