Last Updated on October 14, 2023 by Christopher G Mendla
The process to create a new channel on your YouTube account can be a little tricky. Here is step by step process for adding a channel.
Why add a YouTube channel?
You might want to add a YouTube channel strictly for personal use. For example, you might want to have a channel for music and one for old television shows. Or you might want to create a channel for videos you upload for a website or organization.
A channel will have it’s own video collection as well as it’s own subscribers.
You can use a channel as a companion to your website. If you create videos that are used in your site or in your posts, hosting them on YouTube solves a lot of bandwidth problems. It does create other issues with regard to control.
If you get enough traffic to your website, you may be able to monetize your YouTube channel. The requirements are fairly strict but with enough traffic, you can develop a decent cash flow.
Adding a channel to YouTube
Go to your YouTube account and click on your account image at the top right. You will see a dropdown. Select “Settings”.
The way account and channel are used within YouTube is slightly confusing. In the instructions below you will see ‘account’ where you think you should see ‘channel’.
Click on “See all my channels or create a new channel”
You will see your existing channels as well as the number of subscribers and how many videos are in the channel. This includes videos that you uploaded and any videos you added to the channel.
Click on the “+ Create a new channel” button. This will allow you to create a new channel.
Give your channel a name. If you aren’t sure what to name your channel, browse through YouTube and see how others have named their channels. Look at the more popular channels.
Upload a Video
You can then use ‘Select files to upload’ to select the videos you want to upload. Choose either public or private for the viewing options.
The next step is to set your title, description and tags for the video. You will see the link that you can use to access the video on YouTube. You can also choose the thumbnail to show on youtube.
Switching between your channels
When you add a channel or channels, you will need to keep track of which channel that you are connected to. To switch channels, go to your user icon at the top right. From there choose “Switch account”.
This will show a list of the channels that you have created. Simply choose the channel you want to work with.
Final touches
Once you have your new channel created, go back and look at the options for customizing the look and feel.