How to Create a Live Stream on Mobile
You can live stream on your mobile devices to connect with your audience in real time and build your community. Learn more on how to get started with live streaming.
To live stream on mobile devices, you’ll need:
Create or schedule a mobile live stream
- On your phone or tablet, open the YouTube app.
- At the bottom, tap Create
Live.
- For your first mobile live stream: Starting your first live stream may take up to 24 hours. Once allowed, you can live stream instantly.
- Tap Edit
to enter your live stream details.
- Visibility and Audience: For users aged 13 through 17 on YouTube, your default mobile live stream privacy setting is set to unlisted. If you’re 18 or over, your default mobile live stream privacy setting is set to public. You can change this setting to make their live stream public, private, or unlisted.
- Schedule for later: You can pick a date to schedule your live stream.
- Screencast: You can stream your phone’s screen.
- To set options for live chat: Age restriction, monetization, and more.
- Enter your live stream details.
- Once ready, tap Go live.
- To end your stream: Tap Finish. An archive of the stream will be created on your channel. You can edit the privacy setting or delete the archive at any time.
Start a scheduled mobile live stream
- On your phone or tablet, open the YouTube app.
- Tap Create
- Tap Calendar,
Note: You can delete scheduled live streams by pressing the delete button. - Once ready, tap Go live.
Frequently asked questions
What if I have over 50 and under 1,000 subscribers?
To help make YouTube a safe community for everyone, we may limit the number of viewers on your mobile live stream. Also, your archived live stream will be set to private by default. It may take a few weeks to reflect these changes due to processing.
Why is my mobile live stream’s audience limited?
To help aspiring creators while protecting the community, we’ve created safeguards to limit the spread of potentially harmful content.
What happens after I get 1,000 subscribers?
After reaching 1,000 subscribers, it may take several weeks to remove the mobile live-streaming audience limitation. If your subscriber count decreases during this time, then it may take longer.
If your channel goes below 1,000 subscribers, you will have the same audience limitation as when your channel had less than 1,000 subscribers. You won’t lose access to mobile live-streaming unless your channel goes below 50 subscribers.
