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YouTube APIs let you incorporate YouTube functionality into your application
or device. This page shows the icons and logos that you are allowed to use for
adding YouTube-logoed branding or attribution to your application, device, or
marketing materials. It also explains rules and requirements for using YouTube
logos.
You do not need special approval to use YouTube APIs or to promote API
functionality in your application. However, any YouTube logo used within an
application must link back to YouTube content or to a YouTube component of
that application. As examples, a logo could link to an area of the app that
shows YouTube content (subscriptions, uploads, etc.), an area of the app that
lets users upload videos to YouTube, or a page on the YouTube website, such as
the YouTube home page or a channel page.
These Branding Guidelines are an integral part of the
YouTube APIs Terms of Service and the
YouTube APIs documentation and specifications, all of which must be
followed in the development and implementation of any YouTube API Clients.
If you use YouTube trademarks or logos in violation of these guidelines,
we may request that you modify your app or usage or that you cease to use
the logos.
What logos or branding can I use?
YouTube provides three different types of logos:
Developed with YouTube logo
The developed with YouTube logos
indicate that your application is entirely dependent on curating
YouTube content or on its integration with YouTube. You should use a
developed with YouTube logo if
removing YouTube functionality from your application would render the
application nonfunctional or not useful.
For example, an app that shows video locations on a map and provides
driving directions to those locations might use the Google Maps and
YouTube APIs. However, that app should still use the
developed with YouTube logo since
without YouTube content, the app would no longer be useful.
YouTube logo
The YouTube logo identifies a specific application feature or component
that uses YouTube content, uploads content to YouTube, or integrates with
YouTube in some other way. You should use a YouTube logo if your
application would still be useful if you removed its YouTube
functionality. Here are two examples of apps that should use YouTube
logos:
A game lets users capture part of their gameplay and then upload that
as a YouTube video. Even if the ability to upload gameplay videos were
removed, the game, which is the core application, would still remain.
A travel-planning application presents airfares and hotel prices for
different destinations and then lets users see restaurant reviews,
tourist destinations, photos, and YouTube videos for a selected
destination. Even if the YouTube videos were removed from the app, the
app would still be useful based on its other features.
The black-and-white versions of the YouTube logo should be used when the
logo displays as a watermark image.
YouTube icon
The YouTube Icon provides attribution for YouTube content. You should
use a YouTube Icon in a panel of social media icons or if the following
conditions are all true:
Your application integrates content from multiple sources, including
YouTube.
Content from different sources is intermingled such that you need to
display attribution next to multiple individual content elements to
clearly identify their sources.
Space constraints make it infeasible to use either a YouTube logo
or a developed with YouTube
logo.
Downloads
You can download the YouTube logos and YouTube Icons from the
YouTube brand site. That page also provides downloads for
versions of the YouTube Icon that could be used in a panel of links to social
media sites. Links to download the developed with
YouTube logos are provided below.
You should feature the appropriate branding logo on any page where the YouTube
API has a presence. The logo should appear next to the location where the API
implementation appears on the page. Any logo used within an application must
be clickable and needs to link back to YouTube content or to a YouTube
component of that application.
You may resize branding logos to an appropriate size for your application.
Any YouTube logo or YouTube Icon that you display must meet the minimum size
requirements provided on the YouTube brand site.
Requirements
You must never use the YouTube name or any abbreviation, acronym, or variant
of the word YouTube, such as YT or You-Tube in conjunction with
the overall name of your application. For example, you cannot call your
application "YouTube for Kids" or "YouTube Education." However, you may
reference the fact that your app is for YouTube or works with YouTube by
stating that it is a "great app for YouTube" or using other similar language.
Similarly, you must never use YouTube branding images in conjunction with the
overall name or description of your application, product, or service. You also
cannot change YouTube branding images or remove, obstruct, distort, or
alter any element of a YouTube trademark.
Additional rules regarding use of these logos are listed below:
You cannot modify the colors of the YouTube logos or YouTube Icons and
should present those images on a single, solid background color that
complements the overall creative or surrounding.
You can change the color of the developed with
YouTube logo as long as the logo content is in one single color.
You can also choose the background on which the logo appears.
Ensure that there is sufficient contrast between the logo color(s) and the
background color for the logo to be clearly visible.
Make sure the logo is fully and clearly visible. It must not be altered or
partially covered.
Do not display the logo as the most prominent element on your web page.
Do not use a logo in ways that (1) imply an association with or endorsement
of any other product, service, event, sponsorship, or organization; (2) can
be reasonably interpreted to suggest that editorial content was authored by
YouTube; or (3) suggest that you are representing the views or opinions of
YouTube or YouTube personnel. All of the aforementioned usages must be
approved via written permission.
Do not adopt marks, logos, slogans, or designs that are confusingly similar
to the YouTube trademarks or that imitate YouTube's trade dress, including
the look and feel of YouTube web design properties, YouTube brand packaging,
distinctive color combinations, typography, graphic designs, product icons,
or imagery associated with YouTube.
Do not register the YouTube trademarks as second-level domain names or
incorporate YouTube trademarks into your own names for products, services,
features, or companies. Similarly, do not incorporate YouTube trademarks
into your own trademarks or logos.
Never display a YouTube trademark in a manner that is misleading, unfair,
defamatory, infringing, libelous, disparaging, obscene, or otherwise
objectionable to YouTube.
Never display a YouTube trademark on any web site or user interface that
contains or displays adult content, promotes gambling, promotes violence,
contains hate speech, involves the sale of tobacco or alcohol to persons
under twenty-one years of age, violates other applicable laws or regulations,
or is otherwise objectionable.
Any YouTube logo used within an application must link back to YouTube
content or to a YouTube component of that application.
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Three types of branding are available: \"Developed with YouTube\" for apps heavily reliant on YouTube, the standard YouTube logo for apps with some YouTube integration, and the YouTube icon for content attribution among multiple sources. Logos must link back to YouTube content or components and cannot be used in an application name or description. Altering logos is prohibited, and usage is subject to YouTube's API Terms of Service.\n"],null,["# YouTube API Services - Branding Guidelines\n\n\u003cbr /\u003e\n\nYouTube APIs let you incorporate YouTube functionality into your application\nor device. This page shows the icons and logos that you are allowed to use for\nadding YouTube-logoed branding or attribution to your application, device, or\nmarketing materials. It also explains rules and requirements for using YouTube\nlogos.\n\nYou do not need special approval to use YouTube APIs or to promote API\nfunctionality in your application. However, any YouTube logo used within an\napplication must link back to YouTube content or to a YouTube component of\nthat application. As examples, a logo could link to an area of the app that\nshows YouTube content (subscriptions, uploads, etc.), an area of the app that\nlets users upload videos to YouTube, or a page on the YouTube website, such as\nthe YouTube home page or a channel page.\n\nThese Branding Guidelines are an integral part of the\n[YouTube APIs Terms of Service](/youtube/terms) and the\n[YouTube APIs documentation and specifications](/youtube), all of which must be\nfollowed in the development and implementation of any YouTube API Clients.\nIf you use YouTube trademarks or logos in violation of these guidelines,\nwe may request that you modify your app or usage or that you cease to use\nthe logos.\n| **Important:** You must never use the YouTube name or any abbreviation, acronym, or variant of the word **YouTube** , such as **YT** or **You-Tube** in conjunction with the overall name of your application. \n|\n| Similarly, you must never use YouTube branding images in conjunction with the overall name or description of your application, product, or service. You also cannot change YouTube branding images or remove, obstruct, distort, or alter any element of a YouTube trademark.\n\nWhat logos or branding can I use?\n---------------------------------\n\nYouTube provides three different types of logos:\n\n### Developed with YouTube logo\n\nThe **developed with YouTube** logos\nindicate that your application is entirely dependent on curating\nYouTube content or on its integration with YouTube. You should use a\n**developed with YouTube** logo if\nremoving YouTube functionality from your application would render the\napplication nonfunctional or not useful.\n\nFor example, an app that shows video locations on a map and provides\ndriving directions to those locations might use the Google Maps and\nYouTube APIs. However, that app should still use the\n**developed with YouTube** logo since\nwithout YouTube content, the app would no longer be useful.\n\n### YouTube logo\n\nThe YouTube logo identifies a specific application feature or component\nthat uses YouTube content, uploads content to YouTube, or integrates with\nYouTube in some other way. You should use a YouTube logo if your\napplication would still be useful if you removed its YouTube\nfunctionality. Here are two examples of apps that should use YouTube\nlogos:\n\n- A game lets users capture part of their gameplay and then upload that as a YouTube video. Even if the ability to upload gameplay videos were removed, the game, which is the core application, would still remain.\n- A travel-planning application presents airfares and hotel prices for different destinations and then lets users see restaurant reviews, tourist destinations, photos, and YouTube videos for a selected destination. Even if the YouTube videos were removed from the app, the app would still be useful based on its other features.\n\nThe black-and-white versions of the YouTube logo should be used when the\nlogo displays as a watermark image.\n\n### YouTube icon\n\nThe YouTube Icon provides attribution for YouTube content. You should\nuse a YouTube Icon in a panel of social media icons or if the following\nconditions are all true:\n\n- Your application integrates content from multiple sources, including YouTube.\n- Content from different sources is intermingled such that you need to display attribution next to multiple individual content elements to clearly identify their sources.\n- Space constraints make it infeasible to use either a YouTube logo or a **developed with YouTube** logo.\n\nDownloads\n---------\n\nYou can download the YouTube logos and YouTube Icons from the\n[YouTube brand site](https://www.youtube.com/yt/brand/downloads.html). That page also provides downloads for\nversions of the YouTube Icon that could be used in a panel of links to social\nmedia sites. Links to download the **developed with\nYouTube** logos are provided below.\n\nBefore downloading and using any of these images, also read the\n[Using the YouTube logo](https://www.youtube.com/yt/brand/using-logo.html) guidelines and\n[Color specifications](https://www.youtube.com/yt/brand/color.html) on the YouTube brand site.\n\n### Download links for \"developed with YouTube\" logos\n\n#### Light logo\n\n- [file_download .png](/static/youtube/images/developed-with-youtube-sentence-case-light.png) (Sentence case)\n- [file_download .png](/static/youtube/images/developed-with-youtube-lowercase-light.png) (lowercase)\n- [file_download .ai](/static/youtube/images/developed-with-youtube-light.ai.zip)\n- [file_download .eps](/static/youtube/images/developed-with-youtube-light.eps.zip) \n\n#### Dark logo\n\n- [file_download .png](/static/youtube/images/developed-with-youtube-sentence-case-dark.png) (Sentence case)\n- [file_download .png](/static/youtube/images/developed-with-youtube-lowercase-dark.png) (lowercase)\n- [file_download .ai](/static/youtube/images/developed-with-youtube-dark.ai.zip)\n- [file_download .eps](/static/youtube/images/developed-with-youtube-dark.eps.zip)\n\nLogo Sizing and Placement\n-------------------------\n\nYou should feature the appropriate branding logo on any page where the YouTube\nAPI has a presence. The logo should appear next to the location where the API\nimplementation appears on the page. Any logo used within an application must\nbe clickable and needs to link back to YouTube content or to a YouTube\ncomponent of that application.\n\n- You may resize branding logos to an appropriate size for your application.\n- Any YouTube logo or YouTube Icon that you display must meet the minimum size requirements provided on the [YouTube brand site](https://www.youtube.com/yt/brand/using-logo.html).\n\n| **Important:** Do not display any YouTube branding image as the most prominent element on your page.\n\nRequirements\n------------\n\nYou must never use the YouTube name or any abbreviation, acronym, or variant\nof the word **YouTube** , such as **YT** or **You-Tube** in conjunction with\nthe overall name of your application. For example, you cannot call your\napplication \"YouTube for Kids\" or \"YouTube Education.\" However, you may\nreference the fact that your app is for YouTube or works with YouTube by\nstating that it is a \"great app for YouTube\" or using other similar language.\n\nSimilarly, you must never use YouTube branding images in conjunction with the\noverall name or description of your application, product, or service. You also\ncannot change YouTube branding images or remove, obstruct, distort, or\nalter any element of a YouTube trademark.\n\nAdditional rules regarding use of these logos are listed below:\n\n- You may only use the logos shown above. Use of these logos is governed by the [YouTube API Terms of Service](/youtube/terms).\n- Never display a YouTube trademark on a site or app that violates the [YouTube Terms of Service](https://www.youtube.com/t/terms).\n- You cannot modify the colors of the YouTube logos or YouTube Icons and should present those images on a single, solid background color that complements the overall creative or surrounding.\n- You can change the color of the **developed with\n YouTube** logo as long as the logo content is in one single color. You can also choose the background on which the logo appears.\n- Ensure that there is sufficient contrast between the logo color(s) and the background color for the logo to be clearly visible.\n- Make sure the logo is fully and clearly visible. It must not be altered or partially covered.\n- Do not display the logo as the most prominent element on your web page.\n- Do not use a logo in ways that (1) imply an association with or endorsement of any other product, service, event, sponsorship, or organization; (2) can be reasonably interpreted to suggest that editorial content was authored by YouTube; or (3) suggest that you are representing the views or opinions of YouTube or YouTube personnel. All of the aforementioned usages must be approved via written permission.\n- Do not adopt marks, logos, slogans, or designs that are confusingly similar to the YouTube trademarks or that imitate YouTube's trade dress, including the look and feel of YouTube web design properties, YouTube brand packaging, distinctive color combinations, typography, graphic designs, product icons, or imagery associated with YouTube.\n- Do not register the YouTube trademarks as second-level domain names or incorporate YouTube trademarks into your own names for products, services, features, or companies. Similarly, do not incorporate YouTube trademarks into your own trademarks or logos.\n- Never display a YouTube trademark in a manner that is misleading, unfair, defamatory, infringing, libelous, disparaging, obscene, or otherwise objectionable to YouTube.\n- Never display a YouTube trademark on any web site or user interface that contains or displays adult content, promotes gambling, promotes violence, contains hate speech, involves the sale of tobacco or alcohol to persons under twenty-one years of age, violates other applicable laws or regulations, or is otherwise objectionable.\n- Any YouTube logo used within an application must link back to YouTube content or to a YouTube component of that application."]]
