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title: "How to post new YouTube videos on Facebook"
description: "If you have an active YouTube channel, manually sharing new videos to your Facebook Page may pull you away from your more strategic work. Automate it instead."
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# How to post new YouTube videos on Facebook

If you have an active YouTube channel, manually sharing new videos to your Facebook Page may pull you away from your more strategic work. Automate it instead.

Automation is at the heart of any good social media strategy, especially one with a high content output. If you have a very active [YouTube](https://zapier.com/apps/youtube/integrations) channel, manually sharing new videos to your [Facebook Page](https://zapier.com/apps/facebook-pages/integrations) may pull you away from your more strategic work—like deciding what new video to shoot next. 

A simple automated workflow can make sure every new video shows up on Facebook, so you don't miss out on engagement across your channels. Discover how you can use a Zap—Zapier's automated workflows—to connect your YouTube channel to your Facebook Page.

## Send new YouTube videos to your Facebook Page

Zapier lets you create automated workflows called Zaps, which send your information from one app to another. You can [create your own Zap](https://zapier.com/editor) from scratch without any coding knowledge, but we also offer quick templates to get you started. 

If you'd like to start with a template, click on the Zap template to go to the Zap editor. You'll need to create a Zapier account if you don't already have one. Then, follow the directions below to set up your Zap.

### Set up your YouTube trigger

First, set up your trigger—the event that starts your Zap. If you're using the Zap template, the trigger app and event will already be selected for you. Otherwise, search for and select **YouTube** as the trigger app and **New Item in Feed **as the trigger event. Click **Continue**.

Connect your YouTube account, if you haven't already, then click **Continue**. 

Next, find the channel ID for your YouTube channel. Every channel has its own unique channel ID, which is different from the YouTube URL or YouTube username. 

To find the channel ID for your account, go to the [Advanced Account Settings](http://www.youtube.com/account_advanced) page for your account and copy the channel ID from there. For any public YouTube channel, you can use a service like [Comment Picker](https://commentpicker.com/youtube-channel-id.php) to find the channel ID for any account. 

After adding the channel ID to the _Channel_ field, click **Continue**.

Next, click **Test Trigger** to test your trigger step. Zapier will pull in the three latest videos from your YouTube channel. Pick a video—this will be used to set up the rest of your Zap—then click **Continue with selected record**.

### Set up your Facebook Pages action

Now it's time to set up the action—the event your Zap will perform once it's triggered. If you're using the Zap template, these will already be selected for you. Otherwise, search for and select **Facebook Pages** as your action app and **Create Page Post** as your action event. Click **Continue**.

Next, connect your Facebook Pages account, if you haven't already, then click **Continue**. 

Now, let's customize how the Facebook post will look. First, choose the Facebook _Page_ where you want to post your YouTube video. 

Next, customize the _Message_ field to display your custom message. If you're using the Zap template, the **Title** and the **Description** of the YouTube video will already be included in the _Message_ field. But play around with the text and what data you'd like to include. To include different data from your YouTube step, just click in the field and select the data you'd like to use from the data dropdown.

If you're using the Zap template, the **Youtube.com URL** will already be added to the _Link URL _field. If you want to change it or add different data, you can click within that field and select data from your YouTube step from the dropdown.

Once you're done, click **Continue**.

Next, click **Test step** to test your Zap. Zapier will post the YouTube video to your Facebook Page according to how you set up your Zap. Here's what it looked like for us.

And that worked quite well, don't you think? If everything looks good, you're now ready to use your Zap. Now, every time there's a new video on the YouTube channel, it will automatically show up on your Facebook page.