Bulk Upload Videos to YouTube With Tubeup
Upload a whole folder of videos to YouTube in one pass: scan the files, generate metadata for the batch, review it, and run a sequential upload queue.
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To bulk upload videos to YouTube with Tubeup, put the files in your base folder, let the app register them, generate metadata for the whole batch, check the settings that apply per video, and start the upload queue. Tubeup uploads sequentially and moves finished files out of the intake folder, so you can start a batch and leave it running.
Before you begin
- Tubeup installed and activated on Windows or macOS
- At least one YouTube channel connected
- A base folder containing the video files you want to publish
- A Google Gemini API key, if you want AI to write the metadata
Prepare the batch on disk
Everything starts with the folder. Tubeup scans your base folder and registers every video file it finds, so the fastest way to queue fifty videos is to render or copy fifty videos into that folder. There is no import wizard to sit through and no per-file dialog to dismiss.
While it scans, Tubeup also looks for thumbnail images whose filenames match your videos. If episode-14.mp4 sits next to episode-14.jpg, the image is attached to that video automatically. Naming your exports and your thumbnails consistently is the single cheapest thing you can do to speed up a batch, because it removes a manual step per video.
Tubeup does not generate thumbnails. It only detects and attaches image files that already exist alongside your videos, so include them in your export step.
Run the upload
Drop the files into your base folder
Copy or render the videos into the folder Tubeup is watching. The app scans the folder and registers each file it finds, along with any matching thumbnails. Confirm the count in the app matches the number of files you added before you go further.
Pick the target channel
Select the channel this batch belongs to. Each connected channel keeps its own playlists, branding, and upload queue, so switching channels switches the whole working context — there is no risk of a batch prepared for one channel landing on another.
Generate metadata for the batch
Trigger metadata generation once for the entire batch rather than per video. Gemini writes an SEO title, description, tags, and hashtags for each file. The details of what gets generated and how to shape it are covered in the AI metadata guide.
Review and tweak
Read through the generated metadata before you commit to it. Titles are worth a human pass because they carry most of your click-through; descriptions and tags usually need far less editing. Fix anything that reads wrong now, while the batch is still local and free to change.
Set defaults, then override per video
Global video settings act as the baseline for the batch: playlist assignment, visibility, audience declaration for "made for kids", age restriction, and the altered-content declaration. Any individual video can override those defaults, and you can give each video its own publish date if you want the batch released over time instead of all at once.
Choose an upload engine
Tubeup has two engines — an unlimited-upload mode and the official YouTube API mode — and you can switch between them without rebuilding the batch. Pick the one that suits the volume you are pushing before you start the queue.
Start the queue
Begin the upload. Tubeup works through the batch sequentially, one video at a time, and moves each finished file out of the intake folder so raw and published videos stay separate. You can leave it running.
Working on many videos at once
Once a batch is registered you rarely want to touch videos individually. Select the videos you want and open the bulk actions available for the selection to apply the same change across all of them — assigning a playlist, setting visibility, or changing a declaration for the whole group in one move. Advanced search and filtering narrow a large batch down to the subset you actually want to act on, which matters once your published list runs into the hundreds.
Playlists can be assigned from the existing playlists on the channel or created on the fly during the batch, so you do not have to leave the app to set up a series before uploading it.
Run a small batch of two or three videos first when you change your defaults. Verifying visibility, playlist, and audience settings on three videos is far cheaper than correcting fifty live uploads afterwards.
After the upload
Finished videos appear in the published list, where you can preview entries and check what actually went out. Real-time channel analytics — views and growth trends — are visible inside the app, so you do not need to open YouTube Studio to see how a batch is performing. Tubeup can also produce AI-written share copy for Facebook, X, LinkedIn, and Instagram, copied to your clipboard for whichever platform you promote on.
All of this runs locally. Your video files are processed on your own machine, and the only outbound traffic is to YouTube for the uploads themselves and to Gemini for metadata.
Next steps
Tubeup
Cross-platform desktop app that bulk-uploads videos to YouTube with AI-generated metadata, scheduling, and multi-channel support.
Related documentation
- AI-Generated Titles, Descriptions and TagsHow Tubeup uses Google Gemini to write SEO titles, descriptions, tags and hashtags for a whole batch of videos, and how to review and shape the output.
- Schedule YouTube Uploads in Advance With TubeupGive every video in a batch its own publish date so Tubeup uploads the whole queue now and YouTube releases each video on the day you picked.
- Managing Multiple YouTube ChannelsConnect an unlimited number of YouTube channels to Tubeup and publish to any of them from one desktop app, without signing in and out of accounts.