Schedule and Publish on YouTube
You can schedule your videos to go live on your YouTube channel whenever you want.
✏️ Key points
Video types:
Standard videos: Over 60 seconds. Horizontal format.
Shorts: Up to 3 minutes. Vertical or square format.
⚠️ We recommend not pushing Shorts to the 2:59 min limit, as YouTube might increase the time on import and publish it as a standard video.
Posting limits: up to 20 posts every 24 hours. If you hit the limit, you’ll need to wait 24 hours from your 20th post. To check if you can publish, count the posts from the past 24 hours—if it’s under the limit, you’re good to go.
Character limit: 5000 per post.
Video thumbnail: Recommended size 1280x720px.
First comment: You can add it to both long videos and Shorts.
Add to playlist: You can schedule videos and choose the playlist they will be published in.
How to create a YouTube post
To schedule a YouTube video, go to the Planning tab and follow these steps:
Click "+ Create new post" and select YouTube.
Add the text to include a description. Descriptions for YouTube Shorts and YouTube Videos on mobile won’t preview here, but will be included in your post.
Upload the video. Remember:
Standard video: 60+ seconds, horizontal.
Shorts: up to 3 minutes, vertical or square.
Complete YouTube settings:
Title: Max 100 characters.
Audience settings: specify if the video is made for kids.
Privacy settings: choose between Public, Unlisted, Private. You can adjust privacy on YouTube after publishing.
Category: pick the right category for your content.
Add to playlist: choose the playlist where your video will be published. If you can’t find it, click Refresh 🔁 to reload the options.
Tags: add tags to improve searchability and ranking.
Choose the publish date and time, then save.
Done! The platform takes care of the rest.
Video specs
Format: MP4 or MOV.
Size: up to 500 MB.
Shorts: up to 3 minutes, vertical or square format.
Standard videos: over 60 seconds, horizontal format.