Manage playlists in YouTube Studio

Learn how to create, edit, manage and filter your playlists in YouTube Studio to engage with your audience.

Notes:

This feature may not be available with supervised experiences on YouTube.
There's a limit to how many public playlists a channel can create each day across YouTube Music, the YouTube main app and the YouTube API. You can increase your daily limit by gaining access to advanced features. Learn more.

Create a playlist

To create a new playlist:

Sign in to YouTube Studio.
In the top right-hand corner, click CREATE New playlist .
Enter a playlist title and description.
Use the drop-down box to select your playlist's visibility setting.
Choose how videos are going to be arranged on the drop-down menu next to it.
Click ADD VIDEOS.
Click CREATE.

Learn how to create a podcast in YouTube Studio below or visit this Help Centre article.

Playlist titles have a character limit of 150 characters
Playlist titles cannot include invalid characters ('<', '>' and the line separator '\u2028')
Playlist descriptions have a limit of 5,000 characters
Playlist descriptions cannot include invalid characters ('<', '>' and the line separator '\u2028')

Manage a playlist

To manage your playlist:

Sign in to YouTube Studio.
From the left menu, select Content .
Click the Playlists tab.
Hover over the playlist description of the playlist that you'd like to update click Menu .
Select Edit on YouTube. Your playlist will open in a new tab.
- To sort videos in a playlist: drag and drop the video up or down to reorder .
- To share a playlist: go to your playlist details and select Share . Then, choose where you'd like to share the playlist.
- To add collaborators: go to your playlist details and click More Collaborate .
- To add videos to a playlist: go to your video details and select More Add videos . You can add a video from a search, URL or your library.

Note: You can also change your privacy setting.

Edit a playlist title or description

To update your playlist's details:

Sign in to YouTube Studio.
From the left menu, select Content .
Click the Playlists tab.
Hover over the playlist description of the playlist that you want to update click Details and update as needed.
Click SAVE.

Tip:

Playlist titles have a character limit of 150 characters
Playlist titles cannot include invalid characters ('<', '>' and the line separator '\u2028')
Playlist descriptions have a character limit of 5,000 characters
Playlist descriptions cannot include invalid characters ('<', '>' and the line separator '\u2028')

Filter a playlist

To find a playlist easily, use a filter to narrow down your search:

Sign in to YouTube Studio.
From the left menu, select Content .
Click the Playlists tab.
Use the filter bar and enter keywords to filter your playlists by title.

Turn a playlist into a podcast

To turn an existing playlist into a podcast:

Sign in to YouTube Studio.
Go to Content Playlists.
Hover over the playlist that you want to designate as a podcast.
Click Menu Set as podcast .
Review your podcast's details and add a square podcast thumbnail. Podcast details include the title, description and who can view your podcast on YouTube.
Click DONE to confirm your changes.

To learn more about podcasting on YouTube, visit our Help Centre article.

Remove podcasting features from a playlist

To remove podcasting features from your playlist:

Within YouTube Studio, go to Content Podcasts.
Hover over the playlist that you want to unset as a podcast.
Click on the menu next to the podcast that you want to remove features from.
Select Set as playlist.
Click Yes to confirm.

To learn more about podcasting on YouTube, visit our Help Centre article.

View playlist analytics

For each of your playlists, you can access the Overview, Content, Audience and Revenue tabs to find aggregated insights for all of your videos in the playlist. Learn how to access your playlist analytics.

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