Free YouTube Scheduler: How to Schedule Shorts

Yes, you can schedule YouTube videos: YouTube Studio has a Schedule option when you upload, and Pubblica schedules YouTube Shorts from your browser along with your other networks. Upload a vertical video once, pick your YouTube channel and any of 8 other networks, set a time, and it publishes on its own.

How to schedule YouTube videos in YouTube Studio

You schedule a video in YouTube Studio while you upload it, following the official YouTube Help steps:

1. In YouTube Studio, click Create, then Upload videos, and select your file.
2. Add the title, description and other details.
3. On the visibility step, click the Schedule card, set the date, time and time zone, then click Schedule.

The video stays private until the set time and sits on the Content page in YouTube Studio. To change the time, keep the video private, click Edit draft and pick a new time under Schedule. A short video in a vertical or square format is uploaded as a Short.

How to schedule YouTube Shorts with Pubblica

A YouTube scheduler publishes a video to your channel at a time you set in advance. Pubblica publishes a vertical or square video as a public Short at that time. Scheduling a Short takes three steps, all in your browser:

1. Connect your YouTube channel. Sign in with your Google account. Pubblica publishes through the official YouTube Data API and never sees or stores your password.
2. Add the video and the details. Upload a vertical or square video, add a title and a description, select YouTube and any other accounts, and check the Shorts preview. Pubblica checks the file against YouTube limits as soon as you add it. For thumbnail and banner sizes, see YouTube image sizes.
3. Set the date and time. Pubblica publishes the Short to your channel at that time. The scheduler shows your time zone, and you can pick any date in the future. To choose the hour, see the best time to post on YouTube.

What you can post to YouTube with Pubblica

Pubblica publishes YouTube Shorts:

• One vertical or square video. Upload the file once and it goes to your channel as a Short. Keep text clear of the buttons with the YouTube Shorts safe zone checker.
• A title and a description for YouTube only. Add a title for the Short, and use the same description as on your other networks or write a separate one for YouTube.

Before the post goes out, the preview shows how the Short will look on YouTube.

YouTube and your other networks

If you also post short vertical videos to TikTok, Instagram or Facebook, one post in Pubblica sends the same clip to all of them: upload it once, keep one caption or write one per network, and set a single time. The video goes out as a Short on YouTube, a Reel on Instagram and Facebook, and a video on TikTok.

The same composer covers the rest of your networks. Send the clip as a Facebook Reel with the Facebook scheduler, or share it with a short caption through the Threads scheduler. The same vertical video goes out as a TikTok with the TikTok scheduler and as a Reel with the Instagram scheduler.

When to use YouTube Studio and when to use a scheduler

YouTube Studio is free and has a Schedule option for uploads to your channel. A scheduler fits when YouTube is one of several networks:

• you post the same vertical video as a Short, a Reel and a TikTok;
• you plan a week of Shorts in one sitting from a computer;
• you want every scheduled post, on every network, on one calendar;
• you manage YouTube channels for clients and group them by client in workspaces.

Who Pubblica's YouTube scheduler is for

• Creators who cut each video into Shorts, Reels and TikToks and want them out at the same hour.
• Freelancers and social media managers who run several YouTube channels: connect as many as you need on both plans.
• Indie founders and small teams who post short product demos to YouTube, LinkedIn and X without an enterprise tool.

The Free plan includes YouTube and 20 posts a month on every network except X, with unlimited accounts and no card. Pro is $20 a month for unlimited posts on all 9 networks and AI hashtags, with a 7-day free trial. See both plans of our free social media scheduler.