A YouTube "channel" is an account with Google/YouTube where you can upload videos. Since everything there is video related, YouTube calls it a "channel" just like the old TV channels. My YouTube channel is HERE. You solicit people to subscribe to your channel. All your subscribers will get an alert any time you upload something new.
Your channel can be divided up into Playlists. My link will take you to my Playlist page, where you can see I've posted a variety of videos there of differing subjects. I will be adding a lot more as time goes on, but very few of them will be railroad videos. They will be mostly family videos.
Here is an important point about YouTube. Because it is free, the videos you post there will survive you. Unlike a paid account at other video sites (Vimeo, for example) there is no payment to be made here...the account is free. My primary motivation in establishing a YouTube channel is to get our family videos there for future generations to watch and enjoy. I have a lot more videos to add there as time goes on.
YouTube channels can be monetized, but it's unlikely that any of us will ever be able to do so. You must have at least 30,000 subscribers to monetize a YouTube channel.
SmartPhone Cameras have come a long way. Most of the scenes in this video were shot with my phone.
