Quick answer

How do I open a channel, and what is on its page?

Tap a channel's name or picture. You can do that under a video on Home, in a search result, in the Details of a video, or on the Watch screen. The channel opens in a panel over the screen you are on. Pull it down to close it.

The top of the page shows the channel's picture, its name, its handle and its subscribers, with a Subscribe button.

Under it, tabs split the page:

  • Videos
  • Shorts. This tab is missing when you set Shorts to hide.
  • Playlists

Each video has its own menu. See The video menu.

Signed in to YouTube, Subscribe adds the channel to your YouTube subscriptions. Signed out of YouTube, a panel asks you to sign in, or to follow the channel in SkipTube only. Following in SkipTube needs a SkipTube account.

If a tab says Nothing here yet, the channel has nothing there. If the page says Could not load this channel, tap Try again. If a line says Could not load more, tap Try again on it.

Read the full guide: The video menu, row by row →

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