Most of us think of YouTube captions as an accessibility feature for those who are deaf or hard of hearing. However, studies show that 80% of people who use captions for very different reasons that actually lead to increased audience engagement, higher audience retention, more YouTube likes, comments, and more!
I talked with Tole Khesin of Captions For YouTube about why that is and how we can take advantage of YouTube captions for our own videos.
I wish there was an easy way to create video captions but the truth of the matter is that it takes work - unless you want to pay someone.
I did find a trick to make it easier to do. You can follow the instructions in this video How to Edit YouTube Video Captions