Brand Visualization: Inserting Watermarks and Logos Into YouTube Media

How to Add Logo or Watermark to YouTube Video

Richard Bennett

Mar 27, 2024• Proven solutions

A watermark is a still image that is usually plugged in the videos, for the purpose of claiming copyrights or publicity purpose. YouTube generally carries a “branding” option where you can brand your video with your channel. This doesn’t provide a stable watermark. Therefore, when someone downloads that video using a second party (YouTube downloader) it gets removed. For this purpose the legal author will have to put a Channel watemark on their YouTube videos. In this guide, we will show you how to add watermark to your YouTube videos, existing or new.

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Best Watermark Apps for iPhone - How to Watermark Photos on iPhone >>

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How to Add a Watermark to Your YouTube Videos

• Part 1: How to add logo or watermark to in existing YouTube videos
• Part 2: Add logos or watermarks to your videos before uploading

Part 1: How to add logo or watermark to in existing YouTube videos

To add a watermark to your previously uploaded videos you will need to have created and saved your watermark outside of your video editing program.

• Sign in to your YouTube account. Click on the thumbnail image of your account at the top right corner. This will give you a drop down menu. Then Click on the small gear (indicating settings)

• This will lead you to setting center. Click on “view additional features”

• To the left of the window, Click the third option of “branding”
• Click on “add watermark”. Then you can choose an image from your computer. After your image is uploaded, click save.

Notes

YouTube watermark size: Your watermark should be transparent, square, and larger than 50x50 pixels, which is the size it will be shrunk down to when it appears in the corner of your videos.

YouTube watermark starting time: you will have the option of choosing a start time for your watermark, making it appear only at the end of your video, or having it there for the entire length of your video. Once that is done click ‘Update’ and your watermark will be applied to your videos.

YouTube watermark color: Youtube suggests that your watermark have only one color. The point is that you should not use anything flashy that will take attention away from your video, so having two or three colors is not necessarily wrong if your design is subtle.

Here is a tutorial video for how to add watermark to Your YouTube videos:

Part 2: Add logos or watermarks to your videos before uploading

1. Wondershare Filmora

Wondershare Filmora which is one of the ideal video editing tools especially when it comes to watermarking your videos . It helps you in adding static and video watermarks over the video. The basic theme of the video watermarking is the concept of picture-in-picture .

The following steps have to be taken to add a watermark:

• Add the video and watermarking data by drag dropping it into the workspace
• Drag the required video on the timeline and the watermark on it as well
• Adjust the watermark and add pre-made special effects to it
• Mask the watermark in the shape you like
• Save the video

Download Mac Version ](https://tools.techidaily.com/wondershare/filmora/download/ )

2. Windows movie maker

Windows movie maker is free default windows software that can easily add watermark to your videos to secure your copyrights. It can cater two types of watermarks; images and text. For images, it just supports PNG and GIF format files and generally doesn’t support transparency. Moreover, an external file, Windows Logo Locator is needed for placing the logo at different positions.

How to add watermark to video with Windows Movie Maker

Adding Text watermark:

• Open windows movie maker
• Click on ‘videos’ under the title of import.
• Import your video to the timeline.
• Right beneath imports under the category of edit you will find ‘titles and credits’. Click.
• Enter the text for watermark.
• Choose the title positioning, font and transparency.
• Add title. You will find it along the length of timeline. You may drag to expand it, for viewing it during the entire videos length. Select file and click publish video.

Adding image watermark:

The image should be in .PNG or .GIF format.

• Save the image in >C:\Program Files\Movie Maker\Shared\AddOnTFX\.
• Download a logo Locator as per your installed windows from FX archives.
• Select the location of the logo in your video where you want it to appear.
• Choose the screen size and the logo size
• Type the name of the file of the logo you had already saved with the extension. For e.g. logo.png
• Copy the text that appears underneath and paste it on the notepad and save the typed file in >C:\Program Files\Movie Maker\Shared\AddOnTFX\.
• Open windows movie maker again.
• Choose title and credits underneath the edit category.
• Press space bar once and then click ‘change the title animation’.
• You will see your image there. Click on ad title and press Ctrl+p to publish.

Part 3: How to Create a Transparent logo for Youtube Channel

Do you want to make a transparent image as logo for your YouTube? If you want to brand your YouTube channel, we believe it is a must to add transparent logo for YouTube branding. Actually, you can do this in Filmora just with a green screen image. Check the steps below to know the secret.

Step 1: Import video and image to Filmora

Open Filmora. Choose Create New Project. Click import media files here in Media library. Select your video and a green screen image. In fact, a green screen video is also accessable, but usually brand logo is image. Now drag them onto timeline.

Step 2: Import video and image to Filmora

Right click on the image clip in the timeline. Choose Green Screen. You will see the image is transparent in the preview window. Now, you need to adjust some details. You can adjust edge thickness and edge feather to better edge. If the green screen background is not totally removed, drag tolerance to adjust it.

Step 3: Scale the logo

You can clip the image clip first and go to preview window to scale it down or up by dragging the green dot. You can put the YouTube logo at corner.

Richard Bennett

Richard Bennett is a writer and a lover of all things video.

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Richard Bennett

Mar 27, 2024• Proven solutions

A watermark is a still image that is usually plugged in the videos, for the purpose of claiming copyrights or publicity purpose. YouTube generally carries a “branding” option where you can brand your video with your channel. This doesn’t provide a stable watermark. Therefore, when someone downloads that video using a second party (YouTube downloader) it gets removed. For this purpose the legal author will have to put a Channel watemark on their YouTube videos. In this guide, we will show you how to add watermark to your YouTube videos, existing or new.

You May Also Like:
Best Watermark Apps for iPhone - How to Watermark Photos on iPhone >>

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AniEraser makes it easy to perfect any photo or video; no matter the device or platform - experience a smooth, effortless transformation of your image and maximize its potential with just one click.
Make your moment perfect.

Free Download Free Download Edit online

How to Add a Watermark to Your YouTube Videos

• Part 1: How to add logo or watermark to in existing YouTube videos
• Part 2: Add logos or watermarks to your videos before uploading

Part 1: How to add logo or watermark to in existing YouTube videos

To add a watermark to your previously uploaded videos you will need to have created and saved your watermark outside of your video editing program.

• Sign in to your YouTube account. Click on the thumbnail image of your account at the top right corner. This will give you a drop down menu. Then Click on the small gear (indicating settings)

• This will lead you to setting center. Click on “view additional features”

• To the left of the window, Click the third option of “branding”
• Click on “add watermark”. Then you can choose an image from your computer. After your image is uploaded, click save.

Notes

YouTube watermark size: Your watermark should be transparent, square, and larger than 50x50 pixels, which is the size it will be shrunk down to when it appears in the corner of your videos.

YouTube watermark starting time: you will have the option of choosing a start time for your watermark, making it appear only at the end of your video, or having it there for the entire length of your video. Once that is done click ‘Update’ and your watermark will be applied to your videos.

YouTube watermark color: Youtube suggests that your watermark have only one color. The point is that you should not use anything flashy that will take attention away from your video, so having two or three colors is not necessarily wrong if your design is subtle.

Here is a tutorial video for how to add watermark to Your YouTube videos:

Part 2: Add logos or watermarks to your videos before uploading

1. Wondershare Filmora

Wondershare Filmora which is one of the ideal video editing tools especially when it comes to watermarking your videos . It helps you in adding static and video watermarks over the video. The basic theme of the video watermarking is the concept of picture-in-picture .

The following steps have to be taken to add a watermark:

• Add the video and watermarking data by drag dropping it into the workspace
• Drag the required video on the timeline and the watermark on it as well
• Adjust the watermark and add pre-made special effects to it
• Mask the watermark in the shape you like
• Save the video

Download Mac Version ](https://tools.techidaily.com/wondershare/filmora/download/ )

2. Windows movie maker

Windows movie maker is free default windows software that can easily add watermark to your videos to secure your copyrights. It can cater two types of watermarks; images and text. For images, it just supports PNG and GIF format files and generally doesn’t support transparency. Moreover, an external file, Windows Logo Locator is needed for placing the logo at different positions.

How to add watermark to video with Windows Movie Maker

Adding Text watermark:

• Open windows movie maker
• Click on ‘videos’ under the title of import.
• Import your video to the timeline.
• Right beneath imports under the category of edit you will find ‘titles and credits’. Click.
• Enter the text for watermark.
• Choose the title positioning, font and transparency.
• Add title. You will find it along the length of timeline. You may drag to expand it, for viewing it during the entire videos length. Select file and click publish video.

Adding image watermark:

The image should be in .PNG or .GIF format.

• Save the image in >C:\Program Files\Movie Maker\Shared\AddOnTFX\.
• Download a logo Locator as per your installed windows from FX archives.
• Select the location of the logo in your video where you want it to appear.
• Choose the screen size and the logo size
• Type the name of the file of the logo you had already saved with the extension. For e.g. logo.png
• Copy the text that appears underneath and paste it on the notepad and save the typed file in >C:\Program Files\Movie Maker\Shared\AddOnTFX\.
• Open windows movie maker again.
• Choose title and credits underneath the edit category.
• Press space bar once and then click ‘change the title animation’.
• You will see your image there. Click on ad title and press Ctrl+p to publish.

Part 3: How to Create a Transparent logo for Youtube Channel

Do you want to make a transparent image as logo for your YouTube? If you want to brand your YouTube channel, we believe it is a must to add transparent logo for YouTube branding. Actually, you can do this in Filmora just with a green screen image. Check the steps below to know the secret.

Step 1: Import video and image to Filmora

Open Filmora. Choose Create New Project. Click import media files here in Media library. Select your video and a green screen image. In fact, a green screen video is also accessable, but usually brand logo is image. Now drag them onto timeline.

Step 2: Import video and image to Filmora

Right click on the image clip in the timeline. Choose Green Screen. You will see the image is transparent in the preview window. Now, you need to adjust some details. You can adjust edge thickness and edge feather to better edge. If the green screen background is not totally removed, drag tolerance to adjust it.

Step 3: Scale the logo

You can clip the image clip first and go to preview window to scale it down or up by dragging the green dot. You can put the YouTube logo at corner.

Richard Bennett

Richard Bennett is a writer and a lover of all things video.

Follow @Richard Bennett

Richard Bennett

Mar 27, 2024• Proven solutions

A watermark is a still image that is usually plugged in the videos, for the purpose of claiming copyrights or publicity purpose. YouTube generally carries a “branding” option where you can brand your video with your channel. This doesn’t provide a stable watermark. Therefore, when someone downloads that video using a second party (YouTube downloader) it gets removed. For this purpose the legal author will have to put a Channel watemark on their YouTube videos. In this guide, we will show you how to add watermark to your YouTube videos, existing or new.

You May Also Like:
Best Watermark Apps for iPhone - How to Watermark Photos on iPhone >>

Wondershare AniEraser Seamless, Effortless, Intuitive.
AniEraser makes it easy to perfect any photo or video; no matter the device or platform - experience a smooth, effortless transformation of your image and maximize its potential with just one click.
Make your moment perfect.

Free Download Free Download Edit online

How to Add a Watermark to Your YouTube Videos

• Part 1: How to add logo or watermark to in existing YouTube videos
• Part 2: Add logos or watermarks to your videos before uploading

Part 1: How to add logo or watermark to in existing YouTube videos

To add a watermark to your previously uploaded videos you will need to have created and saved your watermark outside of your video editing program.

• Sign in to your YouTube account. Click on the thumbnail image of your account at the top right corner. This will give you a drop down menu. Then Click on the small gear (indicating settings)

• This will lead you to setting center. Click on “view additional features”

• To the left of the window, Click the third option of “branding”
• Click on “add watermark”. Then you can choose an image from your computer. After your image is uploaded, click save.

Notes

YouTube watermark size: Your watermark should be transparent, square, and larger than 50x50 pixels, which is the size it will be shrunk down to when it appears in the corner of your videos.

YouTube watermark starting time: you will have the option of choosing a start time for your watermark, making it appear only at the end of your video, or having it there for the entire length of your video. Once that is done click ‘Update’ and your watermark will be applied to your videos.

YouTube watermark color: Youtube suggests that your watermark have only one color. The point is that you should not use anything flashy that will take attention away from your video, so having two or three colors is not necessarily wrong if your design is subtle.

Here is a tutorial video for how to add watermark to Your YouTube videos:

Part 2: Add logos or watermarks to your videos before uploading

1. Wondershare Filmora

Wondershare Filmora which is one of the ideal video editing tools especially when it comes to watermarking your videos . It helps you in adding static and video watermarks over the video. The basic theme of the video watermarking is the concept of picture-in-picture .

The following steps have to be taken to add a watermark:

• Add the video and watermarking data by drag dropping it into the workspace
• Drag the required video on the timeline and the watermark on it as well
• Adjust the watermark and add pre-made special effects to it
• Mask the watermark in the shape you like
• Save the video

Download Mac Version ](https://tools.techidaily.com/wondershare/filmora/download/ )

2. Windows movie maker

Windows movie maker is free default windows software that can easily add watermark to your videos to secure your copyrights. It can cater two types of watermarks; images and text. For images, it just supports PNG and GIF format files and generally doesn’t support transparency. Moreover, an external file, Windows Logo Locator is needed for placing the logo at different positions.

How to add watermark to video with Windows Movie Maker

Adding Text watermark:

• Open windows movie maker
• Click on ‘videos’ under the title of import.
• Import your video to the timeline.
• Right beneath imports under the category of edit you will find ‘titles and credits’. Click.
• Enter the text for watermark.
• Choose the title positioning, font and transparency.
• Add title. You will find it along the length of timeline. You may drag to expand it, for viewing it during the entire videos length. Select file and click publish video.

Adding image watermark:

The image should be in .PNG or .GIF format.

• Save the image in >C:\Program Files\Movie Maker\Shared\AddOnTFX\.
• Download a logo Locator as per your installed windows from FX archives.
• Select the location of the logo in your video where you want it to appear.
• Choose the screen size and the logo size
• Type the name of the file of the logo you had already saved with the extension. For e.g. logo.png
• Copy the text that appears underneath and paste it on the notepad and save the typed file in >C:\Program Files\Movie Maker\Shared\AddOnTFX\.
• Open windows movie maker again.
• Choose title and credits underneath the edit category.
• Press space bar once and then click ‘change the title animation’.
• You will see your image there. Click on ad title and press Ctrl+p to publish.

Part 3: How to Create a Transparent logo for Youtube Channel

Do you want to make a transparent image as logo for your YouTube? If you want to brand your YouTube channel, we believe it is a must to add transparent logo for YouTube branding. Actually, you can do this in Filmora just with a green screen image. Check the steps below to know the secret.

Step 1: Import video and image to Filmora

Open Filmora. Choose Create New Project. Click import media files here in Media library. Select your video and a green screen image. In fact, a green screen video is also accessable, but usually brand logo is image. Now drag them onto timeline.

Step 2: Import video and image to Filmora

Right click on the image clip in the timeline. Choose Green Screen. You will see the image is transparent in the preview window. Now, you need to adjust some details. You can adjust edge thickness and edge feather to better edge. If the green screen background is not totally removed, drag tolerance to adjust it.

Step 3: Scale the logo

You can clip the image clip first and go to preview window to scale it down or up by dragging the green dot. You can put the YouTube logo at corner.

Richard Bennett

Richard Bennett is a writer and a lover of all things video.

Follow @Richard Bennett

Richard Bennett

Mar 27, 2024• Proven solutions

A watermark is a still image that is usually plugged in the videos, for the purpose of claiming copyrights or publicity purpose. YouTube generally carries a “branding” option where you can brand your video with your channel. This doesn’t provide a stable watermark. Therefore, when someone downloads that video using a second party (YouTube downloader) it gets removed. For this purpose the legal author will have to put a Channel watemark on their YouTube videos. In this guide, we will show you how to add watermark to your YouTube videos, existing or new.

You May Also Like:
Best Watermark Apps for iPhone - How to Watermark Photos on iPhone >>

Wondershare AniEraser Seamless, Effortless, Intuitive.
AniEraser makes it easy to perfect any photo or video; no matter the device or platform - experience a smooth, effortless transformation of your image and maximize its potential with just one click.
Make your moment perfect.

Free Download Free Download Edit online

How to Add a Watermark to Your YouTube Videos

• Part 1: How to add logo or watermark to in existing YouTube videos
• Part 2: Add logos or watermarks to your videos before uploading

Part 1: How to add logo or watermark to in existing YouTube videos

To add a watermark to your previously uploaded videos you will need to have created and saved your watermark outside of your video editing program.

• Sign in to your YouTube account. Click on the thumbnail image of your account at the top right corner. This will give you a drop down menu. Then Click on the small gear (indicating settings)

• This will lead you to setting center. Click on “view additional features”

• To the left of the window, Click the third option of “branding”
• Click on “add watermark”. Then you can choose an image from your computer. After your image is uploaded, click save.

Notes

YouTube watermark size: Your watermark should be transparent, square, and larger than 50x50 pixels, which is the size it will be shrunk down to when it appears in the corner of your videos.

YouTube watermark starting time: you will have the option of choosing a start time for your watermark, making it appear only at the end of your video, or having it there for the entire length of your video. Once that is done click ‘Update’ and your watermark will be applied to your videos.

YouTube watermark color: Youtube suggests that your watermark have only one color. The point is that you should not use anything flashy that will take attention away from your video, so having two or three colors is not necessarily wrong if your design is subtle.

Here is a tutorial video for how to add watermark to Your YouTube videos:

Part 2: Add logos or watermarks to your videos before uploading

1. Wondershare Filmora

Wondershare Filmora which is one of the ideal video editing tools especially when it comes to watermarking your videos . It helps you in adding static and video watermarks over the video. The basic theme of the video watermarking is the concept of picture-in-picture .

The following steps have to be taken to add a watermark:

• Add the video and watermarking data by drag dropping it into the workspace
• Drag the required video on the timeline and the watermark on it as well
• Adjust the watermark and add pre-made special effects to it
• Mask the watermark in the shape you like
• Save the video

Download Mac Version ](https://tools.techidaily.com/wondershare/filmora/download/ )

2. Windows movie maker

Windows movie maker is free default windows software that can easily add watermark to your videos to secure your copyrights. It can cater two types of watermarks; images and text. For images, it just supports PNG and GIF format files and generally doesn’t support transparency. Moreover, an external file, Windows Logo Locator is needed for placing the logo at different positions.

How to add watermark to video with Windows Movie Maker

Adding Text watermark:

• Open windows movie maker
• Click on ‘videos’ under the title of import.
• Import your video to the timeline.
• Right beneath imports under the category of edit you will find ‘titles and credits’. Click.
• Enter the text for watermark.
• Choose the title positioning, font and transparency.
• Add title. You will find it along the length of timeline. You may drag to expand it, for viewing it during the entire videos length. Select file and click publish video.

Adding image watermark:

The image should be in .PNG or .GIF format.

• Save the image in >C:\Program Files\Movie Maker\Shared\AddOnTFX\.
• Download a logo Locator as per your installed windows from FX archives.
• Select the location of the logo in your video where you want it to appear.
• Choose the screen size and the logo size
• Type the name of the file of the logo you had already saved with the extension. For e.g. logo.png
• Copy the text that appears underneath and paste it on the notepad and save the typed file in >C:\Program Files\Movie Maker\Shared\AddOnTFX\.
• Open windows movie maker again.
• Choose title and credits underneath the edit category.
• Press space bar once and then click ‘change the title animation’.
• You will see your image there. Click on ad title and press Ctrl+p to publish.

Part 3: How to Create a Transparent logo for Youtube Channel

Do you want to make a transparent image as logo for your YouTube? If you want to brand your YouTube channel, we believe it is a must to add transparent logo for YouTube branding. Actually, you can do this in Filmora just with a green screen image. Check the steps below to know the secret.

Step 1: Import video and image to Filmora

Open Filmora. Choose Create New Project. Click import media files here in Media library. Select your video and a green screen image. In fact, a green screen video is also accessable, but usually brand logo is image. Now drag them onto timeline.

Step 2: Import video and image to Filmora

Right click on the image clip in the timeline. Choose Green Screen. You will see the image is transparent in the preview window. Now, you need to adjust some details. You can adjust edge thickness and edge feather to better edge. If the green screen background is not totally removed, drag tolerance to adjust it.

Step 3: Scale the logo

You can clip the image clip first and go to preview window to scale it down or up by dragging the green dot. You can put the YouTube logo at corner.

Richard Bennett

Richard Bennett is a writer and a lover of all things video.

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Unlock Your Charm: Personalized YouTube Channel URL Essentials

How to Find and Change Your YouTube Channel URL – Super Easy

Richard Bennett

Oct 26, 2023• Proven solutions

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In order to properly market your page on YouTube for sharing across social media, it is essential that you find your YouTube channel URL. How else can you share your channel? In this article, we are trying to give you a thorough understanding of the YouTube Channel URL and tell you how to get the custom channel URL.

Types of YouTube Channel URL

ID-based URL

YouTube channel URL of this type is based on your channel ID, which consists of numbers and letters. This is the URL of the universal form. For example, “youtube.com/channel/specific YouTube channel ID”.

You can find the YouTube channel URL of this kind by the following steps.

1. Sign in to Youtube.com and click on your profile icon.
2. Select Your Channel.
3. Find the URL on the address bar of your browser. This is exactly the ID-based URL or the standard URL of your channel.

Legacy username URL

Legacy username URL was used by YouTube in the past. If you created your channel in the early days of YouTube, the URL for your channel might contain the username at the end. Although YouTube doesn’t apply username to forming channel URL anymore, you can still use this URL to direct to Your channel. But you should note that the exiting username can’t be changed even if you have changed your channel name. For example, “youtube.com/channel/specific YouTube channel ID”.

You can share the short form of the username URL with the “/user“ being left out, such as “youtube.com/specific YouTube channel ID”. But this may not be available if someone claimed to a custom URL whose short form is the same with the short form of your username URL.

Custom URL

This is a shorter and more easy-to-remember URL that is generated on the basis of your current display name, legacy username, or your linked and verified domain. You can claim for the custom URL if your channel meets certain qualifications.

The custom URL looks like this, “youtube.com/c/display name, legacy username, or your linked and verified domain”. You can also share this URL in its shorter form by leaving out the “/c“, for example, “youtube.com/customed part”.

How to Get a Custom URL for your YouTube Channel

To qualify for a custom URL – one which includes your channel name instead of a random sequence of letters, your channel needs to meet the following standards.

• Be at least 30 days old
• Have at least 100 subscribers
• Use a photo for the channel icon
• Have uploaded channel art

As long as your account meets these eligibility standards, then you can go over the following steps to claim a custom URL for your YouTube channel.

1. Start by signing into YouTube.
2. Click on your profile image on the top right of the screen.
3. Find the “settings” and click on it.
4. Select “Advanced settings”.
5. Click on the link anchored with the word “here”.
6. The “Get a custom URL” box will then pop out. You can select one from the approved options. You may need to add a suffix to make the URL of your channel to be unique.
7. Read the “Terms of use” carefully and then click on the change URL.

Custom YouTube channel URLs are easier for your fans to remember, but once you have one, you can never change it. Your existing subscribers will automatically redirect to your new URL if they try to get to your channel through the old URL.

Where to Find Your Custom URL Once You Successfully Claimed for It?

After you successfully get the custom URL, you may want to know where you can find the custom URL and therefore you can share it anywhere you like. The way to find your custom URL is exactly the same as how you created it. You can get back to the “Advanced settings” by following the above-mentioned steps. You’ll find the custom URL lies right there under your user ID and channel ID.

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If you want to find a video editing solution that empowers your imagination and creativity yet takes less effort, please try this robust and user-friendly video editing software Wondershare Filmora. It provides special effects, stock photo & video, sound library, etc., which will definitely enhance your productivity and helps to make money by making videos much accessible.

Richard Bennett

Richard Bennett is a writer and a lover of all things video.

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Richard Bennett

Oct 26, 2023• Proven solutions

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In order to properly market your page on YouTube for sharing across social media, it is essential that you find your YouTube channel URL. How else can you share your channel? In this article, we are trying to give you a thorough understanding of the YouTube Channel URL and tell you how to get the custom channel URL.

Types of YouTube Channel URL

ID-based URL

YouTube channel URL of this type is based on your channel ID, which consists of numbers and letters. This is the URL of the universal form. For example, “youtube.com/channel/specific YouTube channel ID”.

You can find the YouTube channel URL of this kind by the following steps.

1. Sign in to Youtube.com and click on your profile icon.
2. Select Your Channel.
3. Find the URL on the address bar of your browser. This is exactly the ID-based URL or the standard URL of your channel.

Legacy username URL

Legacy username URL was used by YouTube in the past. If you created your channel in the early days of YouTube, the URL for your channel might contain the username at the end. Although YouTube doesn’t apply username to forming channel URL anymore, you can still use this URL to direct to Your channel. But you should note that the exiting username can’t be changed even if you have changed your channel name. For example, “youtube.com/channel/specific YouTube channel ID”.

You can share the short form of the username URL with the “/user“ being left out, such as “youtube.com/specific YouTube channel ID”. But this may not be available if someone claimed to a custom URL whose short form is the same with the short form of your username URL.

Custom URL

This is a shorter and more easy-to-remember URL that is generated on the basis of your current display name, legacy username, or your linked and verified domain. You can claim for the custom URL if your channel meets certain qualifications.

The custom URL looks like this, “youtube.com/c/display name, legacy username, or your linked and verified domain”. You can also share this URL in its shorter form by leaving out the “/c“, for example, “youtube.com/customed part”.

How to Get a Custom URL for your YouTube Channel

To qualify for a custom URL – one which includes your channel name instead of a random sequence of letters, your channel needs to meet the following standards.

• Be at least 30 days old
• Have at least 100 subscribers
• Use a photo for the channel icon
• Have uploaded channel art

As long as your account meets these eligibility standards, then you can go over the following steps to claim a custom URL for your YouTube channel.

1. Start by signing into YouTube.
2. Click on your profile image on the top right of the screen.
3. Find the “settings” and click on it.
4. Select “Advanced settings”.
5. Click on the link anchored with the word “here”.
6. The “Get a custom URL” box will then pop out. You can select one from the approved options. You may need to add a suffix to make the URL of your channel to be unique.
7. Read the “Terms of use” carefully and then click on the change URL.

Custom YouTube channel URLs are easier for your fans to remember, but once you have one, you can never change it. Your existing subscribers will automatically redirect to your new URL if they try to get to your channel through the old URL.

Where to Find Your Custom URL Once You Successfully Claimed for It?

After you successfully get the custom URL, you may want to know where you can find the custom URL and therefore you can share it anywhere you like. The way to find your custom URL is exactly the same as how you created it. You can get back to the “Advanced settings” by following the above-mentioned steps. You’ll find the custom URL lies right there under your user ID and channel ID.

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In order to properly market your page on YouTube for sharing across social media, it is essential that you find your YouTube channel URL. How else can you share your channel? In this article, we are trying to give you a thorough understanding of the YouTube Channel URL and tell you how to get the custom channel URL.

Types of YouTube Channel URL

ID-based URL

YouTube channel URL of this type is based on your channel ID, which consists of numbers and letters. This is the URL of the universal form. For example, “youtube.com/channel/specific YouTube channel ID”.

You can find the YouTube channel URL of this kind by the following steps.

1. Sign in to Youtube.com and click on your profile icon.
2. Select Your Channel.
3. Find the URL on the address bar of your browser. This is exactly the ID-based URL or the standard URL of your channel.

Legacy username URL

Legacy username URL was used by YouTube in the past. If you created your channel in the early days of YouTube, the URL for your channel might contain the username at the end. Although YouTube doesn’t apply username to forming channel URL anymore, you can still use this URL to direct to Your channel. But you should note that the exiting username can’t be changed even if you have changed your channel name. For example, “youtube.com/channel/specific YouTube channel ID”.

You can share the short form of the username URL with the “/user“ being left out, such as “youtube.com/specific YouTube channel ID”. But this may not be available if someone claimed to a custom URL whose short form is the same with the short form of your username URL.

Custom URL

This is a shorter and more easy-to-remember URL that is generated on the basis of your current display name, legacy username, or your linked and verified domain. You can claim for the custom URL if your channel meets certain qualifications.

The custom URL looks like this, “youtube.com/c/display name, legacy username, or your linked and verified domain”. You can also share this URL in its shorter form by leaving out the “/c“, for example, “youtube.com/customed part”.

How to Get a Custom URL for your YouTube Channel

To qualify for a custom URL – one which includes your channel name instead of a random sequence of letters, your channel needs to meet the following standards.

• Be at least 30 days old
• Have at least 100 subscribers
• Use a photo for the channel icon
• Have uploaded channel art

As long as your account meets these eligibility standards, then you can go over the following steps to claim a custom URL for your YouTube channel.

1. Start by signing into YouTube.
2. Click on your profile image on the top right of the screen.
3. Find the “settings” and click on it.
4. Select “Advanced settings”.
5. Click on the link anchored with the word “here”.
6. The “Get a custom URL” box will then pop out. You can select one from the approved options. You may need to add a suffix to make the URL of your channel to be unique.
7. Read the “Terms of use” carefully and then click on the change URL.

Custom YouTube channel URLs are easier for your fans to remember, but once you have one, you can never change it. Your existing subscribers will automatically redirect to your new URL if they try to get to your channel through the old URL.

Where to Find Your Custom URL Once You Successfully Claimed for It?

After you successfully get the custom URL, you may want to know where you can find the custom URL and therefore you can share it anywhere you like. The way to find your custom URL is exactly the same as how you created it. You can get back to the “Advanced settings” by following the above-mentioned steps. You’ll find the custom URL lies right there under your user ID and channel ID.

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If you want to find a video editing solution that empowers your imagination and creativity yet takes less effort, please try this robust and user-friendly video editing software Wondershare Filmora. It provides special effects, stock photo & video, sound library, etc., which will definitely enhance your productivity and helps to make money by making videos much accessible.

Richard Bennett

Richard Bennett is a writer and a lover of all things video.

Follow @Richard Bennett

Richard Bennett

Oct 26, 2023• Proven solutions

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In order to properly market your page on YouTube for sharing across social media, it is essential that you find your YouTube channel URL. How else can you share your channel? In this article, we are trying to give you a thorough understanding of the YouTube Channel URL and tell you how to get the custom channel URL.

Types of YouTube Channel URL

ID-based URL

YouTube channel URL of this type is based on your channel ID, which consists of numbers and letters. This is the URL of the universal form. For example, “youtube.com/channel/specific YouTube channel ID”.

You can find the YouTube channel URL of this kind by the following steps.

1. Sign in to Youtube.com and click on your profile icon.
2. Select Your Channel.
3. Find the URL on the address bar of your browser. This is exactly the ID-based URL or the standard URL of your channel.

Legacy username URL

Legacy username URL was used by YouTube in the past. If you created your channel in the early days of YouTube, the URL for your channel might contain the username at the end. Although YouTube doesn’t apply username to forming channel URL anymore, you can still use this URL to direct to Your channel. But you should note that the exiting username can’t be changed even if you have changed your channel name. For example, “youtube.com/channel/specific YouTube channel ID”.

You can share the short form of the username URL with the “/user“ being left out, such as “youtube.com/specific YouTube channel ID”. But this may not be available if someone claimed to a custom URL whose short form is the same with the short form of your username URL.

Custom URL

This is a shorter and more easy-to-remember URL that is generated on the basis of your current display name, legacy username, or your linked and verified domain. You can claim for the custom URL if your channel meets certain qualifications.

The custom URL looks like this, “youtube.com/c/display name, legacy username, or your linked and verified domain”. You can also share this URL in its shorter form by leaving out the “/c“, for example, “youtube.com/customed part”.

How to Get a Custom URL for your YouTube Channel

To qualify for a custom URL – one which includes your channel name instead of a random sequence of letters, your channel needs to meet the following standards.

• Be at least 30 days old
• Have at least 100 subscribers
• Use a photo for the channel icon
• Have uploaded channel art

As long as your account meets these eligibility standards, then you can go over the following steps to claim a custom URL for your YouTube channel.

1. Start by signing into YouTube.
2. Click on your profile image on the top right of the screen.
3. Find the “settings” and click on it.
4. Select “Advanced settings”.
5. Click on the link anchored with the word “here”.
6. The “Get a custom URL” box will then pop out. You can select one from the approved options. You may need to add a suffix to make the URL of your channel to be unique.
7. Read the “Terms of use” carefully and then click on the change URL.

Custom YouTube channel URLs are easier for your fans to remember, but once you have one, you can never change it. Your existing subscribers will automatically redirect to your new URL if they try to get to your channel through the old URL.

Where to Find Your Custom URL Once You Successfully Claimed for It?

After you successfully get the custom URL, you may want to know where you can find the custom URL and therefore you can share it anywhere you like. The way to find your custom URL is exactly the same as how you created it. You can get back to the “Advanced settings” by following the above-mentioned steps. You’ll find the custom URL lies right there under your user ID and channel ID.

Who read this article also read:

Good YouTube Names Generators + How to Brainstorm>>

How to Make a YouTube Subscribe Link - Easy!>>

If you want to find a video editing solution that empowers your imagination and creativity yet takes less effort, please try this robust and user-friendly video editing software Wondershare Filmora. It provides special effects, stock photo & video, sound library, etc., which will definitely enhance your productivity and helps to make money by making videos much accessible.

Richard Bennett

Richard Bennett is a writer and a lover of all things video.

Follow @Richard Bennett

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