YouTube QR Code Generator

Paste a link to a video, a Short, a playlist or a channel — the QR Code opens it on the phone, in the YouTube app or in the browser.

Website link

Drag a PDF here or choose a fileChoose a file

Up to 5 MB

You can replace the PDF at any time — the QR Code stays the same.

A link to a video, Shorts, playlist or channel will do.

You can replace the video at any time — the QR Code stays the same.

Drag a file here or choose a fileChoose a file

PDF, JPEG, PNG, MP4, MP3, Excel, Word · Up to 5 MB

The file is stored securely on QRPlace servers and opens when the code is scanned.

You can replace the file at any time — the QR Code stays the same.

Gallery title

Description

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Drag files here or paste an imageJPG · PNG · WEBP

Button and website · optional

Button name

Button link

Website

Update your gallery at any time. Your printed QR Code stays the same.

Venue name

Description

Cover photo

A photo of the room or the shopfront — it goes at the top of the page.

Address

Phone

Wi-Fi network

Wi-Fi password

Address, phone and Wi-Fi become buttons at the very bottom of the menu. Leave them empty if you do not need them.

Note at the very bottom

You can change the menu at any time — the QR Code stays the same.

Photo

Name

Company

Job title

About you

Phone numbers

Email

Websites

Addresses

Social networks and messengers

A link to your company page with reviews on Google — after scanning, the customer can leave a review straight away.

Network name (SSID)

Password

Encryption type

Hidden network

Guests connect to your Wi-Fi with one scan — no typing the password by hand.

Drag a video here or choose a fileChoose a video

MP4, MOV · Up to 5 MB

You can replace the video at any time — the QR Code stays the same.

Drag audio here or choose a fileChoose audio

MP3, WAV, M4A · Up to 5 MB

You can replace the audio at any time — the QR Code stays the same.

WhatsApp number

The full number with the country code — the one people will write to after scanning.

Prepared message — optional

It appears in the chat already typed — all that is left is to tap “Send”.

You can replace the number and the message at any time — the QR Code stays the same.

A full link or just the page name will do — mybrand, for example.

You can replace the profile at any time — the QR Code stays the same.

A full link or just the account name will do — @mybrand, for example.

You can replace the profile at any time — the QR Code stays the same.

A full link or just the account name will do — mybrand, for example.

You can replace the profile at any time — the QR Code stays the same.

A full link or just the account name will do — @mybrand, for example.

You can replace the profile at any time — the QR Code stays the same.

A full link or just the account name will do — @mybrand, for example.

You can replace the profile at any time — the QR Code stays the same.

Email address

Subject — optional

Message — optional

0 / 100 · The email opens already filled in, so the person only has to tap “Send”.

After scanning, the phone offers to dial the number.

Type the address in words or paste a Google Maps link.

You can replace the address at any time — the QR Code stays the same.

0 / 300 · The text lives inside the code itself: it opens even without an internet connection and stays exactly as printed.

The details are not filled in yet — this code is shown as an example only.

Place the QR Code on your document or image

QR Code design

Code size Normal

NormalSmaller

Eyes

Eye centre colour

Drag an image here or choose a fileChoose an image

JPEG, PNG, WebP · we will resize a large image for you

The logo stays on this page only. In an account it is saved to your library, so you can put it on other codes without uploading it again.

Gradient

Code

Background

The code colour must always be darker than the background colour

Choose a frame — its colour, caption and font appear below it

YouTube QR Code

What a YouTube QR Code is and how it works

A YouTube QR Code is a code with the link to your video or your channel written inside it. Someone points a camera and YouTube opens on the right video straight away: nobody has to search for the channel by name or explain out loud which clip is meant.

Watch the video

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Subscribe

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A camera is pointed at the QR Code.

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Your video or channel opens — inside the YouTube app, if the phone has it.

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They watch to the end and subscribe with one tap.

What you need to make the code

A linkCopy it from the address bar or from the “Share” button under the video.

The kind of codeA static one leads down the link itself. With a dynamic one the video behind the code can be swapped — which helps once the clips turn into a series.

The stylingColours, the shape of the dots, a logo in the middle and a caption in the frame — “Watch on YouTube”, for one.

Any YouTube link will do

A video

Shorts

A playlist

A channel

Comparison

What is the difference between a static and a dynamic QR Code?

The same pattern on paper — different options once it is printed.

Static QR

A static code is tied to its link for good, and that link cannot be changed.
Analytics are not available for codes like this either.

Dynamic QR

The link or the file the code leads to can be changed at any moment.
Analytics show the number of scans, the countries and the devices.
You can set a password, an expiry date and a limit on how many people it lets in.

QRPlace is not affiliated with the brands shown. The visuals are used for demonstration purposes only.

Styling

A QR Code in your brand colours

Add a logo, your brand colours and the shape of the elements — and the QR Code becomes part of your design on packaging, in a menu, on a business card or in a shop window.

What you can set in the editor above

Logo — upload your own file.
Colours — set the code, the background or a gradient.
Shape and eyes — choose the shape of the elements.
Frame — add a caption and set the style.
Preset — save the styling for your next QR Codes.

Where to use it

Where a YouTube QR Code works best

Where showing is quicker than describing: assembly, cooking, a rehearsal, the feel of a room.

Product packaging

Unboxing and assembly: the buyer watches how it is done instead of working it out from the drawings in the leaflet. One code on the box takes away half the questions support would have had.

A paper manual and a service book

One code to a page, one clip about that step. Whoever is doing the repair does not have to hunt for the video by model name among a hundred similar ones.

A poster

A trailer, a rehearsal, a recording of the last concert: a passer-by works out in ten seconds whether the ticket is worth buying.

A business card and an exhibition stand

The story about yourself that will not fit on a piece of card. The person watches it on the way home instead of reading small print while standing at the stand.

A menu and a café window

How a dish is made, how an evening goes, what the room looks like by candlelight — the things a still photograph leaves out. The menu itself is better kept in a menu QR Code of its own.

Before you print

Four checks that are usually the reason a code fails

A link with a timestamp

If one particular minute matters, copy the link from “Share” with the start time ticked — otherwise the video begins from the top.

The video is public

An unlisted video will open; a private one will not. Check from a phone you are not signed in on.

A caption under the code

“See how it goes together” collects more scans than a lone channel icon: people should know what is waiting for them.

A test from the finished run

Scan the code off a printed flyer rather than off a screen: ink and gloss change the picture.

QRPlace

Why choose QRPlace?

Hosted in Germany

Your codes, files and scan statistics live on servers in Germany, under EU data protection law (GDPR).

Scan as much as you like

The number of scans is not limited, and we never put an expiry date on your codes.

Plenty of dynamic codes

Our plans come with plenty of dynamic codes, so every poster, table and product can have its own.

Questions and answers

Common questions about YouTube QR Codes

Which links work, whether the app opens, whether the video can start at a given second, and what the statistics show.

No answer here? Write to us

How do I make a QR Code for a YouTube video?

Copy the link — from the address bar, or from “Share” underneath the clip — and paste it into the generator field above. A video, a Shorts, a playlist or a whole channel: any of them will do.

Which YouTube links work in a QR Code?

Any address that opens in a browser: a video, Shorts, a playlist, the channel itself. The generator does not take the link apart and does not rewrite it anywhere — whatever you copied is what the person opens.

Will the video open in the YouTube app?

When YouTube is installed, the phone hands links like these over to it and the clip plays there. Without it the video runs in a browser instead. The choice belongs to the phone rather than to the code, and it cannot be forced either way.

Can the video start at a given second?

Yes. Stop the clip where you want it, press “Share” and tick the start time — the second appears in the copied link. That is exactly how codes for manuals are made: each one leads to its own step of one long video.

Can I swap the video once the QR Code is printed?

Yes, if the code is dynamic: you put a different link in your account and the same flyer leads to the new video. This comes up more often than it sounds — clips on YouTube get re-uploaded, and the old address stops working.

Do I need to sign up to make a YouTube QR Code?

A static code needs no account at all — type the address, choose the colours, take the file. An account is what the other half of the job needs: counting the arrivals and swapping the video behind a code already on paper, which is what almost anyone printing a run ends up wanting.

How do I style a QR Code to match my channel?

Take the colours from the channel banner, put the avatar in the middle and write the frame — “Watch the video”, “How it goes together”. The code on the flyer and the thumbnail of the clip then read as one thing rather than a random square.

Can I see how many people came from the QR Code?

A dynamic code shows the number of scans and the dates in your account — that is how many came off paper. How many of them watched to the end and subscribed belongs to YouTube’s own statistics: two different pictures, and comparing them pays.

What size should the QR Code be printed?

Two centimetres does the job on a flyer, a poster needs it larger — measure from the distance, not from the sheet. The end of the clip is a case of its own: keep the code in shot for at least five seconds, or the viewer will not get the phone out in time.

What do I send to the print shop?

SVG: a flyer and a poster of any size come out of the same file. PNG is for the other places — the end card of the video and the channel banner, where everything is pictures anyway.

I would rather show the clip without adverts and other people’s videos — what then?

Then it is not the platform you need but the clip itself. It goes onto your own side as a file, and a video QR Code opens a page with a single player, with no third-party adverts and no “watch next” suggestions. The price of that is the view counter and new subscribers: a page of your own grows neither. So this is the way for manuals, presentations and training, while the channel is still grown on YouTube.

Make a QR Code for your video

Paste the link into the generator above, style the code in the channel’s colours and download it for print — it’s free. A dynamic code lets you swap the video later while the flyers stay as they are.

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Analytics

Summary statistics for dynamic QR Codes

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Full analytics comes with a paid plan

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Scans over time

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Bulk generation

A table goes in — a batch of finished codes comes out: links, text or business cards.

Step 1

Which codes we are creating

Download the sample table, fill it in with your own data and upload it back.

Step 2

Upload your table

Drag the file here

Excel (XLSX) or CSV

Choose a file

Step 3

Choose the columns for the name and the contents of the QR Code

The column with the name

The column with the link the code leads to

Custom range of rows

Step 5

Batch settings

Set a password

Scan limit

When the codes work

Step 6

Design

Standard design

Saved presets

Don’t forget to run a test scan

Step 7

Where to put the QR Codes

Step 8

Check it and start

Place QR Code

Open your own file and put a QR Code on it.

Drag the document here

PDF, JPEG or PNG — up to 20 MB

Choose a file

The file stays in your browser — it never goes to the server.

Settings

Personal information

Your name

Email

Registration date

Time zone

Sign-in and security

Password

Where you are signed in

Devices where this account is open now. Do not recognise one? End its session and change your password.

Delete account

Your dynamic QR Codes stop working right away (static ones keep working), and the email is freed up. We request immediate cancellation of any paid subscription; it doesn’t come back with the account. For some time afterwards support can still restore the account.

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Report a QR Code

A code leads to a scam, a virus or someone else’s material — tell us and we will look into it

If a QR Code from our domain leads to suspicious or unwanted material, let us know through this form.

Give the link and tell us why you think the code is illegal or breaks our Terms of Service. Leave your name and email, and we’ll confirm we’ve received your report and tell you what we decide.

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We’ll confirm we’ve received your report and tell you what we decide.

By sending this report, you confirm that it is accurate and made in good faith.

A report does not switch a code off by itself: one of our team decides after checking.