Verify a YouTube channel
A YouTube channel needs to be verified before its videos publish to your ShowHub site. There are four ways to do it. Signing in with Google takes a few seconds; the others need no sign-in at all.
All four start from Episodes → Sources , in the Confirm it’s yours to publish it box under your channel.
Verify with Google
Click Verify with Google
It’s the first option in the verify box.
Pick the Google account that owns the channel
Google asks which account to use. Pick the one that owns the channel, not just one that can upload to it.
If your channel is a Brand Account, Google may ask a second time which channel or account to use. Pick the channel’s own name there.
Leave the YouTube box ticked
Google lists what ShowHub may see. Keep View your YouTube account ticked. ShowHub only reads your channel and videos; it can’t post, edit or delete anything.
Back in ShowHub
You land on Sources with the message Your YouTube channel is verified. Your playlists and filters stay as you set them.
If it doesn’t work
| What you see | What happened | What to do |
|---|---|---|
| “The Google account you picked doesn’t own this channel” | You signed in with a Google account that doesn’t own this channel. Nothing changed on your source. | Try again and pick the owning account. For a Brand Account, choose the channel’s name when Google asks. Or use a code (below). |
| “Google didn’t share your YouTube account with ShowHub” | The YouTube box was unticked on Google’s screen. | Try again and leave View your YouTube account ticked. |
| “Google sign-in was cancelled” | You closed or backed out of Google’s screen. | Try again, or use one of the methods below. |
| “Google hasn’t verified this app” warning | Google shows this for some apps that read YouTube data. | Click Continue if you want to go ahead, or use a code instead. |
Put a code in your channel description
No sign-in needed, and it works for anyone who can edit the channel, managers included.
Get a code
In the verify box, click Get a code, then Copy.
Add it to your description
Open YouTube Studio → Customization → Basic info. Paste the code anywhere in Description and click Publish.
Check
Back in ShowHub, click Check my channel. Once it’s verified you can take the code out of your description.
YouTube can take a few minutes to show a description change. If the check says the code isn’t there yet, wait a couple of minutes and click Check my channel again.
Put your email in your channel description
ShowHub reads the email in your channel description.
- In YouTube Studio → Customization → Basic info → Description, add the email you
signed up to ShowHub with (for example
Contact: you@yourshow.com) and click Publish. - In ShowHub, click check again in the verify box.
If it matches your ShowHub email, the channel is verified straight away. If it’s a different address, ShowHub sends that address an email: click Yes, this is my show in it.
Ask the ShowHub team
If none of these work for you, click Ask the ShowHub team to check at the bottom of the verify box. Add anything that ties you to the channel, like your website that links to it, and click Send to the team. We usually reply within a day. You can also write to verify@showhubco.com from the email you signed up with.
Related
- Verify your source: every method for every platform.
- YouTube source: connecting a channel and choosing what syncs.