YT‑OPT 9:16 / US feed
Shorts metadata bench  ·  built for the US algorithm

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Paste the title and description you already wrote. Get a prompt that rewrites both for the American feed.

US audience timing

Your New York upload clock.

Use these five daily starting windows in Eastern Time, then refine them against your own YouTube analytics.

New York time America/New_York
7:30 AMMorning scrollNext
11:00 AMLate morningNext
2:00 PMAfternoon check-inNext
5:00 PMAfter-work windowNext
8:30 PMEvening prime timeNext
Calculating next upload window…All times auto-adjust for New York daylight saving time.

Open Studio → Content, then copy the address bar. Stays in this browser.

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40 sweet spot 70 cut
Everything past 70 characters gets trimmed on a phone. Type to see where yours lands.
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Prompt for Claude


      
      

        New Claude chat
        Open Studio
      

    

  


  

    
Before you hit publish

    

      
Tags

      
Attributes → Tags in the Studio app. Copy block three and paste the whole line.

      
Category

      
Same menu. Don't leave it on the default — it's a relevance signal.

      
Video language

      
Must be English (United States). That switch only exists in desktop Studio, so open your saved link in Chrome with Desktop site turned on.

      
Hashtags

      
Description only, never the title. The first three show above your video as links.

      
Audience

      
Not made for kids, unless it really is. Made-for-kids kills comments and recommendations.