YouTubers are similar in a way to freelancers in that they need to do all the planning, tracking, and managing of projects singlehandedly. It would be good if they could do all these things without jumping from one tool to another.
Not to worry. Here are the best Notion templates for YouTubers, both free and paid.
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Free Notion Templates for YouTubers
1. Content Creator Dashboard by Justin Martin
What We Like About It:
- Best used for the planning phase and for creating video scripts
- Main dashboard contains “Resources,” “Notes,” and “Active Videos” sections
- “Active Videos” shows the video projects’ status — “In production” (cards and table) and “Ideas”
- “Videos” page contains databases for content lists, videos in progress, ideas at a glance, publishing schedules, and archives
- “Motivations” page for listing your goals for the next 1, 3, and 5 years, and how your life looks life after
- “Resources” page for saving research-related links
Get Justin Martin’s Content Creator Dashboard template here
2. Thomas Frank’s Video Project Tracker Template for Notion
What We Like About It:
- One-stop shop template design
- “Video Meta” to store “Title ideas,” “Keywords,” “Sponsor information,” “Editing Checklist,” and “Publishing Checklist”
- “Resources” stores all video resources (stock footage, tools, thumbnails, etc.)
- “Content” section for jotting notes and for script creation using a premade template
- “B-Roll” database for storing and viewing timestamps of the multiple chapters of your videos
- “Video Project Tracker” database in table, Kanban board, and calendar views for tracking video projects
Get the Video Project Tracker Template by Thomas Frank here
3. YouTube Notion Templates Repository by Ali Abdaal
What We Like About It:
- Comes as a set of 8 templates
- “Video Template” structures YouTube videos from idea to publishing
- “Script Template” for crafting engaging video scripts
- “HIVEs Framework” to write quicker versions of YouTube video scripts
- “YouTube Workflow Hub” organizes video projects by status
- “Shorts Template” for YouTube Shorts scripts
- “YouTube Producer” for managing your YouTube channel
- “Social Media Repurposing” for content repurposing
- “Exclusive YouTube Resources” for improving YouTuber skillset
Get Ali Abdaal’s YouTube Notion Templates Repository here
4. Stress-Free YouTube Video Planning Template by Shu Omi
What We Like About It:
- Easy one-page video planning template design
- “Key Message” section to plan your core video idea
- “Title Ideas” to write video project titles
- “Thumbnail Ideas” section for thumbnail look brainstorming
- “Brainstorming” section as second brain for video ideas
- “Outline” section to organize ideas in the “Brainstorming” section into an outline
- “Script” section for creating video scripts based on the outline
- “Shotlist” for creating a list of B-rolls based on the script
Get the Stress-Free YouTube Video Planning Template by Shu Omi here
5. Production Pre-Production Template by Tom’s Odyssey
What We Like About It:
- Best template for video ideation process
- “Packaging” section for jotting down title and thumbnail ideas; comes with a “Resources” section for saving links and “Tests” section for test title-thumbnail combinations
- “Write” section for creating the “3 Act Structure” scripts (hidden in toggles)
- “Plan” section features databases for “To Shoot,” “A-Roll,” “B-Roll,” and “Photos”
- “Checklists” section in checklist format lists all to-do tasks during the “Upload” and “Post-Upload” phases
Get the Production Pre-Production Template by Tom’s Odyssey here
6. Amanda Lee’s YouTube Content Creator’s Checklist
What We Like About It:
- Organized one-page dashboard for video creation
- “Channel Details” section to put channel name and link into
- “Index” section features quick links to the template databases
- “Creating a Channel” section for jotting details about the channel and embed relevant files to it
- “Ideas Pitching” database to list video ideas, key points, and the status of the ideas you’ve pitched
- “Production Progress” database to check the status of the script, voice-over, video editing, and thumbnail design of the videos
- “Meta” database to track the video’s meta title, description, and tags used
- “Cross-Platform Promotion” database with checkboxes to track posting to different social media channels
Get the YouTube Content Creator’s Checklist template by Amanda Lee here
Paid Notion Templates for YouTubers
1. Content Mastery – Perfecting YouTube by Daniel Canosa
What We Like About It:
- Helps ensure consistency in posting YouTube videos
- “Content Production Pipeline” features the steps to creating videos from ideation to publishing
- “Calendars” section features a “Content Calendar” for content scheduling
- “Video Sub-tasks Calendar” to check for individual tasks
- “Supporting Assets” section features a “B-roll” list, “Analytics Conclusions,” and “Useful Pages” sections
- Optimized for mobile for fast idea capture
- Add payment to include the “Financial Mastery” template and track your finances as well
Get Daniel Canosa’s Content Mastery Notion template for YouTubers here
2. Content Creation Hub by Atul Anand
What We Like About It:
- Designed for YouTube, social media, marketing strategies and campaigns, SEO, etc.
- “Curation Board” for planning content, checking for channel growth, and application of marketing strategies
- Notion tags are used to organize content
- “Content Manager” for listing out content requirements and creating videos
- “Resource” database for storing resources
- “Repurpose Content” database for repurposing videos on other social media platforms
- “SMART Goals Tracker” to stay focused on goals
Get Atul Anand’s Content Creation Hub template here
3. Mel Lee-Smith’s Notion Dashboard for YouTube Content
What We Like About It:
- Streamlines and centralizes your YouTube content in one hub
- Comes in two versions: “Basic” and “Premium”
- “Content Calendar” for content publishing
- YouTube videos and YouTube Shorts templates with built-in pre-publication tasks
- “Expense Tracker” to track publishing-related expenses
- “Analytics Tracker” to store data about your YouTube channel’s impressions, clicks, watch time, etc. against competitors
- For the “Premium” version, you get databases for keywords, tasks, partners, and a “Google Data Studio report”
Get the Notion Dashboard for YouTube Content template by Mel Lee-Smith here
4. YouTube Planner For Notion by Alex Perri
What We Like About It:
- “Master To-Do” organizes project tasks by priority, status, location, etc.
- “YouTube Dashboard” to organize all YouTube videos; filters can be used to switch views
- “Socials Dashboard” tracks published social media posts
- “Sponsors Dashboard” tracks current and past sponsors
- “Inspiration Master List” acts as a second brain for video ideas; resources can be embedded for reference
- “Weekly Schedule” and “Monthly Calendar” to track work and content publishing schedules at a glance