How to learn about the new video on any YouTube-channel via RSS

Follow updates on YouTube-channel can be directly from the RSS-Reader. We describe how to implement it and what are the advantages of this method.

Despite the fact that some analysts have for years predicted the imminent death of RSS, a format is still alive. The reason for this, in my opinion, is its unquestionable comfort for users. RSS It is the fastest and most comfortable tool for tracking multiple news sources.

Not everyone knows that with the help of RSS readers can also track updates of their favorite channels on YouTube. Although officially the service does not give out the address of RSS-feed for the channel, nevertheless, to dig deeper in the code, it can be detected. Here's how to do it.

1. Open your homepage channel, Which updates you want to receive RSS.
2. Right-click anywhere and choose the command "View page source."
3. You'll get a page with some gobbledygook. Do not be alarmed. Press the key combination Ctrl + F and search for in the code data-channel-external-id.
   
4. We are interested in the alphanumeric code that follows the sought phrase. In the screenshot it is highlighted in blue. Copy and paste it to the following address:
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   https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml? channel_id =.
5. So we should get a link https://www.youtube.com/feeds/videos.xml? channel_id = UCz9iqx91UzlKg-WbBnlOR2g. That's exactly it, and you want to insert in the RSS-reader to subscribe to the channel update.

That's all. Now you can watch videos directly in the RSS-reader, without visiting each time corresponding to a YouTube page. If you only have one or two favorite channels, it is possible that the special effects you feel. But if there are dozens or even hundreds, then you will save a lot of time.