Getting Started

  • Create a Google account.

  • Find a channel and subscribe

    1. Sign in, then browse channels you might like
    2. Find a channel you like, then click Subscribe
    3. When you’re subscribed to a channel, you’ll get updates on your YouTube homepage every time that channel uploads a new video

    What's a channel?

    When someone uploads a YouTube video, it goes onto their channel. Channels are like public profiles where you can see all the videos somebody has uploaded. Here's an example.

  • Save videos you like to watch later

    • Add videos you like to Playlists so it's easier to find them later from any device where you use YouTube

    • The Watch Later playlist makes it easy to find videos you want to save and view later:

      1. Hover your cursor over the thumbnail of a video, like the one below, and click the clock icon to automatically add the video to your Watch Later list.
      2. On a video page, click the clock icon in the player to add the video to Watch Later. The list will then appear to the right of the YouTube player.
      3. When a video is already added to Watch Later or has been successfully added to Watch Later, the clock icon will be replaced by a green checkmark
      4. To access your Watch Later list, click on Watch Later in your Guide on the left side of the page.

  • Make your own channel

    A channel gives you a public profile on YouTube, and lets you comment on videos, save videos to playlists, and more. Without a channel, you can only subscribe and like or dislike videos.

    Create a channel

  • Upload a video

  • How to Find
  • Sharing
  • Customize

Learn More

Visit the Help Center to learn more about how to use YouTube.

Here are some channel suggestions so you can start watching now: