Can you make playlist folders on youtube?

Yes, YouTube allows you to organize your playlists into folders to keep them tidy and easy to manage. This is a useful feature for YouTube users who have created a lot of playlists over time.

Why make playlist folders on YouTube?

Playlist folders help you logically group related playlists, making it easier to browse and access them later. For example, you could have separate playlist folders for different topics, genres, moods, or purposes. Some reasons you may want to use playlist folders include:

• Keeping your main playlist list uncluttered – Folders remove the need to scroll through a long list of playlists.
• Organizing playlists for different users or purposes – You can create folders for your kids’ playlists, cooking playlists, workout playlists etc.
• Categorizing playlists by topic or theme – Make folders for playlists about gaming, travel, science, film genres etc.
• Separating private/public playlists – Use a folder to store unlisted or private playlists you don’t want publicly visible.

How to make folders for your YouTube playlists

Playlist folders are simple to set up using YouTube’s built-in tools. Follow these steps:

1. Go to your Playlists page in YouTube Studio.
2. Click the “+” icon next to “Playlists” and select “Folder” from the dropdown menu.
3. Enter a name for your new folder.
4. Drag and drop playlists into the folder to organize them.
5. Use the menu next to each folder to add/edit/delete folders as needed.

You can create as many playlist folders as you want to categorize your video playlists on YouTube. It’s easy to rearrange playlists between different folders later on too.

Folder tips for organizing YouTube playlists

Here are some tips for managing your YouTube playlist folders:

• Try grouping playlists by themes for easy browsing – e.g. “Gaming Playlists”, “Travel Vlogs”, “Comedy Sketches”.
• Name folders appropriately so their contents are clear at a glance.
• Put key playlists in the root folder for quick access, keep niche ones in subfolders.
• Review old playlists occasionally and move stale ones into an “Archive” folder.
• Delete near-empty folders to keep your menu tidy.
• Nest folders within other folders to create subdirectories if you have a lot of playlists.

Can you make playlist folders in the YouTube mobile apps?

Unfortunately YouTube’s mobile apps do not currently support managing playlist folders. The folder feature is only available on the YouTube Studio website accessed from a desktop browser.

However, any playlist folders created on the YouTube Studio website will be visible and functional in the YouTube mobile apps. Users just can’t create, edit, or organize folders directly within the YouTube mobile apps.

So folders are fully usable on mobile as long as they were set up on desktop first. But you’ll need to log in on a desktop to make changes to playlist folder organization.

Can other users see your YouTube playlist folders?

Yes, playlist folders you create are publicly visible to other YouTube users, along with the playlists inside them. The exception is private playlists, which remain hidden inside folders as normal.

So if you want to organize your public playlists into categories, folders will display that structure to anyone visiting your Playlists page. This allows viewers to browse playlists by topic if you’ve organized them into relevant folders.

However, other YouTube users can’t directly modify or rearrange your folders – only you have management access as the channel owner.

Are there limits for playlist folders?

YouTube currently doesn’t impose any hard limits on the number of playlist folders you can create or how many playlists you can add to a folder. However, there are some practical limits:

• You are limited to creating 5,000 total playlists per channel.
• Each playlist can contain up to 5,000 videos.
• Too many folders can become difficult to manage and navigate.

So while you are free to create as many folders as you want, at a certain point it can become counterproductive. Most users only need a handful of folders to organize their main playlist categories.

Folder recommendations

Here are some example folder structures you could use to organize your YouTube playlists:

By Topic/Genre

• Gaming Playlists
• Cooking Tutorials
• Book Reviews
• Travel Vlogs
• Makeup & Beauty

By Mood/Purpose

• Chill Vibes
• Party Mix
• Flashback Hits
• Upbeat & Motivating
• Kids’ Videos

By Source/Channel

• My Uploads
• Liked from Channel X
• Channel Y Playlists
• Channel Z Videos

Choose a folder structure tailored to your own playlists and YouTube use. You may need just a simple set of topic folders, or multiple layers of subfolders on specific themes.

Other YouTube playlist organizational tips

In addition to using playlist folders, some other tips for managing your YouTube playlists include:

• Give playlists informative names so viewers know what they contain.
• Curate playlists regularly to remove outdated or irrelevant videos.
• Use private playlists to organize videos you don’t want publicly visible.
• Add playlist descriptions to explain the playlist premise.
• Sort videos manually within playlists rather than chronologically.

In conclusion

Playlist folders give you a powerful way to organize your YouTube video collections for convenient access. Folders keep your profile neat by separating playlists into logical categories and subcategories.

Creating playlist folders is a simple drag-and-drop process within YouTube Studio. Use folders to categorize playlists any way you want – by topic, mood, channel, or other systems. Just bear in mind playlists and folders are publicly viewable.

While playlist folders aren’t available in YouTube’s mobile apps, they fully function for viewers on mobile. Desktop YouTube Studio is required to manage playlist folder organization.