How to create a YouTube channel
Create a personal channel
1. Follow these instructions to create a channel that only you can manage using your Google Account.
- 2. Sign in to YouTube on a computer or the mobile site.
- 3. Click your profile picture Create a channel.
- 4. You’ll be asked to create a channel.
- 5. Check the details (with your Google Account name and photo) and confirm to create your channel.
- 6. Create a channel with a business or other name
- 7. Follow these instructions to create a channel that can have more than one manager or owner.
- 8. You can connect your channel to a Brand Account if you want to use a different name on YouTube than your Google Account. Learn more about Brand Accounts.
- 9. Sign in to YouTube on a computer or the mobile site.
- 10. Go to your channel list.
Choose to create a new channel or use an existing Brand
Account:
- 1. Create a channel by clicking Create a new channel.
- 2. Create a YouTube channel for a Brand Account that you already manage by choosing the Brand Account from the list. If this Brand Account already has a channel, you can't create a new one. When you select the Brand Account from the list, you’ll be switched over to that channel.
- 3. Fill out the details to name your new channel. Then, click Create. This will create a new Brand Account.
- 4. To add a channel manager, follow the instructions to change channel owners and managers.