# Youtube channel won't come up by username!! **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [September 10, 2013, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-channel-wont-come-up-by-username/668507 "2013-09-10T17:33:37Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Anise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/anise/32/21721_2.png) [@Anise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anise)\ **Post date:** [September 10, 2013, 5:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/youtube-channel-wont-come-up-by-username/668507/1 "2013-09-10T17:33:37Z")
Hi all, So, here we are yet again with MORE Youtube fun-- a question for which the answer just doesn’t seem to exist out there. I created my group’s new Youtube channel. Everything was working fine… new google account, new channel account, yay… but it will NOT come up by the username URL. [http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEPZdhvg0wjsjCbRmH4tuCQ](http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCEPZdhvg0wjsjCbRmH4tuCQ) This works, yippee skippee. The problem is that nobody can remember it, and sites that would otherwise allow YT links (and almost no other, like [ff.net](http://ff.net)), refuse to post it correctly. But THIS… [http://www.youtube.com/user/Fire and Ice Archive](http://www.youtube.com/user/Fireand%20IceArchive) No… Take out the spaces… No… Add %20 where the spaces are… No… Fire and Ice Archive IS the username… Have I done some horrible thing wrong?? 😕