Why can't I find myself on YouTube?

Your channel won’t show up when you search it if you don’t have any uploads or much activity. At least I think that’s the deal. I know that when I search my channel it comes up but when I search my sister’s it doesn’t show. She has no uploads and really doesn’t use YouTube that much but I have uploaded several videos and am quite active.

It’s like @global_nomad said: you have to do something findable to be found on YouTube.

I have three videos posted and I cant find any of them

I might take a little while for you/your videos to be properly indexed in their search. Check it in an hour or two.

Check back in a day.

I’m still not showing up .

How odd. Any channel with more than two uploads should be indexed and showing up in search results. Does your channel have a fairly unique name? It could just be getting drowned out by other results. You should also make sure you’ve set your channel to be visible. Go to My Channel > Edit Channel > Info and Settings and see if you have the “Make my channel visible on YouTube” box checked. You can get there by signing in and clicking on your account name in the upper right corner. Also, remember that you can go directly to a channel by entering its URL into your address bar. The format is http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=USERNAME.

Yes its fairly unique and my settings make my channel visible. It’s not a matter of me just wanting to find it but having others find it also