How to Upload Video to YouTube

If you want to upload a video on YouTube and share it with the world, you need to follow these steps:

1. Create a YouTube account if you haven't one yet, or sign in if you do.

2. Click the "Upload" link on the top of the page.

3. Click the "Upload video" button.

4. Select a file to upload. You can upload video of the following formats:

5. Name your video-clip, add a description, tags and choose an appropriate category.

6. Click the "Save" button and wait until upload finishes.

Several useful advices:

You can't upload videos larger than 100 MB or longer than 10 minutes (on the basic free account).
The longer the video, the lower its quality.
If you have a website, don't forget to put it into the description of the video.
The more popular your videos are, the more frequently YouTube will offer them to visitors as similar videos.
To make initial promotion to your video share it in social networks, post it at Facebook, or leave a link to your video in the comments to a video of the same or similar theme uploaded by other users.
Try uploading unique video content that could be interesting to others.

Article: How to upload a video on YouTube