Schedule YouTube Video Uploads to Publish Later
Queue a video now and let YouTube flip it public at your chosen time. Scheduling requires the video stay private until then, which the actor sets for you.
What this run is set to
The settings saved on this example. Every one of them is editable once you open it on Apify — these are a starting point, not a limit.
| Setting | Value | What it does |
|---|---|---|
Upload method | api | api = official Data API with OAuth (default, reliable; needs clientId/secret/refreshToken). |
Video URL | https://my-cdn.example.com/uploads/weekly-recap-ep12.mp4 | Public direct URL to the video file to upload (.mp4/.mov). |
Video title | Weekly Market Recap - Episode 12 | YouTube title (max 100 chars). |
Description | This week's rundown of the markets, plus what to watch next M… | Video description (hashtags appended automatically). |
Tags | market recap, stocks, weekly review +1 more | Up to 30 video tags (used by the API method). |
Privacy / visibility | private | public, unlisted, or private. |
Publish at (schedule, API method) | 2027-06-01T14:00:00Z | ISO datetime to auto-publish (API method + privacy=private). |
Category ID (API method) | 22 | YouTube category ID. |
Pricing
$0.05 per video uploaded = $50 per 1,000
| You are charged for | When | Price |
|---|---|---|
| Video uploaded | Charged once per video YouTube confirms was published. Runs that upload nothing — missing credentials, a rejected session, or any failure — are never charged. | $0.05 |
Pay-per-event pricing: you are billed per result, not per subscription. Billing is handled by Apify on your own account. These are the live Apify store prices, in effect since 2026-09-15, and they are what you are actually charged.
What you get
A structured dataset — each result includes fields like:
_demo_noticemethodprivacyStatusscheduledForstudioUrlthumbnailSettitleuploadSecondsvideoIdvisibilitywatchUrlokExport every run as JSON, CSV or Excel, or send it to your app, a database, Google Sheets, or an AI agent.
More use cases for YouTube Video Uploader
Built on YouTube Video Uploader — every input, output field, price and the full how-to are on the tool page.
Where this tool sits
- Categories
- YouTube & Creator Tools Social Publishing & Uploaders
- Platforms
- YouTube