YouTube
Upload videos and Shorts to your YouTube channel, the questions YouTube requires, and why a video might stay private.
On this page
Social9 uploads videos and Shorts to your YouTube channel. Every YouTube post is exactly one video.
Where to find it#
Tools → Channels → Connect Channel → YouTube. You can also press the YouTube icon under Connect more channels in the left menu.
YouTube is on the Individual plan and up.
Connecting#
- On the Channels page, press Connect Channel and pick the YouTube tile.
- Sign in with Google. Google then shows a list of your accounts and channels.
- Pick the channel you want to post to. If your channel is a Brand Account, pick the channel's name, not your personal profile.
- Allow Social9.
More than one channel#
Press Connect Channel and pick the YouTube tile again, then pick the next channel on the Google screen. Each channel you pick is added as its own account.
Who can connect a channel#
For a channel on a Brand Account, you need to be its Owner or Manager in your Google account's Brand Account settings. Access given only inside YouTube Studio (for example as an editor there) does not let Social9 post. Ask the channel's owner to add you as a Manager of the Brand Account.
If you get "No YouTube channel found for the account you picked", connect again and, on the Google screen, choose the channel (Brand Account) instead of your personal account. If you have no channel yet, create one on YouTube first.
What a post can include#
| Limit | |
|---|---|
| Description (your post text) | 5,000 characters |
| Video | Exactly 1 |
| Images | None |
Options#
In the Create Post window, press Customize for each network and open the YouTube tab (or press Options for YouTube when it is the only network). Under Options for YouTube:
| Option | What it does |
|---|---|
| Title (required) | Up to 100 characters. If you leave it empty, the first line of your text is used |
| Visibility | Public, Unlisted or Private |
| Made for kids (required) | YouTube requires an answer for every video |
| Tags, Category, Playlist | Help people find it |
| Custom thumbnail | Upload an image, pick one from your media library, or paste a link. JPG or PNG under 2 MB. Needs a verified YouTube channel |
| Captions file (optional) | A public link to an .srt or .vtt file, with its language (for example en) and an optional name |
| First comment | Posted on the video right after the upload. Not on private videos or videos made for kids |
| Let YouTube publish it at the scheduled time | Social9 uploads the video up to a couple of hours early as private, and YouTube makes it public at your time. The video must be set to Public |
| Notify subscribers | On by default |
| This is a Short | Vertical video up to 3 minutes. Adds #Shorts |
| Contains realistic altered or synthetic content | YouTube's label for realistic AI or edited content |
Notes after posting#
Sometimes the post is marked as posted with a note. The usual ones:
| Note | What it means |
|---|---|
| YouTube kept this video private | YouTube keeps uploads from apps it has not approved yet private. Change it to public in YouTube Studio |
| Custom thumbnail wasn't accepted | The channel is not verified, or the image is over 2 MB |
| The video couldn't be added to the playlist | Reconnect YouTube to allow playlists |
| Uploaded to YouTube as private; YouTube makes it public at ... | The video is uploaded and waiting. YouTube publishes it at your scheduled time |
| The captions file wasn't accepted by YouTube or The first comment wasn't added | The video is up. Add them in YouTube Studio |
If YouTube's daily upload limit is used up, Social9 tries again later by itself.