YouTube is platform of Google. It is video uploading and sharing platform. In last YouTube rolled out video market on internet. Now, YouTube is the leading website for uploading videos, making money from your videos, selling your goods using video ads and many more.
However, an important feature is still missing, a handle for your YouTube channel just like as a Twitter handle for your Twitter account. We have received an email from YouTube for this feature. In this blog we are going to discuss this most important feature. So let’s go and cover some questions from the Creators.
What is YouTube Handle?
Email from YouTube says, they are rolling out a new feature / update in coming weeks. This update is YouTube handle. YouTube handle is a unique name available to the creators starting with @ just like Twitter handle. This handle will also be part of channel URL. For example, handle is @userabc then YouTube channel URL will be https://youtube.com/@userabc.
Here below there is the complete official guidance of YouTube.
When will YouTube Channel Handle be available?
This time Google is sending emails to the Creators and informing them of Handle. Handle will be available in creator studio in coming weeks. And YouTube will notify via email that your handle is available in creator studio. Most likely, YouTube will allot handle to the Creators from 14th November, 2022 onwards.
How to select handle for your YouTube Channel?
You can select handle in Creator Studio. In coming 2 or 3 weeks handle selection will be enabled. If you already have customized URL, then YouTube will select it for you. But you can create your own handle. You can your handle from suggested ones.
Which channels are eligible for YouTube Handles?
There is no condition for handles. Handles will be available to all channels whether monetized or not. For custom URL, there was condition of minimum 100 subscribers. Now, customized URL has been ended. YouTube Handles are taking place of customized URLs.
How to create your own YouTube Handles?
Here are the Google guidelines for YouTube Handles:
- Characters of handle will be 3 to 30.
- Handle will be alphanumeric (alphabets and numbers).
- Underscores (_), hyphens (-) and full stop (.) can be used.
- Must be unique and not already used.
- Handle is nor URL neither phone number.
- Handle must follow community guidelines of YouTube.
Where can the YouTube Handles be used?
YouTube handles will be mentioned on shorts. People can tag channels or creators using handles. Handles will help to identify and find creators and they will appear in search results, comments and YouTube shorts tab.
Here, we are sharing two links to learn further about YouTube handles.
Closing thoughts
Currently, people cannot find creators easily on YouTube because creators have common names and also their channel names. It is much awaited feature to find creators and their channels. Even, viewers and subscribers cannot mention channels and creators in comments. So, for this purpose people have to paste link of channel in their comments.
Finally, YouTube is going to resolve this matter in coming weeks. So, wait for confirmation email from YouTube. Handles will help to keep present on YouTube in a unique way.
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