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Set it in Studio upload > Details > Audience > Show more > Collaboration > Invite a collaborator. Discovery: \"Our goal is to recommend the video to the audiences of both the collaborators and the channel where the video was posted\", with the caveat that changes in search or recommendations may not be noticeable at first - YouTube publishes no effect size. Revenue: the posting channel receives all earned revenue; \"Revenue is not split between collaborators\" - so revenue sharing must be agreed off-platform (contract or invoice), and alternating upload host across a series is one way to balance it (inference). 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