---
title: 'Collaborations on YouTube'
source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=X_OA4zASDTg'
video_id: 'X_OA4zASDTg'
date: 2026-08-01
duration_sec: 140
---

# Collaborations on YouTube

> Source: [Collaborations on YouTube](https://youtube.com/watch?v=X_OA4zASDTg)

## Summary

This official YouTube tutorial explains how to use the Collaboration feature to create videos and Shorts with up to five other creators. It covers the benefits, step-by-step invitation process, homepage customization, and important ownership and compliance considerations.

### Key Points

- **Collaboration Feature Overview** [00:00] — Collaborations let creators work together on a single video, displaying each creator's name and subscribe button for all channels. Up to five collaborators can be added.
- **Boosted Discoverability** [00:16] — Collaboration videos appear in the subscriptions feed of all listed collaborators' audiences and may be recommended to them, increasing overall discoverability.
- **Starting an Invitation** [00:31] — Go to YouTube Studio on desktop or mobile, start the upload flow, and under the details page choose 'Show more' then 'Invite a collaborator'.
- **Inviting and Granting Access** [00:45] — Search for the channel you want to add. You can choose whether to grant the collaborator analytics viewing access, but they won't see your revenue information. Then create a link to share.
- **Managing Collaborations** [01:01] — You can invite up to five channels. After uploading, the link becomes active. Use the three-dot menu to see acceptance status, reshare the link, manage analytics access, or remove a collaborator.
- **Acceptance and Display** [01:16] — Once invited channels accept the link, the video or Short displays all collaborators' channel names with a subscribe button for each.
- **Featuring on Channel Homepage** [01:33] — To showcase collaborations on your channel homepage, go to YouTube Studio > Customization > Home tab, choose 'Add section', then select 'Collaborations'.
- **Owner Control and Revenue** [01:47] — The original uploader retains full control, ownership, and all revenue, views, and watch time, even when collaborators are added.
- **Paid Content Compliance** [02:05] — If the video includes paid product placements, endorsements, or sponsorships, remember to check the 'paid promotion' box. More info is available via links in the description.

## Transcript

Collaborations make it easier to showcase&nbsp; how you work with other creators on YouTube&nbsp;&nbsp; and grow your channels together. You can add&nbsp; up to five collaborators on a single video,&nbsp;&nbsp; which will feature each creator's name and&nbsp; a subscribe button for all channels. The&nbsp;&nbsp;
video will appear in the subscriptions feed of&nbsp; all listed collaborators audiences and may be&nbsp;&nbsp; recommended to them, increasing discoverability.&nbsp; Let's walk through how to use collaborations and&nbsp;&nbsp; some important things to keep in mind when using&nbsp; them. To invite other creators to a collaboration&nbsp;&nbsp;
on your videos in Shorts, head to YouTube Studio&nbsp; on desktop or mobile. During the upload flow&nbsp;&nbsp; under the details page, choose show more, then&nbsp; invite a collaborator. Search for the channel&nbsp;&nbsp;
you want to add. You can also choose whether&nbsp; to grant the collaborator analytics viewing.&nbsp;&nbsp; Note that even if you grant this access, they&nbsp; won't be able to see your revenue information.&nbsp;&nbsp; Then choose create link. Here you can share the&nbsp; link with the person you want to collaborate&nbsp;&nbsp;
with. The link will be active after you&nbsp; upload your video. You can invite up to&nbsp;&nbsp; five channels to collaborate with. You'll be&nbsp; able to see when a collaborator has accepted&nbsp;&nbsp; your invitation and use the three dot menu&nbsp; to reshare the link, manage analytics access,&nbsp;&nbsp;
or remove the collaborator. Once your video&nbsp; is uploaded in the invited channels accept&nbsp;&nbsp; the invite link, the video or short will display&nbsp; all collaborators channel names with a subscribe&nbsp;&nbsp; button for each. To feature your collaborations&nbsp; on your channel homepage, head to YouTube Studio,&nbsp;&nbsp;
then customization, then home tab. Choose&nbsp; add section, then choose collaborations. Now,&nbsp;&nbsp; let's walk through some important things to&nbsp; keep in mind when using collaborations. First,&nbsp;&nbsp;
even when you add collaborators, you're still&nbsp; in control of the video or short. Only you can&nbsp;&nbsp; make changes to the video. You'll also retain&nbsp; full ownership. As the owner, you'll keep all&nbsp;&nbsp; the revenue, views, and watch time from the video.&nbsp; And remember, if you have paid product placements,&nbsp;&nbsp;
endorsements, or sponsorships, you'll need&nbsp; to check the paid promotions box. For more&nbsp;&nbsp; info on using collaborations on your videos and&nbsp; shorts, check out the links in the description.