timestamps<\/a> in the YouTube video description.<\/p>\n\n\n\nThey can be also useful for the YouTube creator and this is definitely a YouTube SEO\u00a0 best practice you should follow. (more details on this at the end of this tutorial.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There are two ways to add chapters to a YouTube video:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n- add chapters manually to<\/li>
- add automatic chapters when you upload the video<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n
<\/span>How to add chapters to YouTube videos manually?<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\nHere is how to add chapters to YouTube videos:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n- Log in to YouTube Studio<\/li>
- From the left sidebar menu, click on \u2018Content\u2019<\/li>
- Search for the video, you would like to add chapters to. Then click on it.<\/li>
- Head over to the video description.<\/li>
- Here you can add the YouTube video chapters.<\/li>
- All you have to do is add the timestamp and the name of the chapter. For instance:
- 00:00 Intro<\/li>
- 00:30 What are YouTube video chapters<\/li>
- 00:59 How to add video chapters to a YouTube video<\/li>
- 02:12 How to add automatic chapters to a YouTube video<\/li><\/ul><\/li>
- Click on \u2018Save\u2019<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
If you now open the video, the video chapters should be added to the YouTube video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Of course, you can add the chapters when you are upload the YouTube video and you haven\u2019t published it yet.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
<\/span>How to add automatic chapters to YouTube videos?<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\nIf you don\u2019t have time, you can also add automatic chapters to your videos in which case, YouTube AI will try to create video chapters for your video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Here is how to add automatic chapters to YouTube videos:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n- Log in to YouTube Studio<\/li>
- From the left sidebar menu, click on \u2018Content\u2019<\/li>
- Search for the video, you would like add chapters to. Then click on it.<\/li>
- Click on \u2018SHOW MORE\u2019<\/li>
- Under \u2018Automatic Chapters\u2019 turn on \u2018Allow automatic chapters (when available and eligible)\u2019<\/li>
- Click on \u2018Save\u2019<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n
By default, when you upload a new YouTube video, this automatic video chapter setting is turned on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When you add video chapters manually to a YouTube video, they overwrite the automatic chapters YouTube has added previously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n