How to Add an RSS Feed to Your YouTube Channel (Step-by-Step)

1. Open YouTube Studio

• Go to studio.youtube.com

• Make sure you’re signed into the same Google account that owns your YouTube channel.

2. Start creating a podcast from your RSS feed

In YouTube Studio:

1. Click the Create button (top right — camera with a “+”)

2. Click New podcast

3. Choose Submit RSS feed

   • NOT “Create a new podcast from videos”

If you do not see “Submit RSS feed,” that means the feature isn’t available in your region yet.

3. Accept the RSS Terms

YouTube will show RSS ingestion terms:

• Read the RSS Ingestion Tool Terms

• Click I Agree / Accept

4. Paste & verify your RSS feed

1. Paste your RSS feed URL

2. Click Next / Continue

3. YouTube will send a verification code to the email address inside your RSS feed

4. Check your email → copy the code

5. Paste the code back into YouTube

6. Click Verify

5. Choose which episodes YouTube should upload

You’ll see three options:

✔ All existing episodes

YouTube will import every episode from your feed and create video versions.

✔ Episodes since a specific date

Use this if you only want episodes after a certain date.

✔ Only future episodes

Use this if you already uploaded old episodes manually and only want new ones to auto-upload.

➡️ Pick the option you want → click Next / Continue

6. Confirm your podcast details

You’ll see:

• Podcast name

• Artwork

• Description

• Which YouTube channel it will be published to

Review everything → click Finish / Submit

? Your podcast RSS feed is now linked to YouTube.

7. Wait for YouTube to ingest your episodes

YouTube pulls your episodes into the system in the background.

When processing is finished:

1. Go to YouTube Studio

2. Click Content

3. Click the Podcasts tab

4. Find your podcast

5. Look for a Publish button next to the feed

6. Click Publish

Your episodes will go live on your channel.

8. Automatic uploads moving forward

Once the RSS connection is complete:

• All new episodes published through your podcast host will automatically appear on YouTube

• They will use your podcast’s artwork and metadata (title, description, etc.)