How to Upload a Video to YouTube from Your PC – from Start to Finish 2020 [Beginners Tutorial]

Summary: How to upload a video to YouTube from a PC (beginner tutorial)

Pre-upload requirements

• Make sure the video is properly compressed (video compression affects upload and playback).
• Ensure the video follows YouTube’s video guidelines.
• Example used: an MP4 file.

Access YouTube and start the upload

• Go to youtube.com and open your channel (typically tied to a Gmail/Google account).
• Use the Upload button (or an upload option on the channel page).
• Upload supports drag-and-drop of the video file.

Fill in upload details while it processes

• Title: entered manually (e.g., “Grump[le] skin the cat” in the example).
• Description: added in the description field.
• Thumbnail
  • You can upload a custom thumbnail, but the tutorial notes you may need to be verified/in good standing first.
  • Alternatively, you can use auto-generated thumbnails (wait for them to appear).
  • The tutorial demonstrates selecting a thumbnail option.

Playlists

• Optionally create a playlist to organize videos for viewers.
• Set playlist visibility (example indicates public).

Kids / age settings

• Select whether the video is made for kids:
  • The tutorial selects “No” (not made for kids).
• Also addresses age restriction (example indicates no age restriction needed).

Additional settings

• Monetization / paid promotion: the tutorial says not to worry about it for this example, but implies it’s part of the flow.
• Tags: add tags to help with search discovery (example tags include variants like “grumble skin,” “cat,” “funny,” “cute”).
• Video language: set language to English (even if no transcript words are present in the subtitle).
• Copyright / standard YouTube license: tutorial indicates this can be left as the standard license.
• Category: choose an appropriate category (example: comedy/entertainment, or pets and animals).
• Comments: left at the default (“top” sorting mentioned).

Final steps and publishing

• Optionally add end screen or cards (tutorial skips it in the example).
• Confirm visibility as Public.
• Click Publish.
• After publishing, the video is accessible via the link shown.

Tutorial outcome

• Emphasizes that uploading to YouTube is easy and encourages beginners to keep posting.

Main speakers / sources (as provided)

• Tutorial host(s): The subtitles reference “hey everybody” and “we’ll be showing you,” implying a creator/tutorial narrator (no specific name given in the subtitles).