YouTube Stories for creators

Stories are short, mobile-only videos that allow you to connect with your audience more casually, on the go. Stories will expire after 7 days. To learn strategies for creating effective stories, visit the Creator Academy.

You cannot create stories if your channel’s audience is set as made for kids. Learn more about setting your audience.

Note: The Stories feature is currently in beta and available to all eligible channels with over 10,000 subscribers. It may take up to 4 weeks for Stories to show up after reaching 10,000 subscribers.

Create a story

1. Sign in to YouTube on mobile.

2. Tap the camera

1. era roll .

2. Tap Post.

You can also select a video or image from your mobile device to add to your story.

Add stickers to your story

When editing your story, you can add stickers to express yourself, link to a video, and more.

1. From the top right, tap

1. • eo sticker Select a video. You can only share one of your own YouTube videos every 7 days. There is no limit on the number of video stickers for videos from other channels.

   • Mention sticker: Tap the Ment

1. • ation sticker Search for a place and select it from the list.

Reply to a comment on a story

You can highlight and respond to comments from viewers with a comment sticker in your next story.

1. Go to your story by selecting your channel icon from the Subscriptions feed or from the Stories row on Home.

2. Ta

1. p the Comments .

2. Below the comment you’d like to highlight in your next story, tap Reply in Story.

3. Record a video or photo with the app.

4. Tap Post.

You can adjust the position and size of the comment sticker in your story after recording your response by pinching and dragging with two fingers.

Delete a video within a story

1. Tap the story.

2. Tap the player until you get to the video or photo you'd like to d