Creators can share links with their audiences on YouTube, but only certain kinds of links are clickable. Use this page to understand which kinds of links are clickable, and find other helpful resources.
Note: To reduce spam and scam attempts, URLs placed in YouTube Shorts comments and Shorts descriptions are non-clickable.
Clickable links overview
Link type/location
Clickable
Non-clickable
Channel profile links
URLs placed in long-form video comments & descriptions*
URLs placed in Shorts comments & Shorts descriptions
Related Videos in Shorts link
URLs placed in YouTube Live chat and channel descriptions when viewed in the mobile app ( vertical live feed
)
Mentions and Hashtags in Shorts comments & Shorts descriptions
YouTube Shopping affiliate program links
Shorts Green screen and Remix Attribution links
Posts*
End Screens
Channel profile links
Use channel profile links to showcase up to 14 links on your channel page. To understand which channel profile links will be shown on your channel profile, and steps to update them, visit this page .
Note:External links that send users to websites featuring content that violates our External links policy
are not allowed on YouTube.
