--- title: 'How to Create a YouTube Channel from Scratch: Complete Masterclass' source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=icaqdNWbXwI' video_id: 'icaqdNWbXwI' date: 2026-07-11 duration_sec: 1095 --- # How to Create a YouTube Channel from Scratch: Complete Masterclass > Source: [How to Create a YouTube Channel from Scratch: Complete Masterclass](https://youtube.com/watch?v=icaqdNWbXwI) ## Summary This video is a complete masterclass on creating and setting up a YouTube channel from scratch. The creator shares step-by-step instructions on choosing a niche, naming the channel, designing a logo and banner, and optimizing channel settings for growth. ### Key Points - **Creating a New YouTube Channel** [01:44] — Start by creating a fresh Gmail account with a strong password to avoid hacking. Then go to YouTube, click on 'View Channel' and 'Create New Channel'. - **Choosing a Niche** [02:36] — Decide on a niche (topic) for your channel, such as tech, gaming, or AI. This helps YouTube understand your content and target the right audience. - **Using ChatGPT for Channel Name Ideas** [03:27] — Use ChatGPT to generate channel name ideas. Provide your niche and preferences, and it will suggest multiple names. If you don't like them, type 'c more' for more options. - **Creating a Channel Logo** [06:47] — After finalizing the channel name, use ChatGPT to generate an image prompt for the logo. Then use Arena AI (free) to generate HD logo images in 9:16 ratio. - **Creating a Channel Banner** [08:49] — Use ChatGPT to get a banner prompt, then generate the banner image on Arena AI. Download and upload it to your channel's branding section. - **Setting Up Channel Name and Handle** [09:43] — Edit the channel name and handle in YouTube settings. Keep the handle consistent with the channel name, adding numbers if needed. - **Adding Channel Description and Tags** [10:24] — Ask ChatGPT for a channel description (keep it under 1000 characters) and tags. Copy the tags and paste them in YouTube Studio under Settings > Channel > Basic Info > Keywords. - **Enabling Two-Step Verification and Advanced Features** [13:09] — Enable two-step verification for security. To unlock features like custom thumbnails and videos longer than 15 minutes, verify your phone number and complete a short video verification. - **Preparing the Channel for Uploads** [16:17] — Before uploading, watch 10-20 videos in your niche to train YouTube's algorithm. Then upload your first video with a compelling thumbnail. ### Conclusion By following these steps, you can create a professional YouTube channel ready for growth. The key is to choose a niche, use AI tools for branding, and optimize settings for discoverability. ## Transcript one is making a bigger mistake than you because we were also students. We also know how difficult it is to manage pocket money as a student. But we were understood. We can see that whatever we did as a student, understand from whom we did it, from YouTube. You know work hard because if you see me, I have not created even one channel. Today's video, please watch this video my brother. I do n't know what intro I will do but in today's video I know that I will teach you something new and different so that you people can defend yourself because whatever was my dream, I completed everything and that too through a YouTube channel, so in today's video I will tell you how you will create a YouTube channel, I will tell you step by step, what videos will you upload on that channel, what are you interested in, you must understand everything, create a new YouTube channel, my brother, you can earn a good income from YouTube channel if your channel grows, if you people work hard there, then I will tell you in today's video because see, a lot of people open channels. Ok ? We know that many students open YouTube channels. But you people should understand that you are not able to run it there because you do not know what to upload on your channel. So in today's video we will give its session also. I mean, from A to Z, this is a master class. Ok? In today's video, we will tell you what video you will ultimately upload on your channel. Which topic will you upload so that your video gets views and you people do not get demotivated. I will tell you from A to Z. Please watch this video completely. Watch till the end. You should understand that this is a complete master class. Ok? Because by creating a YouTube channel you can earn a good income. Because whatever dream I had, I did it all through YouTube. Ok? So, should you create a new how can you create it? Let's start today's video. Now let us tell you how you can create a new fresh YouTube channel. So first of all you will need a Gmail to open a YouTube channel. fine. If not, we will give you suggestions. Please Fresh News Channel means creating a fresh new Gmail account and how to create a fresh new Gmail account, or you will visit the channel or it will be given in the description, there we will tell you that you people should understand how to create a Gmail account with a strong password so that in future your Gmail, that is, yours, does not get hacked and we will tell you that new process which no one would have told you on YouTube, so you must go and watch it if you already have it, so let us start today's video now. Now see, you have created a new Gmail account. Now you guys understand how to create a channel. So there is a simple process to create a channel. What follows next is the main process. You will go here and click on View Channel. Simply click on Create New Channel. This is just your channel created. Guess what will you name it? You people should understand that its logo tells everything. First see and understand. Ok? Now look, you people have come to YouTube to create your channel. So you'll have something low. Neech means what kind of topic will you upload videos on your channel. Like if it is my channel then you will go to my channel and put Ai plus related to YouTube like Manoj Dev, that is tech related to YouTube, you guys must be understanding, like and Gyan Gaming Rai, then all this is related to FreeFor, so you should have a niche, okay, niche means done, you guys understood, okay, niche is done, now what you have to do is simple, whatever video you are watching, if you go to the description of the video, then you will understand that by printing you will be given the links, All Prop Link, now as soon as you go to All Prop Link, then first of all you decide what you will name your channel, done. Ok? So You will get this receipt on Telegram. Copy that. What do you need to do after copying? What do you have to do with Simple? Have to open chat GTP. What is the first thing you need to do after opening Chat GTP? If you look above, you will find an option on the side. You will see the new project here, right? Click there and make it your My Channel or create a new channel by naming it anything. Then after that go to the chat one. Ok? Now if you go to the chat section, you will be what do you have to do simply by copying it from there ? Paste it here. Now as soon as you guys understand and paste it here, then first of all we should understand what will you name your channel ? They are doing it to you. Ok? So that your video, that is, your channel, also appears in the search on One. So as soon as you understand, you will paste it here, then after pasting it will ask you from here. It will ask you what kind of content you will upload? What kind of videos will you upload on your YouTube channel that you are creating ? So you guys tell me. Ok? That means give 5 10 as many as possible there that we will upload some such type of video DTP will give you a fresh new YouTube channel idea like look here we are writing YouTube related my name is Atam Kaur we want that look we have told YouTube related we want that the channel is related to my name, if you people want then you can keep it with your name also otherwise just tell yourself that what is your ultimate topic you will upload on your channel, okay this is done, see this will tell you in the intro hook itself that watch the video in 2x so that you get a better experience. Ok? Now if you see here, we have been given many channel idea names. Byti Vi Atam Dekh Nem means see YouTube means gave a lot. Ok? Bytey Growth Creator Boost By Atim, we don't like this. We don't feel good with the name. So if we don't like the name then we will try to go into some different field. Meaning, this is not what the field means. Just look at what you talked about, meaning it was given to you there. Ok? You did not like that channel name which gives you 10-20 ideas, that is, it gives you channel name ideas, if you do not like it, simply type C more, it will give you more, you can see Atam YT Academy will give you many YT tools, you have to select one, okay here, if you do not like it, then see here, we simply did not like it, that is, we put the name here, you will see it here, it is AI related, okay, if you see it, that means paste it again and see here, you do not get confused, first select one. Ok? If you look here, you will understand that we have written AI related here. Ok? Wrote AI related here. Here, if we write AI related, then if you people see here, then understand that we have given a lot of channel name ideas. Ok? AI Spark Zone is full of things, so whatever we liked here, you will see here, whatever we liked, we liked it by doing AI daily hacks. Ok? Now here are the daily hacks we love. So first we should go and search on YouTube to see if there because we will create a channel using this name only. Ok? So here we understand the first number, so understand what should we learn the first number? Finding the channel name. If you don't like the mode, keep writing. It will keep giving you lots of ideas. Ok? I have also told you that you can create it with a name. Along with this, you will get the channel name as per your wish. Ok? Now as soon as you get the channel name, after getting the channel name, you will be given a prompt there to create the channel logo. Ok? Creating a channel logo means you have got the channel name. So now what do you have to do after the channel name? You will have to create a channel logo and channel name, how will you do all this? First we are doing it here so that you people understand that let us set up all this first. Ok? Now the channel logo must have ? Paste it here. Ok ? As soon as you understand and paste it here, it will ask you what is your channel name? So what do we do with Simple here we write our channel name then here we can understand that it will print the image. Ok? Here I will provide you with an image print for your channel name, using which we will create the channel logo. us to create. So what you have to do is simple, you will find this website on Telegram or you can search Arena on Google. If you go to Arena AI, then understand that it is free for you, it gives you images to generate, you can generate them and that too in HD quality, okay, so what do you have to do from there simply, understand here, you select the ratio 9:16, after that what do you have to do simply, whatever you have got, paste it here, okay, as soon as you paste it here, then whatever you like, you can see it, if you don't like it, keep trying again, here you get a lot of options, that means to want to generate, see, here we got a lot of options, okay? Let us understand this, if you understand this, if you do not like the logo you are generating from the image print you got, then what simple thing should you do ? You have to say that I don't like this, give me another level premium version, hope, that means write it in such a way as you people are Ok? If we have written it here then understand that we have generated it again by using it. And here you should understand that I liked the one above and not this one. Ok? So after that, if we like it, then we can see what we have to do in a simple way, understand here what we will do, we will download it, okay, now after downloading, what we have to do in a simple way, okay, now after downloading, what we have to do in a simple way, see here, first number, understand that you have named the channel, you have to download its logo, the channel name is done, the logo has been created, okay, two things are done, now the third number is for branding the channel, that is, the image which you have with the background, what do you call it, the logo is done and the banner, yes sorry, I will tell you to create a banner you don't have to do anything simple. I want to go to Telegram again. You might have given the props there in the form of banner. Just copy it. After copying, you have to go to chat @etc. After going to Chat ETP, all you have to do is simply After pasting, do you understand what to do here? Understand carefully. Here, name of your channel. Please write the name of the channel. What do you have to do after writing the channel name ? Write down what it is related to. After that, as soon as you send it, it will give you a print, you have to copy it, the same simple process, come to Arena AI and understand here, you will get it, as you will see, it shows you here, you will get something like this, if you do not like it then do the same again, I don't like this, give me inside, you will get another, then download it, now here you have to write the name of the channel, come here, go to the edit name section, paste whatever was the name of your channel here, okay, here you can see it as per your wish, that is, create the channel name by doing this. Ok? Created the channel name. Saved it. Then go to the handle one. Understand that your channel name is on the handle, meaning set it as it is. Do not leave any gap. If you understand that something is already being written and something is coming out, then put 01 or 03 and it will be created. Ok? The handle was also created here. Now what will Simple C do here? Here's my next one for this now. Understand this, you will have to do a lot of setting. Because look, we have not added the description of the channel yet. Did Because look, we have not added the description of the channel yet. Did ? Understand carefully. Ok? Now after this we will learn what to do to keep the description? In chat DTP, wherever you are chatting, you guys are chatting, write there, now give me the description. Meaning give me a description for my channel. Simply send it. He should give you more letters. Seeing me here, he gave me a bigger letter. So simply write that we want it in 1000 chapters only. in 1000 chapters and we simply copied it. Saved. Now if you go to my channel, it will look professional, that is, it will look good. Ok? that'll be. Now what will we do here? What simple thing do you have to do there ? Now give me tag. Meaning you have to tell him to give us the tag of the channel. Will you take the channel tag? Here he will give you the tag of the channel. If you are not given with comma then write there with comma. paste it. Now where will you guys put the tag here ? To add a tag, you need to open Chrome. On Chrome, w means you can search .com. Have to go there. You have to visit. Click on the profile here and sign in. If you have not already signed in, then sign in by entering your Gmail password there. Simply you will click on the profile again. After that you will get an option to customize the channel. Ok? Simply click on it. He will take you along. Understand that opening it in the desktop site. Meaning your buy to studio will simply open. Ok? Now after opening here, if you look a little, you will get an option on how to add the tag. Before that, we will tell you many things here. You can see here, there is an option of contact information, here you have to give your Gmail, do not give the Gmail of your channel here, do not give the Gmail of the channel here, give that Gmail where the brand can contact you, they okay, so here you can add anything of yours, what you can add, okay, do this, after that what you have to do is simple, you can also put your watermark here. If you download any video from the app then you get a watermark. So in the same way you guys do it. Ok? But my main point here is that you guys should understand how to tag the channel. go to the settings. After coming to the settings, you have to go to general. You have to go below General to the channel. First of all, you have to go to the channel and get basic information here. Where you have to select your country. I hope you all are watching from India only. So we will select India. Ok ? After selecting India, you will see here that you will get the option of keyword. I will simply go to Telegram, meaning whatever I copied from my chat, I will paste it here. You guys see, whatever tag you put here, do it after vandalizing the name of your channel. After that, what videos will you upload on the channel, understand that here, that means put tags so that your video gets views. Ok? May your reach reach the video. Meaning, whatever video you upload, everyone does the same. So you guys should also do this. Simply save it and your work will be completed. Now the main thing here is that you guys should understand that your channel should not be hacked, understand how to turn on two step verification, how to put they teach you how to put thumbnail on it, it is simple, you will go to general setting, you will go to advanced setting, before that what you have to do is that by going to channel setting, you have to select here if you are uploading videos for kids, then yes here you have to select 'yes this is made for kids', you guys simply select here, if you are not setting of every video, whenever you upload a video as per your wish, you can do it there, either you can say yes or you can select 'no this is not made for kids', select and here you simply do not have to do anything, this is all you have to do here, now the main thing is feature availability, now when you go to feature availability, then you already mean it will remain green, okay, if you see it, it will remain enabled Okay, it is the standard feature but you will see that there is another intermediate feature where you can upload videos longer than 15 minutes and here you can put custom thumbnails, so to turn it on, click on the eligible one there and select India here, after that give your phone number and click next and you can do this, understand this is mine already, I have many channels, so I have already used the number, I did not tell you, you simply enter that OTP, it will be turned on, okay now after this you will see that request comes here, that is, you will see here that there is an advanced feature, to turn on the advanced feature you have to simply click there again, here you can see again, you will get the option, you will get three different options. Ok? If you see here, you get three options to turn it on. what do you have to do to simply turn it on ? You will go to your channel. You guys should go to your channel and upload some videos. Upload any video unlisted. Ok? Unlisted, whatever you upload, after uploading unlisted, you guys can go to the comment section and comment anything. Try to pin it. The pin it, you will get an option there for verification, okay, so when you first verify your number, after that what you have to do is simple, after that you will have to make a simple 15 second video, so you can do it, okay, that is simple, there is nothing in doing that verification, turn on your camera, you can wink or do something like that, just do that much, your verification will be done, that is all your verification will be turned on there, okay, this is done, now after this what you have to do is simple, now there is not much left for you, everything is done here, there is nothing else, you have added the description also and yes, you guys understand, finally your YouTube channel, yes, you can do one more thing here, you can click on the link and put your here, okay, you can do contact for business or for sponsor, contact for sponsorship and here you can give your Instagram or anything You can contact so that if someone visits your channel, contact for your business, he will click on it and he can talk to you. Ok? You can do this. That's all you have to do after that. That's all can do this. That's all you have to do after that. That's all YouTube channel has been created. Now see, if you create a fresh new YouTube channel then you will not have to upload videos immediately. First of all, watch 10 or 20 videos related to your niche, that is, 10 or 20 videos related to your niche, that is, YouTube can understand what you are going to do on your channel. What do you have to do after that? Have to upload the video. Now you people will ask what video should I upload a PDF has been created for you. That is absolutely free. Simply go to Telegram and download it. If you simply paste that print there, then you will understand that it will give you the idea that what can you show you the process in the background. It is simple, you have nothing to lose, either try to do it on your own, it is okay, on your own, whatever you feel that make a video on it, whatever is right according to your niche, now see, you guys will upload the video, okay, you will upload the video, then whatever you upload, the video will get clicks only when your thumbnail is correct, now you guys do not know how to make a thumbnail, then to make a thumbnail, you guys should understand how you can make a thumbnail in HD quality or by copying someone's, that means here I will tell you about this video, go and watch it and you will find it there. Rest I hope you will like this course video. There is nothing much. That's all I had to say. So I hope you will like this video. So please like this video and to watch such videos, please subscribe to the Must Be channel, because for this video we have given approximately 20 to 25 minutes of time. 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