Is it better to schedule when video's go live, or just post them as they're ready?

UPDATE: This new update vanished at the end of November 2025. Wow, YouTube is making some subtle changes in the background. Channel stats and other information have a quietly changed in the smartphone view. However, one of the biggest changes I noticed was on the television. A new description TAB has been added to the TV, see my photo below. However, what is really important is that when you click on this tab the first few lines of your video description are visible (see photo below). Why is this important? Because if you have a bunch of filler or hashtags or other things at the top of your video description that’s what people are gonna see when they click on the description on a TV. For me, it’s a reminder to always make the first sentence or two really powerful for the video.

After over 1 year of consistent weekly uploads, I've reached 1,000 subscribers. I just want to thank @Alexa Saarenoja for starting this group when she did. I was lucky enough to find her channel way back before she was monetized and was inspired to take the plunge into YouTube because of something she said. I believe that with persistence and patience, it is possible to grow your channel and find your audience. Although I am on the slow growth path, I'm building my channel in a way that feels authentic to me. Thank you--especially to the people who were with me in that first cohort of this group. So many of you were instrumental at that time. You shared your perspective and expertise and you helped me to have the audacity to think I could do this. I will always be grateful for that. 💚

YouTube wants long form creators to make Shorts. YouTube congratulated me basically just because I released 5 Shorts because I had to miss a week from long form content on my channel and the footage was already pieces of my long form posted content already. Strange because YouTube has never congratulated my long form content?

I have been hearing a lot that shorts hurt your channel. Does it or doesn't it!