How to add captions while uploading and editing your videos

in this video we'll give you an overview of the captions editor in youtube studio which makes it easier to create and edit captions for your videos when you add in captions you may be able to reach a wider audience including deaf or hard of hearing viewers and viewers who speak another language on average videos that are captions see an increase in watch time compared to videos that don't have them there are two ways you can use the tool while uploading your video or once your video has already been published when you're uploading a video you can get to the captions editor by looking for the subtitles section and clicking add on the video elements page if you want to add captions to a video you've already uploaded go to the subtitles page in youtube studio by clicking into it from the left hand menu or from a specific videos details page now that you know how to get to the captions editor let's walk through how to add captions and the different