Videos won’t show on the homepage? Don’t worry I’ve got a simple solution for you.
I can’t tell you how many times I watch a video and I’m like, “That was really good content. I want to go check out their YouTube channel.” When I get there I see that it says, “This channel doesn’t have any content.” However, I just watch one of their videos. So how could they not have any content? Well, they really do, if I click on “videos” I can see, “Oh, there is a video here but it’s not showing on their homepage.” Why is that? I can see this video here.
First, what I want you to do is actually test your channel. Then I’m going to show you to fix it. And the way you test your channel is you make sure that you’re in your homepage on YouTube. You’ll see this, “View as yourself,” and you want to click on “new visitor.” If it’s empty that means anytime somebody goes to your YouTube channel, they don’t know that you have any videos and more than likely they’re leaving unless they know to click on the video.
The way you fix that is going back to your homepage. Right here. See this option that says, “Add a selection.” We need to actually add content and we need to add videos. I recommend doing uploads. I like to do it horizontally and now it’s gone ahead and added this upload. So, now I can go back and test new visitors, will they see videos? Yes. They will now see videos. The other thing I recommend doing is that not only do you have uploads but also create playlist and plug playlist in. So right down here it says, “Add new content.” I gotta scroll down. Under content what I want you to do is look for “playlist,” and I like to do multiple. I like to do vertical. I have one doing horizontal, one doing the other one. Go ahead and save it. Right now I do not have any playlist. However, once I start creating playlist for this channel, it will actually show up here and this is how you make sure that when a new visitor comes to your YouTube channel, they can actually see that you have content. If you have any questions, comments or thoughts I would love to hear about it. What did you find with your channel? Was it working or was it not working?
Alright, everybody. Take care. Be sure to leave a comment below.
I had problems where things were showing on my end but others couldn’t see my videos. I think it has worked now following your steps but am still unsure so will have to get someone to check for me. Thank you so much for this great problem solver, it was easy to follow which is great for me! Many thanks J&T Travel Dreams xx
Hey Janine, glad it worked out for you! Not sure why YouTube makes us jump through hoops to have our uploaded content been seen!
Hi, I’m hoping you can help ! Other people can see my videos however, for me it doesn’t let me see them because they don’t go under my videos but for others it is there. Why is that and how do I solve it ?
Thank you,
Daisy
Hi Daisy, could you rephrase the question? I not following.
The uploads button is grayed out and I can’t fix this problem. Help please
Hi Jen, YouTube has updated their procedures since this video when live. See the updated video here – https://youtu.be/AEOKxFZMZNE
Hello. I have been having a problem with videos appearing on my channel, but the situation is a little different than the one you are describing. I have been uploading videos to my channel for years, without having any problems at all. This problem I have been having has been going on for the past couple days. I upload a video to YouTube. Everything goes fine, and it uploads with no problems. Next, I go to my channel’s homepage and the new video shows up for a couple of minutes, then completely disappears from my channel page completely. People are still able to watch it, and people are commenting on it, but it doesn’t show up on my channel’s page. All of my previous uploads up to a couple days ago are still appearing on my channel’s page, just not the two I have uploaded in the past couple days. The videos are public. When I go into YouTube Studio, the videos show up as videos that I have uploaded. They show up as public also. When I go to my channel’s homepage, however, they are not there. Even when I go to “Customize channel”, they still don’t show up. I put them in their own playlist, and the playlist doesn’t show up. I select them as my featured video, but then, the featured video doesn’t show up. I have no idea what is going on. Please help.
Hey AJ, it sounds like maybe there is a database issue with YouTube indexing and updating your new videos. If this is the case, there isn’t anything that you can do as the issue is with YouTube. Since your videos are being seen and people are leaving comments, the videos are public which is a good thing. I would give it a couple of days and see if you’re videos show up on their own. I bring this up as I have had similar issues with post live videos and then not being able to “find them” for a couple of days and then all of sudden they show on my page.