How to add links to your YouTube channel

Add links to your channel, step by step

YouTube calls them channel profile links. They sit in your channel's profile section, under your name and description rather than on the banner image, and you manage them in YouTube Studio, not on the channel page itself.

1. 1Sign in to YouTube Studio on a computer.
2. 2In the left menu, choose Customization, then Profile.
3. 3Under Links, select Add link. Give the link a title, then paste its full address.
4. 4Add the others the same way, then select Publish.

The YouTube Studio app gets there in a few more taps: tap your profile picture, tap Edit next to your channel description, then Edit under Links, then Add. Tap Done, then Save.

How many links people actually see

You can add up to 14 links, and YouTube is just as clear about the pecking order: your first link is displayed prominently near the Subscribe button, and the others appear only when a viewer clicks to see more.

So most visitors meet exactly one link. The other thirteen are for the few who go looking. Order them the way you would dress a shop window: the one thing you most want people to do comes first, and the evergreen links follow.

• A page that holds everything, if there are more than two or three places worth sending people.
• Your newest release, store or tour, while it is what you talk about in every video.
• Your Discord server, if that is where viewers turn into regulars.

Where links work on YouTube, and where they don't

A link that opens in one place on YouTube is plain text in another. YouTube's own list of where links are clickable comes down to this:

Mentions and hashtags still work in Shorts. Web addresses do not, however you type them, so a link pasted into a Short's description is decoration.

Getting clickable links in your video descriptions

Clickable links in long-form descriptions and posts belong to what YouTube calls advanced features, its top tier of channel access, along with things like chapters and pinned comments. There are two ways in.

• Channel history. An active channel that has built up enough history in good standing will likely qualify on its own.
• Verifying your identity with a valid ID or a short video. That unlocks advanced features right away, though YouTube notes it is not offered to every creator.

Verifying your phone number is not enough by itself: it unlocks YouTube's intermediate features, not clickable links. To see where your channel stands, open YouTube Studio on a computer and go to Settings, then Channel, then Feature eligibility. Anything you can use is marked Enabled.

Sending Shorts viewers somewhere

Shorts are where a lot of channels grow now, and a Short cannot carry a clickable web address. You still have three ways to move people along:

• Add a related video. It appears on the Short and opens one of your long-form videos, whose description can hold every link you want.
• Point people to your channel. Tapping your name on a Short opens it, and your first profile link is waiting beside the Subscribe button.
• Show an address on screen that is short enough to remember. noiz.bio/yourname survives being seen once; a store link full of tracking codes does not.

What to put behind your first link

If the first link is the one most people see, make it the one that leads to everything else. A link-in-bio page turns that single slot into your whole list, with whatever you are pushing this week at the top.

On Noiz, a YouTube link added to your page becomes a player, for one video or a whole playlist, so a visitor can watch without leaving, and Analytics counts those plays separately from clicks. A free live card can show your channel with its subscriber count, unless your channel hides it, refreshed by Noiz's server. Embedding links and Adding Live Cards show how.