Overview

The YouTube API is available to anyone wishing to use this tool to syndicate YouTube on their own site. No pre-approval is needed to use the YouTube API. Use of the Powered by YouTube badge is also available upon API download. YouTube API users may only use the "Powered by YouTube" badge and no other YouTube logo.

No pre-approval is required to use the YouTube API as well as the Powered by YouTube badge to promote the YouTube API on their site. However, as noted above, use of the badge is governed by the API Terms of Service.

When creating a feature or product utilizing the YouTube API, the name of the feature or product cannot use YouTube in the name of the software or feature. If for marketing or other strategic reasons it would valuable to have YouTube referenced, it may be permissible for the developer to use the phrase for YouTube (e.g. Video Box for YouTube, but never YouTube Video Box), however this should be the exception and not the rule. You may not state or otherwise imply any affiliation with YouTube.

Attribution

When integrating the API into your website, you should feature the Powered by YouTube badge on any web page where the YouTube API has a presence and next to where the implementation appears in the page UI.

Powered By YouTube badges are available for download & use (right-click and download). All Powered by YouTube badges on web pages must be clickable and link back to http://www.youtube.com.

Requirements

• YouTube API users may only use the Powered by YouTube badge above. Use of this badge is governed by the YouTube API Terms of Service.
• Do not change the mark in any way. Do not remove, obstruct, distort, or alter any element of a YouTube trademark. This includes modifying the YouTube word mark, for example, through hyphenation, combination abbreviation, or acronym such as: YouTubers, Tubing, Tuber, YT, You-Tube, YouTubed, etc.
• Make sure the Powered by YouTube badge is full and clearly visiblenever altered or partially covered
• Don't display the Powered by YouTube badge as the most prominent element on your web page.
• Do not use the Powered by YouTube badge 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 editorial content was authored by YouTube; or (3) represent the views or opinions of YouTube or YouTube personnel without prior written permission from YouTube. 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 imitate YouTubes 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 product name, service names, trademarks, logos, or company names.
• 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.