Does Ready Social Allow Scheduling of YouTube Videos?

Ready Social supports scheduling and posting videos on YouTube. This capability enables you to fully automate your YouTube marketing efforts, making it easier to leverage video content for increased exposure on social media.

You can schedule both regular videos and YouTube Shorts directly from the dashboard. When scheduling a video, you don’t need to specify whether it’s a Short or a regular video. Ready Social will automatically detect the video type based on its specifications and publish it accordingly.

In This Article:

1. How to Connect Your YouTube Channel to Ready Social
2. Specifications for YouTube Shorts and Regular Videos

How to Connect Your YouTube Channel to Ready Social

Here is a step-by-step process of how to connect your YouTube channel to Ready Social:

1. Access your Ready Social account and go to Connect Account > YouTube > Connect Channel.
2. Log in to your Gmail account and select the YouTube channel you want to connect.

3. Grant Ready Social permission to manage your YouTube account.

4. Once the channel is successfully connected, you will receive a confirmation message. Your YouTube channel is now synced with Ready Social, and you are ready to schedule and upload videos.

Specifications for YouTube Shorts and YouTube Videos

To ensure your video is recognized as a YouTube Short, it must meet the following criteria:

• The video must be in a vertical format.
• The video can be up to 3 minutes long.
• The supported aspect ratios for YouTube Shorts are 9:16 (vertical) and 1:1 (square).

If your video meets these criteria, Ready Social will publish it as a YouTube Short.

For regular YouTube videos, the specifications differ slightly:

• The ideal aspect ratio is 16:9.
• The duration of verified channels can be up to 12 hours, and unverified accounts up to 15 minutes.

To learn more about verified YouTube accounts, click here, and to learn how to schedule YouTube videos via Ready Social, click here.

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