Bring offline audiences to YouTube
A YouTube QR code opens your channel or a video in one scan. Use it to send people from a poster, a class or a product box to exactly the right place.
Channel or video?
Link the channel to grow subscribers. Link one video for a specific job: a recipe on food packaging, assembly instructions in a flat-pack box, a trailer on a poster, a lesson recap on a worksheet.
Instructions people actually watch
A code next to the tricky step in printed instructions beats a long URL nobody types. Manufacturers, teachers and trainers use YouTube codes to show rather than tell.
Start at the right moment
To skip an intro, link to a timestamp. On YouTube, choose Share, turn on “Start at”, and paste that link here. The code then opens the video exactly where the useful part begins.
At the end of a video
A code on screen works when people watch on a TV or laptop and scan with their phone. Keep it up for at least five seconds, with a line that says what it opens, like “Scan for the full recipe.”
For classrooms
On worksheets and wall displays, link videos that suit every age and check them in Restricted Mode, which many school networks use. A playlist per topic lets you add lessons without reprinting.
Handles and older links
YouTube handles start with @. Paste the full link instead if you’re pointing to a video, a playlist or an older custom channel address.