Guides
YouTube notification guides
These YouTube notification guides explain how to hear about new videos from the playlists and channels you care about, by email, Telegram, RSS or the bell. They also cover why notifications go missing and how to choose what to follow. The free options that have nothing to do with Listabell are in here too.
Get notified
Get an alert when a YouTube channel uploads
Four ways to hear about every new video from a channel, and when each one is the right choice.
YouTube notifications on Telegram
Get new videos from a playlist or a channel as a Telegram message. The options, and how to set one up.
Follow a YouTube channel without a Google account
Keep up with a channel without signing in to Google: the options, and what you give up.
How to subscribe to a YouTube playlist
Saving a playlist only bookmarks it. Here are four ways to get notified when it changes.
YouTube playlist notifications
Why the bell doesn't cover playlists, and where you can get an alert instead.
When notifications fail
YouTube notifications not working?
A checklist of what to look at: the bell, your phone, digests, YouTube's own limits and the April 2026 change.
YouTube now mutes alerts from channels you don't watch
Since April 2026 the bell can go quiet for channels you haven't watched in a month. Here's what changed and what still works.
Feeds and choices
The YouTube channel RSS feed
The feed URL for any public channel, how to find the channel ID, and what the feed leaves out.
Follow a channel or a playlist?
Three questions that tell you which one to follow, with worked examples.
The playlist RSS feed
YouTube's undocumented feed URL for any public playlist. It's free, but it has limits.