Premiere a new video

YouTube Premieres lets you and your viewers watch and experience a new video together in real time. Create buzz for your Premiere by sharing the lookout page so viewers tin can set reminders, chat, and exit comments.

YouTube Premieres

Create a Premiere

Viewers tin spotter the Premiere on whatever platform like estimator, iPhone, iPad, Android, and mobile spider web.

  1. On your computer, go to studio.YouTube.com.
  2. At the tiptop, click Create and then Upload videos.
  3. Select your video to upload and enter video details.
    Annotation: 360/vr180 or an output greater than 1080p isn't supported for Premieres
  4. To immediately premiere the video, click Save or publish and then Public and then Set as instant Premiere. The video will premiere when the video finishes processing.
    To schedule the premiere for later, click Schedule and then Enter a appointment and time and then Check Ready equally Premiere.
  5. To choose a countdown theme and countdown length, click Gear up Premiere.
  6. Click Done or Schedule.

Tip: Y'all can also create a Premiere when uploading a video from the YouTube app. From the "Fix visibility" folio, choose Set every bit Premiere.

What happens when you create a Premiere

Before your Premiere starts

A public spotter folio is created for your video to eventually premiere on. You can share the scout folio URL since the sentry folio is public before the Premiere begins. Premieres show upwardly beyond YouTube just like regular uploads. You'll observe them on search, the homepage, and video recommendations.

Anyone can come up to the sentry page and set a reminder, leave a comment, or chat (also give Super Chats if turned on). If yous've uploaded a trailer, it'll play.

Note: If your account has a Community Guidelines strike, your Premiere won't publish during the penalisation period. Your Premiere is set to "private" for the penalty flow duration, and you accept to reschedule it when the freeze period ends. Learn more than about Customs Guidelines strike basics.

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During your Premiere

A countdown theme will first ii minutes earlier your Premiere. When the countdown is over, viewers watch the video together in real fourth dimension. Viewers can rewind the video, just cannot forward by what's been shown live.

Y'all and your viewers can go on to interact in the comments and live chat.

Afterward your Premiere ends

Afterward your video premieres, it stays on your aqueduct every bit a regular upload. The countdown theme won't be included in your video. Chat replay is available for viewers who desire to experience the Premiere chat afterwards it has ended. You can turn off chat at any time.

From YouTube Studio, yous can also employ YouTube Analytics to see how your Premiere performed. The view count from the Premiere will transfer to the video afterwards.

Tips

Customize your Premiere past choosing a different countdown theme, monetizing your Premiere, or showing a trailer on the watch page before your Premiere starts.
Guide your viewers to your live stream. Guide your audience to a live stream by pinning a conversation message with the link.
Build excitement past sending your audience from a live stream to a Premiere.
Share your Premiere watch page URL on social media.
Prepare your Premiere equally your channel trailer. Learn how past changing your channel layout.
Encourage your viewers to prepare a reminder by leaving a annotate or chat message on your watch page. When someone sets a reminder, they'll get a notification nearly 30 minutes before the Premiere and another when information technology starts.

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