{"id":9016,"date":"2026-10-21T15:11:46","date_gmt":"2026-10-21T12:11:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeely.ai\/blog\/?p=9016"},"modified":"2026-10-21T22:04:47","modified_gmt":"2026-10-21T19:04:47","slug":"youtube-safe-zones","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeely.ai\/blog\/youtube-safe-zones\/","title":{"rendered":"Master YouTube safe zones without losing text, CTAs or clicks"},"content":{"rendered":"        <div class=\"article-item\">\n\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/zeely.ai\/blog\/youtube-safe-zones\/\" class=\"article-item__img\">\n                <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"397\" src=\"https:\/\/zeely.ai\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/YouTube-safe-zones-1024x635.webp\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-post-image\" alt=\"YouTube safe zones\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zeely.ai\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/YouTube-safe-zones-1024x635.webp 1024w, https:\/\/zeely.ai\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/YouTube-safe-zones-300x186.webp 300w, https:\/\/zeely.ai\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/YouTube-safe-zones-767x476.webp 767w, https:\/\/zeely.ai\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/YouTube-safe-zones.webp 1280w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/>            <\/a>\n\n            <div class=\"article-item-content\">\n                <ul>\n                    \n                                    <\/ul>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/zeely.ai\/blog\/youtube-safe-zones\/\">\n                    <h4>Master YouTube safe zones without losing text, CTAs or clicks<\/h4>\n\n\n                    <p>Your Short can be the perfect 1080 \u00d7 1920 and still lose a caption or CTA behind YouTube\u2019s interface. 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