Connecting YouTube
To publish episodes to YouTube — manually or via auto-publish — you connect a YouTube account to a Popcorn channel.
Connect
Section titled “Connect”- Open the channel editor.
- Find the YouTube Connection section.
- Click Connect YouTube Account. A popup window opens.
- Sign in to your Google account and grant Popcorn permission to upload videos to your YouTube channel.
- The popup closes and the editor shows a Connected badge.
The connection is per-channel. You can connect different YouTube channels to different Popcorn channels.
What permissions Popcorn needs
Section titled “What permissions Popcorn needs”When you grant access, Popcorn requests:
- Upload videos to your YouTube channel.
- Update video metadata (title, description, privacy) on videos it uploaded.
That’s it. We don’t read your other videos, comments, or analytics.
Title, description, and privacy
Section titled “Title, description, and privacy”Once connected, the channel editor shows three publish settings:
- YouTube title — Dynamic (Popp generates a fresh title for each episode based on its content) or Manual (a fixed string used for every episode).
- YouTube description — Dynamic or Manual, same idea.
- YouTube privacy — Public, Unlisted, or Private. Applied to every published episode.
Dynamic mode is recommended for content channels (different topic per episode). Manual mode makes sense for tightly-scripted formats where the title and description don’t change.
Disconnect
Section titled “Disconnect”Click the Disconnect button next to the YouTube section. Episodes that were already published stay on your YouTube channel — disconnecting only stops Popcorn from uploading new ones.
Other platforms
Section titled “Other platforms”Right now, Popcorn supports YouTube as the auto-publish destination. TikTok and Instagram support are on the roadmap — see Auto-publishing for what’s available today.
In the meantime, you can always download any episode and post it manually.