Featured channels on YouTube allow you to promote one or more channels on your channel.
They will appear at the bottom of your channel’s homepage.
If you have a secondary channel, you can promote it to your main channel by adding a “Featured channels” section.
Similarly, if you want to help your friend to grow their subscribers, you can feature their channel on your channel too.
When people scroll down the homepage of your main channel, they’ll see your featured channels.
Some users will be intrigued by the featured channels and subscribe to them.
This strategy is used by many YouTubers like Mr. Beast and Nelk.
In this guide, you’ll learn how to add a featured channel to your YouTube channel in 5 easy steps.
How to add a featured channel to your YouTube Channel
To add a featured channel to your YouTube channel, you need to visit the desktop version of YouTube.
Next, navigate to your YouTube channel and click on “Customize Channel”.
In the channel customization, you’ll be able to add a “Featured channels” section by clicking on “Add section”.
Other than the “Featured channel” section, there are multiple other sections that you can add.
This includes “Popular uploads”, “Past live streams”, “Single playlist”, and more.
The “Featured channel” section allows you to add one or more channels to your channel’s homepage.
To do so, you need to search for the channels that you want to add and select them.
You can also rearrange the channels to however you like by clicking and dragging the double line icon.
Once you’re done, make sure to save your changes by clicking on the “Publish” button.
Here are 5 steps to add a featured channel to your YouTube channel:
- Customize your channel
- Add a “Featured channels” section
- Add the featured channels
- Save your changes
- View the featured channels
1. Customize your channel
The first step is to visit the desktop version of YouTube.
Do not use the YouTube mobile app for this because you won’t be able to customize your channel there.
If you’re persistent in using a mobile device, you need to visit YouTube on a browser.
Firstly, go to the YouTube website: https://www.youtube.com/.
Now, you need to navigate to your YouTube channel.
Once you’re on the site, click on your channel icon on the top navigation bar.
Next, click on “Your channel” to go to your YouTube channel.
On your YouTube channel, you’ll see a couple of buttons.
This includes “Customize channel” and “Manage videos”.
To add featured channels to your YouTube channel, you need to customize your channel.
Click on “Customize channel” to customize your YouTube channel.
2. Add a “Featured channels” section
After you’ve clicked on “Customize channel”, you’ll land on the “Channel customization” page.
If you’re not on the page, click on “Customization” on the left sidebar to open it.
On the “Channel customization” page, you’ll see a couple of sections including “Video spotlight” and “Featured sections”.
The “Video spotlight” section allows you to add a channel trailer or a featured video.
On the other hand, the “Featured sections” section allows you to add a new section to your YouTube channel.
Click on “Add section” next to the “Featured sections” header to add a new section.
After you’ve clicked on “Add section”, you’ll see a list of sections that you can add to your YouTube channel.
This includes “Popular uploads”, “Past live streams”, “Featured channels”, and more.
Click on “Featured channels” to add a “Featured channels” section to your YouTube channel.
3. Add the featured channels
After you’ve clicked on “Featured channels”, a pop-up will open.
The pop-up contains a text field and a search bar.
This includes the “Add section title” text field and the “Any channel on YouTube” search bar.
Firstly, add a section title by entering it in the “Add section title” text field.
An example of a section title is, “Featured Channels”.
The section title will appear at the bottom of your YouTube channel.
Secondly, search for the channel(s) that you want to add using the “Any channel on YouTube” search bar.
After you’ve searched for channel(s) that you want to add, you’ll see a list of related channels.
Select the channel(s) that you want to add by clicking on the checkbox(es).
The channels that you’ve selected will be displayed on the “Channels in section” sidebar.
You can rearrange the channels to however you like by clicking and dragging the double line icon.
Lastly, click on “Done” to add the channels to your featured channels.
4. Save your changes
After you’ve clicked on “Done”, you’ll see the “Featured channel” section under the “Featured sections” header.
Before you leave, you need to save your changes.
Otherwise, your changes will be lost.
Click on “Publish” to save your changes.
5. View the featured channels
After you’ve saved your changes, it’s time to check whether the featured channels are added to your channel.
Firstly, navigate to your YouTube channel by clicking on your channel icon followed by “Your channel”.
Now, scroll down to the bottom of your channel.
At the bottom of your channel, you’ll see the featured channels that you’ve added to your channel.
Now, your subscribers will be able to see and subscribe to your featured channels easily by scrolling to the bottom of your channel.
If you want to add or delete a featured channel, you can do so by navigating to the “Channel customization” page again.
Next, click on the three dots followed by “Edit section contents” to edit your featured channels.
You’ve successfully added featured channels to your YouTube channel!
Conclusion
Adding a “Featured channel” section to your YouTube channel has many benefits.
Firstly, if you have more than one channel, the “Featured channel” section is useful in promoting them.
Subscribers who see the section will be intrigued by your other channels and subscribe to them.
Secondly, you can promote your friends’ channels.
If you have a friend who has a YouTube channel, you can promote it in the “Featured channel” section.
In addition, they can promote your channel in their section as well.
This will benefit both parties as you and your friend’s channel will have increased exposure.
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