If you haven’t selected an image to use as your profile picture, it displays a colored circle with your initial in the middle.
If YouTube Studio Beta is not available in your profile menu, read How to Access the YouTube Studio Beta on a PC or Mac to learn how to access YouTube Studio Beta.
The Overview tab at the top displays general information about a video, including watch time, views, subscribers, audience retention, likes vs dislikes, and latest activity. The Reach Viewers tab displays graphs that show how many times your video thumbnail was shown to viewers (impressions) and how many clicks result from viewers seeing your thumbnail (click-through impressions), views, and unique viewers, as well as what sources your video traffic is coming from. The Interest Viewers tab displays the total watch time since the video was uploaded, and the average view time for the video. The Build and Audience tab displays demographic information about your viewers, as well as average views per viewer.
Custom thumbnails must be no larger than 2 MB.
Custom thumbnails must be no larger than 2 MB.
Public: This option allows anyone to view and share your video on YouTube. Private: This option only allows you and people you share a video with to view your video. Unlisted: This option prevents your video from displaying in your videos list when YouTube users view your channel, but anyone with the video URL can view your video. The video URL box is above the Visibility box. Click the icon that resembles a stack of papers to copy the link.
All:. This options allows all comments to be posted Approved: This options only allows comments that are approved by an administrator to be posted. Allow except for except for potentially inappropriate comments: This filters out any comments that may be contain profanity or abusive language.
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