How To Upload Long Videos on YouTube - Longer Than 15 Minutes

 

How To Upload Long Videos on YouTube - Longer Than 15 Minutes

Noticed that some YouTube videos can be up to 1 hour or more, but why can't you upload a video longer than 15 minutes? How long can a YouTube video be? And how to upload long videos on YouTube?

In fact, the YouTube video length limit depends on whether your channel has been verified. YouTube allows any channel to upload videos up to 15 minutes long; for the verified channels, the YouTube video can be up to 12 hours long or 256GB in size.

Now, follow us and learn how to verify your YouTube account for longer videos.

Contents:

Part 1 How to Upload Long Videos on YouTube - Longer Than 15 Minutes

Part 2 Can't Upload a Longer Video to YouTube After Verification

 

Part 1 How to Upload Long Videos on YouTube - Longer Than 15 Minutes

As mentioned before, YouTube allows video uploads that are up to 15 minutes long by default. If you want to upload a video longer than that, you need to verify your YouTube account and increase your video length limit.

Step 1

Visit https://www.youtube.com/upload to access your YouTube's upload page.

Step 2

Find the message "Want to upload videos longer than 15 minutes" at the bottom of the page, and click the Increase your limit located next to it.

 

 

Step 3

You should automatically be redirected to the Account verification page. Here you can follow those steps to verify your account with a mobile phone.

 

 

Step 4

Wait for the text message from YouTube. Once received, enter the verification code from the text message and click Submit.

Part 2 Can't Upload a Longer Video to YouTube After Verification

Fail to upload a longer video to YouTube with a verified account? The main reasons are quite likely the following:

1. You may have a copyright claim on one of your videos, such as a downloaded video or copyrighted video music.

2. Your video may violate YouTube community guidelines.

3. The video you try to upload is too long or too large, exceeding the maximum video length (12 hours) or size (256 GB).

You can check the first two causes simply by going to the Channel status and features page. And then, according to the instructions to adjust your video, change the background music or try to cut out or re-edit the downloaded clip.