Create and manage a YouTube playlist

On a computer, you can create a playlist in YouTube Studio or start from a video’s watch page. Studio lets you set a title, description, visibility, and initial order before adding videos. The feature may be unavailable on supervised accounts, and YouTube limits how many public playlists a channel can create each day. (YouTube Studio Help: manage playlists; Create and manage playlists)

Create the playlist in YouTube Studio

1. Sign in to YouTube Studio with the channel you manage, then click Create → New playlist.
2. Enter a title and, if it helps explain the collection, a description. Choose visibility and the initial order.
3. Click Add videos. Search for videos, choose from your library, or paste a URL.
4. Check that the selection belongs in this playlist, then click Create.
5. To manage it later, open Content → Playlists, find the playlist, and choose Edit on YouTube. From its details you can update it; to change the order, drag each video up or down.

The task is complete when the playlist appears in Studio with the visibility you chose and the selected videos. Choose a setting based on how you want people to find and share it. YouTube says public playlists can appear in search and recommendations; unlisted playlists can be viewed and shared by link but don’t appear there; private playlists don’t have a shareable URL.

Visibility	Who can view and share it	Where YouTube says it appears
Public	Anyone	May appear in search, recommendations, your channel, and the subscriber feed.
Unlisted	Anyone with the link	Doesn’t appear in search, recommendations, your channel, or the subscriber feed. The link can be reshared.
Private	Only you, as the owner	Doesn’t appear in search, recommendations, your channel, or the subscriber feed.

Before sharing, confirm under Content → Playlists → Details → Visibility that the setting is correct and saved. Then check the title and videos; for a public or unlisted playlist, copy its link and open it in a session that isn’t the owner account to confirm the intended audience can view it. Don’t send a private playlist link: YouTube doesn’t let you share its URL. (YouTube Help: change playlist privacy)

Fictional example: a photography class groups three introductory videos under “Getting started with photography,” sets visibility to unlisted, and orders them from camera settings to a practical exercise. This illustrates an organizing choice; it is not a real case or an observed execution.

Add another video to an existing playlist

Open the watch page of the video you want to save and select More → Save. Choose the playlist you already created and check the message confirming where it was added. If a video is marked made for kids and cannot be saved from the homepage, find it in search results. You can also use this route for available videos from other channels. (YouTube Help: save content to a playlist)

If an option or video is missing

• You can’t find “New playlist”: check that you have the right channel open and are using YouTube Studio on a computer. YouTube says the feature may be unavailable on supervised accounts.
• You can’t create another public playlist: the daily limit is shared across YouTube, YouTube Music, and the API; there is no single number for every channel. Studio says advanced feature access may raise the limit.
• A video marked made for kids won’t add from the homepage: find it in search results and try adding it from there.
• You can’t find the reorder control: open the playlist from YouTube’s side menu on a computer. Look for the control beside a thumbnail and drag the video or Short to move it. If the interface does not match, update your browser and reopen the playlist. YouTube’s editing guide documents this route. If the playlist contains only Shorts and the control is missing, also check the general playlist guide, which still notes a limitation for that case.

If you need to delegate the work, see YouTube channel permissions. You can also add a playlist to a video’s end screen; follow how to set up a YouTube end screen.