YouTube is huge, with billions of videos. Trying to find the videos you like is really tough. So, a lot of people use YouTube playlists to keep track of videos they want to watch again or watch later. It’s pretty common for folks to want to add lots of videos, like dozens or even hundreds, from places like the YouTube home page, subscription page, or other playlists, into their own playlists for later.
But there’s a snag. YouTube doesn’t make it easy to add a bunch of videos to a playlist all at once. Usually, you have to add them one by one, which can be a real pain and take forever. This article is here to show you two different ways to make this process way easier, so you don’t have to add videos one at a time.
Also see: How to Share and Collaborate a Playlist on YouTube with Friends
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Adding multiple videos to a playlist on YouTube using “Add to queue”
The “Add to queue” feature is mainly for making a temporary playlist to watch videos one after the other, but you can actually use it to add lots of videos to a playlist. Here’s how:
- Go to YouTube and find the videos you want to add, whether on the home page, subscription page, or anywhere else.
- Next to the video you want to add, click the three dots for more options and choose “Add to queue”.
- A small player will pop up at the bottom right of the screen, showing the videos you’ve added.
- Click on another video you want to add. It will automatically get added to your queue.
- Keep adding videos like this. If they start playing right away, just hit the Spacebar to pause them.
- When you’ve added all the videos you want, click the button to make the queue bigger.
- In the bigger queue, hit the “Save” button.
- Now you can save all those videos to a playlist you already have, or make a new one if you want.
This way is super quick for adding a bunch of videos to a playlist without needing any special tools.
Useful tip: How to Set YouTube to Always Play Highest Video Quality
Selecting multiple videos and adding them to a playlist using an extension
If you’re okay with using extensions and want a smoother way, the “Multiselect for YouTube” Chrome extension is a great choice. It lets you pick several videos on YouTube without starting them, making it easy to put together your playlist. You can get the extension from the Chrome Web Store.
https://chrome.google.com/webstore/detail/multiselect-for-youtube/gpgbiinpmelaihndlegbgfkmnpofgfei
After installing, just do this:
- Go to YouTube and find the videos you want in your playlist.
- Click the blue tick icon at the top right of YouTube to start the Multiselect extension.
- With the extension on, click on any video to select it without it playing.
- Keep doing this until you’ve selected all the videos you want.
- When you’re done, go to the extension menu and click “Add to playlist” to add all your selected videos to a playlist in one shot.
Using the “Multiselect for YouTube” extension makes adding lots of videos to your playlist super easy.
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Summing up
Putting together a bunch of YouTube videos into playlists shouldn’t be hard work. With these two methods, it definitely isn’t. Whether you like using a browser extension or sticking to what YouTube already lets you do, these steps help you add a bunch of videos to your playlists quickly and easily.
