What's the Best Bitrate for the Best Video Quality on YouTube? (1080p, 1440p, 4K)

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This video shows you how to get the best video quality on YouTube using the best bitrate at 1080p, 1440p, and 4K. Updated version: https://youtu.be/LT7ymi5Ajgo I discuss the influence of different bitrates on the perceptual video quality of YouTube videos based on clips from Call of Duty: Modern Warfare Warzone and Counter Strike: Global Offensive. This analysis is based on render clips of varying bitrates at different resolutions (1080p, 1440p, and 4K). Using the perceptual video quality assessment algorithm VMAF developed by Netflix, I was able to compute quality metrics for each video re-encoded by YouTube. Based on these computations, I found the following cut-off bitrates, after which increasing the bitrate only insignificantly improved visual quality on YouTube further: 4K: 80-100 Megabit/second 1440p: 60 Megabit/second 1080p: 40 Megabit/second While these are what I would consider the "best" bitrates that you can choose, I didn't find that the perceptual quality would ever decrease when further increasing the bitrate, so the only actual limit on bitrate and final visual quality is really your internet connection and disk space! Drop a like and subscribe if you enjoy these in-depth analysis videos! What is VMAF? https://netflixtechblog.com/vmaf-the-journey-continues-44b51ee9ed12 Ultimate Bitrate Comparison Excel: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vECo8BTb22azJQBnEen1us-xQc-4cqf9eW1ehBWR6xo Thumbnail image: https://www.flickr.com/photos/rsusanto/8070490923/ Timeline: 00:00 How to get the best video quality on YouTube 00:56 Caveat 01:29 Summary of results 02:51 Testing methodology 04:27 Best bitrate at 1080p 06:07 Best bitrate at 1440p 07:06 Best bitrate at 4K 07:36 What about CRF? 08:05 YouTube file size and bitrate 09:05 Encoding 1440p to 1080p 10:22 Encoding 4K to lower resolution 11:14 Conclusions 💻 Gaming Setup: https://amzn.to/2E67AUG 📷 Production Gear: https://amzn.to/2VhbShO 🎵 Production Music courtesy of Epidemic Sound: http://www.epidemicsound.com 📝 Blog: https://techguides.yt 🐦 Twitter: https://twitter.com/techguidesyt 📺 Twitch: http://www.twitch.tv/speedbre4ker 🎧 Discord: https://discord.gg/tV4JVF2 #BestBitrate #YouTube #TechGuides