YouTube has started informing all users who have a channel (that is, everyone who has uploaded at least one video to the platform) that in the coming weeks it will implement a system of usernames with the format of identifiers (yes, increasingly ubiquitous on the Internet, with @ followed by a unique alphanumeric string that identifies user). A change that actually makes a lot of sense I don’t understand how this didn’t happen soonerWell, as I said, it is a system that we can consider almost universal on the Internet.

In order to initiate this change, Google sent an email to all users of the platform informing them of this circumstance. although the change has not yet begun, although the process will not take very long. As we can read in the said message, the name selection will be activated gradually over the next few weeks. However, the ordering system that will be used to select which accounts will be able to choose their identifier first is not specified.

Be that as it may, the same communication states that «As of November 14, 2022, if you haven’t chosen a username for your channel, YouTube will automatically assign one to you, which you can change in YouTube Studio if you want.«. Therefore, we can extrapolate it in six weeks at the mostthe vast majority of users should already be able to choose their username.

Another important detail is that users who already have their own channel URL will receive this name as the default identifier. but they can change it if they want. Of course, this encourages us to think that creators will be able to differentiate their channel name from their own username, thus separating their activities as content creators and YouTube users if they wish.

These are requirements set by YouTube to create identifiers:

• Must be between 3 and 30 characters
• be composed of alphanumeric characters (AZ, az, 1-9)
  • You can include underscores (_), hyphens (-), and periods (.)
• It doesn’t look like a URL or a phone number
• Currently not in use
• Follow YouTube Community Guidelines

In addition, there are two reasons why a username may be rejected by YouTube:

• Violent, offensive, sexualized or inappropriate usernames
• Sale and transfer of usernames

In addition, and for users who have never uploaded a video to YouTube, when they do so for the first time, the platform will automatically assign them an identifier, but they will be offered the opportunity to modify it if they wish. However, we can expect the same thing to happen as with the rest of the mass-used services on the Internet, that is, getting an original username without having to resort to giving several numbers from it. after the first few weeks this function decreases significantly. So if you’re going to use it, it’s best to be very careful in the coming weeks and claim yours as soon as possible.