How to create a permanent link to your YouTube livestream
Every stream gets a new address on YouTube, but your link does not have to change. latestyoutu.be/@yourhandle?live always opens the stream that is running right now, so you can share it before you go live and use it again for every stream.
Create your livestream link
Type your handle
Type your YouTube handle into the field above. The link already ends with
?live.Copy it
Tap Copy and keep the link somewhere handy: you will use the same one for every stream.
Share it before you go live
Put it in your bio, your stream schedule, your Discord or an email. It is the same link for every stream.
Check it while you are live
Open the link during a stream: it jumps straight into it.
Details worth knowing
When you are not live
While you are offline, the link opens the live tab of your channel on YouTube.
How fast it switches
The link looks for a running stream at most every 30 seconds, so it picks up a new stream almost at once.
Share it early
YouTube recommends sharing your stream link at least 48 hours before you go live. A permanent link can simply stay in your bio and in your schedule.
Public streams only
The link opens public streams. An unlisted or private stream does not show on your channel, so share its own address instead.
Open in the YouTube app
Switch on ?app above. Inside Instagram and Facebook, visitors then get an “Open in the YouTube app” button and land in the stream in the app, where they are signed in and can chat.
On your website
The player for your own site can show your stream while you are live and your newest video the rest of the time: see the embed guide.
Other ways to do it
YouTube’s own live address
youtube.com/@yourhandle/live also leads to your running stream, without another service. It comes without stats and without the app button.
The address of one stream
Every stream has its own watch address. It works for that stream and its replay, but you have to share a new one each time.
Linking to your channel
Your channel page shows a running stream too. Visitors have to find it there and tap once more.
Steps checked in November 2026. Apps move their buttons around now and then. If something looks different, tell us.