- So when is the best time to upload your YouTube videos
to your channel to maximize your views and results?
Here's how to find out.
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So lets jump into it.
So uploading your videos to your YouTube channel
at the right time for your subscribers
can result in a lot more upfront views.
And send all the right indicators to YouTube,
that you're video is something they should be sharing.
So in this video I'm going to show you
how you can figure out the best day and time
to upload videos to your YouTube channel
in just a few minutes.
Plus if you're also wondering
how often you should upload videos.
I'll also share my thoughts on how many videos
you should be uploading per week to maximize results.
And once we're done
to help you take those results even further.
I'll share with you a link
to where you can grab our free guide,
detailing the three most powerful tools
and ranking strategies to 10x your traffic on YouTube.
All right, so what we're trying to figure out here
is the most ideal time for you to upload your video.
Where you'll most likely
going to get the largest number of subscribers
or viewers watching your new video as fast as possible.
So first things first,
you need to pay attention
to where your subscribers are located.
Where in the world do they live?
When they're most active on YouTube
and when they're most likely to watch the content
that you're uploading.
And this can change even depending on the topics
that you're covering or the content that you're creating
on your channel.
Now obviously here,
the longer you've had your channel running the more data,
the more analytics you're going to have access to.
So the more accurate this is going to be.
But there are also a few pointers here
that you can get very close to that best upload time,
even now if you're just starting out on a new channel.
So if you already have your channel
set up with videos on it,
then you want to head over to your YouTube analytics.
Make sure you're on the Overview tab
and then look down at the Realtime activity section.
And this is showing you the activity
or the amount of views that you're getting on your channel
progressively for the previous 48 hours.
So what you want to do is to monitor this graph
for around a week.
And keep coming back and keep checking it
throughout the week.
And what you're looking for are those peak viewing times.
So the days and the times
that you are getting the most amount of views.
And then it really is as simple as uploading your videos
a few hours before those times.
So that your content is up there
and it's ready to go before those viewers come online.
So that way when they wake up
or when they usually come online and go to YouTube,
your content is there ready for them to view.
So for us at Primal Video,
our audience is heavily U.S. based.
So we usually upload our videos
at around 8 p.m. my time here in Australia,
on a Sunday night.
Which works out around 6 a.m. Eastern Time in America,
on a Saturday morning.
So this mean that our videos are up there ready
and waiting for our peak viewing time,
which happens to be Saturday morning
between 9 a.m. and noon.
Now there are some paid tools out there
as well to get more insight into the different times
that they're going to work best for your channel.
VIDIQ is a great YouTube management tool
and in there as part of their feature set,
they actually have a section dedicated
to help you find the best time for upload for you.
You will need to be on one of their paid plans to access it.
But all you need to do is login, head to their dashboard
and scroll down until you see the box
that says Best Time to Post.
Now if you're someone with a brand new channel
or a channel with not many videos up there yet,
then you can use your best guess as to where you think
your viewers are watching from.
So, which country are they in?
And from there you can work out the different times
that they would likely be watching or viewing your videos,
and start with that.
Obviously, you want to go a little bit earlier
so that your video is up there and ready to go
when those people are coming online.
But that would be the best place to start for you.
And obviously the more your channel grows,
the more videos you put out there,
the more data you'll have on this stuff
so you'll be able to make a better decision.
And tweak and adjust your upload times
and upload schedule accordingly.
Okay, so that's when you should be uploading.
But what about how often should you be creating videos
and uploading videos to your channel?
Now this is something that we hear a lot of people
out there give you mixed feedback and mixed answers on.
Some people say that in order to be successful on YouTube
you need to be going daily and creating daily content.
Others say you need to be uploading three times a week.
I am a professional video person,
I couldn't imagine creating that amount of content
to be consistent for daily or even three times a week.
For us, we upload just one video per week
consistently without fail.
And have done so for the last five years.
We have experimented uploading two videos per week
for a period there but the results were linear.
Meaning that for us we would much rather
focus on one highly optimized, targeted video.
A video where you're doing the research first
to make sure that you're creating something
that your audience actually wants.
Not the videos you think that they want.
Big distinction between the two.
So that is my recommendation.
If you can commit to one video per week,
where you have done some research before hand.
Knowing that there is an audience that is looking for
and searching for the content you're creating.
That is going to be far more valuable
over three videos a week
or going daily for creating content,
because you risk burning out.
You risk losing that spark and enjoying the process,
but also that you're just wasting your time
because you're creating stuff that maybe no one will see.
So if you're serious about growing on YouTube
and doing it smart,
then I've got a link on screen now
and below in the description.
Where we'll teach you the three most powerful tools
and ranking strategies to help you 10x
your traffic on YouTube.
So make sure you grab your free guide now.
I'll see you in the next one.