How to Upload videos longer than 15 minutes on YouTube

Did you know that YouTube only allows users to upload videos that are up to 15 minutes long and up to 20GB in size by default? It’s true and in order to upload videos longer than 15 minutes, the YouTuber has to verify their YouTube account by phone. Once the YouTube account is verified, the user will be able to upload videos up to 11 hours long with a maximum size of 128GB.

In most cases, if a YouTube user uploads a video that exceeds 15 minutes they will be shown an error message that says “Rejected (length of video too long).” The same error message can also be found in the user’s YouTube video manager.

Fortunately, the YouTube user will also be given an option to verify their account after the video that exceeds 15 minutes has finished processing. Once the account has been verified by phone the user will need to go back to their video manager in order to select Activate this video; otherwise, the video that exceeded 15 minutes will not be uploaded.

How to upload videos longer than 15 minutes

Your YouTube account must be in good standing to upload videos longer than 15 minutes. If you have pending copyright complaints or strikes you may not be able to upload videos longer than 15 minutes until these actions are taken care of. To check if you have outstanding copyright complaints or strikes on your YouTube account visit https://www.youtube.com/my_videos_copyright.

1. Grab your phone and visit the YouTube upload page found at this web address www.youtube.com/my_videos_upload.

2. Click the Increase your limit link at the bottom of the page, or visit https://www.youtube.com/verify to verify your YouTube account.

3. Follow the instructions to verify your account with your phone. You can choose to receive a verification code via text message on a mobile phone, or you can choose to receive an automated voice call to retrieve the code. Once your account is verified you will be able to upload videos longer than 15 minutes on YouTube.

To check if your account has been verified you may choose to visit https://www.youtube.com/verify. You will notice a message that says “Your YouTube account has already been verified.”