How to create a QR code that always opens your latest YouTube video
Make the QR code from your permanent link instead of from a single video. The code never changes, so you print it once, and every scan opens your newest upload.
Your QR code appears here as soon as you type your handle.
For merch, flyers and stream overlays. It never needs reprinting: scans always open the newest video, and they show up as “QR code” in your stats.
Paste this into your website. The player always shows your newest video, so there is nothing to update after an upload.
Create and print your QR code
Type your handle
Type your YouTube handle into the field above. Your QR code appears below it.
Download it
Tap Download PNG for documents and social posts, or Download SVG for print: an SVG stays sharp at any size.
Place it
Put the code into your design with white space around it, and print it at 2 × 2 cm (0.8 in) or larger.
Test before you print a batch
Scan a proof with your phone’s camera from the distance people will stand at. It should open your newest video.
Details worth knowing
How big to print
At least 2 × 2 cm (0.8 in). For anything read from further away, plan one tenth of the distance: a poster scanned from 2 m needs a code about 20 cm wide.
Leave a margin
Keep the white border around the code free of text and images, and print the code dark on a light background. Scanners need both.
Scans are counted
Scans show up as “QR code” on your stats page at latestyoutu.be/stats/@yourhandle, separate from the taps on your bio link.
Shorts or livestream
Use the switches above for a code that opens your newest Short or your livestream instead.
No account, no subscription
The code simply contains your link. There is nothing to sign up for and nothing to renew.
Other ways to do it
A QR code of one video
Any QR generator can make a code from the address of a single video. It keeps pointing to that video, so printed material is out of date after your next upload.
A QR code of your channel
A code for your channel page never goes out of date either. People land on the channel overview, though, and still have to pick a video.
Dynamic QR services
QR services with editable targets let you change where a code leads after it is printed. You still have to change it after every upload, and many of them are paid.
Steps checked in November 2026. Apps move their buttons around now and then. If something looks different, tell us.