Retention & QualityPre-Flight Audit

YouTube Pre-Publish Checklist

Never publish with a typo, an uncompressed thumbnail, or broken affiliate links. Run through this pre-flight checklist before switching your video visibility to Public.

Audit Readiness: 0 of 6 completed0%

01. Visual Packaging & Assets0 / 3 items

Thumbnail format, dimensions, and file size suit your upload

Use JPEG or PNG and a 16:9 image for standard videos. Mobile video-thumbnail uploads have a 2 MB limit; desktop limits differ.

Thumbnail text is readable on mobile devices (small screen check)

Over 70% of YouTube viewership occurs on mobile viewports.

Shorts critical captions are outside the right-side UI overlay safe zone

Ensures comments, like buttons, and channel handle do not cover text.

02. Title, Description & Metadata0 / 3 items

Primary hook or keyword is within the first 50 characters of the title

Prevents mobile cutoff in push notifications and recommendation feeds.

Timestamps / Video Chapters are accurately formatted (00:00 start)

Required for Google Search key moments indexation.

Affiliate links include explicit FTC disclosure notice

Mandatory legal compliance for YouTube monetization.

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