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Schedule YouTube Video on the Platform and Metricool
So, your YouTube channel’s taking off and you’ve decided to go all in on it? Learning how to schedule YouTube video will free up time for you to focus on other tasks, such as making videos, working on your channel’s SEO, or spring-lean your other social media profiles while your content is active on your channel.
With that said, here’s how to schedule your YouTube videos on YouTube and Metricool.
How to a Schedule YouTube Video
To plan your YouTube content on the platform itself, you’ll need YouTube Studio, your dashboard and tool for your channel and videos.
This tool is available on both the desktop version of YouTube and the mobile version of the app.
So, is your future record-breaking YouTube video ready to go? Follow these steps to schedule it.
- Log in to YouTube: in your username tab, click on your photo and go to YouTube Studio.
- Within YouTube Studio, click Upload Video. Choose the content, fill in all the fields (title, description) until the last step.
- Here you’ll have the option to schedule the video, keep it private, or post it instantly.
- Choose schedule and select the date and time you want your video to be posted.
- All set!
As YouTube thinks of everything, there’s another fun way to schedule your video — a somewhat more cinematic option.
How to premiere a video on YouTube
Premieres are a type of scheduled video in which YouTube announces that your video will be released at a certain time, as if it were a film premiere.
Here you can see exactly how YouTube premieres work:
▶️ Viewers can leave messages in the chat feed, the premiere will be visible, but the video cannot be played and you can’t activate a reminder.
▶️ When the video starts playing at the time you have set, viewers can enjoy the content at the same time while discussing it in the live chat.
▶️ The released video will remain on your channel after the playback is complete and viewers can rewatch it as many times as they like.
They will also be able to read chat messages that appeared during the video playback, as if it were a live stream.
- Follow the steps above to upload your YouTube video.
- In the last step before uploading, check the schedule tab and YouTube will show you the Set Premiere checkbox. Activate it.
- Then edit the countdown and duration theme, a video trailer, or a redirect to send your viewers to another event.
- Click Save, and then click Schedule. Your premiere is set up and ready to go!
How to schedule a YouTube video with Metricool
There’s another great option for scheduling YouTube videos that will ensure your subscribers never have to miss out on your content, even if you’re lying on a tropical beach somewhere: Metricool.
The Swiss army knife of social media planners not only lets you schedule YouTube video, but also gives you the analytics and metrics of all your uploads, as well as the option to oversee all your other social channels from the same tool.
In other words, your YouTube videos, Instagram posts, and Tweets, all from the same dashboard.
So, how do you schedule a YouTube video on Metricool?
As always, the first thing you’ll need is a Metricool account. You can skip this step if you already have one, if not, clink on this link to create your account in less than a minute.
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- Open the Metricool planner in your dashboard and click “Create new post” or click the time you want to upload it.
- In the schedule post box, select the YouTube tab. By default, the video option is activated: if you want to add a short or any other type of content, just click and change the option.
- Upload the video you want to schedule so that Metricool will post it automatically. It must be in horizontal format.
- Want a thumbnail? Choose one by clicking on the three dots on the video, on “Upload video thumbnail”.
- Schedule at the same time, the first comment that will be in your video. With this, the content you include will stand out in the comment.
- Edit the video description, the title, and take a last look at the preview feed both in the browser and in the app.
- Finish your video inside YouTube settings to choose the title, audience, if it’s fit for children, the category and any tags or mentions.
- Choose the date and time you want it to be posted, and that’s it!
Now you know how to schedule YouTube video on both the platform itself and from Metricool. As you can see, there is no shortage of options to plan your content in advance so that you can focus on other tasks.
Want to learn more about YouTube? Here’s Metricool’s guide to YouTube marketing for you to check out.