Insights & Trends

The hardest part of streaming is keeping people with you once you’re on. It’s how you interact with the audience that makes or breaks the stream.

When you've been creating on YouTube for years, it's easy to fall into the trap of tunnel vision. You start thinking that your entire creator universe begins and ends with the platform. It's not.

YouTube pays creators once a month, but that doesn't always line up with when you actually need the money. Waiting for AdSense can slow everything down. That’s why more creators are looking for easier ways to access their earnings.

There are hundreds of design tools for YouTube. We’ve tested a ton of them, and so have the thousands of creators we work with. In this guide, we’ll walk you through the most popular tools for YouTube logos, banners, thumbnails, intro-makers, and more.