YouTube channel branding: banner size, safe area, profile picture and layout
Direct answer: Per YouTube's "Manage your channel branding" page as of 19 August 2026, the minimum banner upload is 2048 x 1152 px at a 16:9 ratio,...
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Best time to post on YouTube: what YouTube actually gives you
Direct answer: YouTube does not publish a best hour or a best day to upload, and as of 23 August 2026 no official page names one. What it gives you...
YouTube Analytics: what to read, and the decision behind each number
Disclosure: Declared by the seller before the reports: the YouTube views service linked below is D3M Follow's, and it corrupts the numbers this page...
YouTube video and channel descriptions: what to write and where it shows
Direct answer: These are two separate fields. A video description holds up to 5,000 characters and works in two halves: the first few lines everyone...
YouTube thumbnails and titles: the packaging that earns the click
Direct answer: the thumbnail and the title work as one unit, not two. A viewer sees both in the same instant and decides. YouTube recommends a...
YouTube sponsorships and brand deals: how to get them, price them, and disclose them
Direct answer: A YouTube sponsorship is a direct agreement between you and a brand: the brand pays you for agreed content, and YouTube is not a party...
How the YouTube algorithm works: recommendations, signals and what limits reach
Direct answer: there is no single YouTube algorithm. There are several recommendation systems, each working on a different surface: the home page,...
YouTube SEO: how search ranks your videos, and where the keywords come from
Direct answer: YouTube SEO means making a video legible to the search system and satisfying to the searcher. YouTube states that its search...
YouTube copyright claim or strike on your video: what it means and what to do
Direct answer: Identify what you actually received first, because YouTube uses the word "claim" for two different things. A Content ID claim comes...
YouTube copyright: what it covers, how Content ID works, and claim versus strike
Direct answer: copyright protects expression rather than ideas: the song, the footage, the text, the image, not the topic, the title or the style. On...