Yes, you can add captions/subtitles to any YouTube Shorts video. This simple guide shows you how to do it for free.
These methods work for both desktop + mobile devices.
How to Add Captions to YouTube Shorts
Answer: You can add captions to Shorts either when uploading videos, or in YouTube Studio. In the “Subtitles” editing section, click the “Pen icon” and add captions.
Step by step process to add Shorts captions:
- Go to YouTube Studio
- Click “Content” → Select a Short to edit
- Select “Subtitles“
- Click the Pen icon under “Subtitles“
- Type captions, then publish changes.
By default, every Short video has Automatic Captions, like in the image above.
Pro Tip: You can type in your captions and click “Edit timings” to make them match your video.
A Simpler Alternative
Typing your own captions may be exhausting, even if it’s just for a 30-sec video. That’s why we’ve got a better alternative with SendShort.
SendShort adds auto-captions to YouTube Shorts in 4 steps:
- Upload your Short
- Select a design/style for the captions
- Download the video
- Upload it to YouTube Shorts
🌎 Best part? It works smoothly in any language.
This tool has so many designs and styles for your captions — automatically making them look like your favourite content creator’s.
It’s free, and it takes less than 5 minutes → way quicker than YouTube’s way.
FAQs
1. Can you put captions on YouTube Shorts?
Answer: Yes, you can put captions on YouTube Shorts. Open a Short in YouTube Studio, and in the “Subtitles” section on the left, you can add captions.
2. What captions to use on YouTube Shorts?
If we’re talking about the title of a YouTube Short, you could use captions that engage the viewers.
Great examples: “Watch till the end!” or “Did you know that..”
The Bottom Line
This guide studied what it takes to add captions to any YouTube Shorts video.
We really hope you found all this info helpful.
Thanks a lot for reading this,
David Ch
Head of the Editing Team at SendShort
