Promoted Videos crosses the Pacific Ocean: now live in Japan and Australia

Promoted Videos is one of the easiest and most effective ways for you to increase views of your videos on YouTube. Two weeks ago, this became an even bigger opportunity for content creators when we expanded the program beyond the United States and launched in seven countries in North America and Europe. Today we're excited to finally make Promoted Videos available in both Japan and Australia.

This is great for content creators in Japan and Australia -- who will now be able to drive views of their videos in-country -- but it also makes it possible for our existing Promoted Videos advertisers to get their content in front of a truly global audience. Anyone who runs a Promoted Videos campaign can choose to have their video promoted in any (or all) of these ten countries. Does your band have a new music video and you're interested in building an international following? Do you want to demo a new product to users in your business' most important markets? Promoted Videos is flexible enough to help you increase views of your videos worldwide in all sorts of useful ways.

For more information on this latest expansion, check out our new videos in both Japanese and, um, Australian, below.





Posted by Hiroto Tokusei, Senior Product Manager, and Eiji Kasutani, Product Specialist