How To Upload A Video Longer Than 15 Minutes On Youtube

Upload videos longer than 15 minutes

Increase your video length limit

By default, y'all can upload videos that are upward to 15 minutes long. Verified accounts can upload videos longer than 15 minutes.

To verify your Google Account:

On a estimator, go to https://www.youtube.com/verify.
Follow the steps to verify your Google Business relationship. You lot can choose to go a verification lawmaking through a text message on a mobile device or an automated voice call.

Make sure you're using an upward-to-date version of your browser to upload files greater than xx GB.

Maximum upload size

The maximum file size you can upload is 256 GB or 12 hours, whichever is less. We've changed the limits on uploads in the past, so you may meet older videos that are longer than 12 hours.

Troubleshoot mutual issues

I verified my business relationship but my video still won't play.

Later you verify your account, you'll need to upload your video again:

Sign in to YouTube Studio.
Select CREATE and upload your video once again.

I don't know whether I verified my account yet.

To check if you've already verified your Google Account, go to Feature eligibility. If you've verified your account, you'll run across "Enabled" in the Features that require telephone verification box.

I already verified my account but I tin't upload long videos.

My video is larger than 256 GB.

If your video is larger than 256 GB, try compressing your video in a video editing software before uploading information technology to YouTube. Compressing volition reduce your video file size while maintaining the video quality. One common way to compress a video for YouTube is to encode it using the H.264 codec.

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