Schedule the upload, not your evening
Upload an MP4 or MOV up to 60 minutes, set the title, description, thumbnail, and audience, and pick the time. It counts as published once YouTube confirms it.
YouTube scheduler
Schedule YouTube videos and Shorts
Upload the video, write the title and description, set the thumbnail, and plan the posts that point to it in the same week.
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Posting is the easy part.
Growing takes a system.
Distinctful uploads and schedules one MP4 or MOV per post to YouTube, up to 60 minutes and 10 GiB, with the title, description, category, custom thumbnail, visibility, and audience answers YouTube asks for. YouTube decides whether it appears as a Short from its length and shape, and a post only counts as published once YouTube confirms it.
Without Distinctful
- Uploading at the moment you want the video to go live
- Titles, descriptions, and thumbnails finished in a rush
- Posts promoting the video planned somewhere else, or not at all
- Not knowing whether the upload actually went through
With Distinctful
- Videos up to 60 minutes uploaded and scheduled ahead
- Title, description, thumbnail, visibility, and audience set before it goes out
- The video and the posts that point to it on one calendar
- A post marked published only once YouTube confirms it
Upload once. Promote everywhere.
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Discover shows YouTube videos that beat their creator’s median views, some by more than 100×, so you can study what works and make your own version.
Every video tied to what you sell
Your strategy, audience, and pillars live in Distinctful, so the video and the posts that promote it all point back to the business.
More than a scheduler
Everything you need to grow on YouTube
One calendar for every channel
Plan YouTube beside LinkedIn, X, Threads, Instagram, and Bluesky, and see the whole week at once.
Learn moreYouTube posts that beat the usual
Discover ranks YouTube posts in your niche by how far they beat their creator’s usual, so you study what works.
Learn moreAn AI strategist that knows you
Chat drafts YouTube posts from your strategy, offers, and voice rules, then puts them on your calendar.
Learn moreResults against your usual
See how each YouTube post performed compared with your recent posts, so you know what to make more of.
Learn moreThe list behind the audience
Connect Beehiiv or Kit and see subscriber growth and each send’s opens and clicks beside your YouTube posts.
Learn moreYouTube from Claude or ChatGPT
Plan and schedule YouTube posts from the AI tool you already use, through the Distinctful MCP server.
Learn moreGet started
How to schedule YouTube posts
- 01
Connect YouTube from Settings with your Google account.
- 02
Upload the video and fill in the title, description, and thumbnail.
- 03
Choose visibility and audience, pick the time, and schedule.
- 04
Plan the posts that point to the video on the same calendar.
YouTube publishing and limits
What Distinctful publishes to YouTube
- One MP4 or MOV video per post, up to 60 minutes and 10 GiB
- Title, description, category, custom thumbnail, visibility, and audience settings
- Shorts, when YouTube treats the video as one by its length and shape
YouTube limits at a glance
- Description
- 5,000 characters
- Title
- 100 characters
- Channel description
- 1,000 characters
- Hashtags
- Up to 60 per post
- Links in posts
- Clickable
- Main image size
- 1280 x 720 (16:9 video thumbnail, under 2 MB)
YouTube counts every character in the description, and titles have their own 100 character limit.
Field notes
Writing for YouTube
- 01
Put the words people search for at the start of the title.
- 02
Use the first two lines of the description to say what the viewer gets.
- 03
Design the thumbnail to read at the size of a thumbnail: few words, one face or object.
Free, no signup
Free YouTube tools
YouTube Character Counter
Check a title and description before you publish, with the 100 and 5,000 character limits and your hashtag count beside them.
YouTube Thumbnail Resizer
Drop in an image, pick a YouTube size, and download it cropped or fitted. Nothing leaves your device.
YouTube Engagement Rate Calculator
Add up likes, comments, and shares, then see the rate against your subscribers and against the accounts that saw the posts.
Pricing
Every plan starts with a 7 day free trial.
Grow
Most popularFor one person marketing a business
$39/month
Billed yearlySave $120
- Unlimited social posting
- 12 social accounts
- Discover
- Encore automation
- Analytics
- 2 publications · 50,000 subscribers
- Deals
- MCP
- 125 AI credits / month
Scale
For content and creative teams with bigger audiences
$79/month
Billed yearlySave $240
Everything in Grow, plus:
- Invite teammates
- 25 social accounts
- 3 publications · 150,000 subscribers
- 500 AI credits / month
- Priority support
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Frequently asked
questions
Yes. YouTube decides whether an upload appears as a Short from its length and shape.
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