Sam McCraw
If you’re looking to create a logo for your YouTube channel you might have a few questions such as, what logo maker should I use? And is it possible to create a great-looking logo completely for free?
Luckily enough for you, we’re about to answer both those questions. We’ve put together a list of the best free YouTube logo makers to make it easy for you.
Some of the other lists we’ve seen online list logo makers as ‘free’ but in reality some of the tools they mention only give a free low-resolution logo file which isn’t worth a whole lot. Each tool on this list provides you with a 100% free logo that can be used for your YouTube channel, website, etc.
We’ve ranked them from strongest to weakest in terms of the final quality and design of the logos and the ease of use and functionality of the tools.
But first, why use a logo maker?
- Reason #1: Get a quality logo for very little money (or for free if you want)
- Reason #2: Create a logo for yourself without needing any design skills
- Reason #3: It’s quick – you can create your logo in a few minutes
You can jump to a specific product if you want:
- Canva
- Fotor
- Brand Crowd
- Adobe Express
- The Hoth Logo Maker
- Jimdo Logo Creator
- Hatchful
- NameCheap Logo Maker
Let’s get to the list…
#1 Canva Logo Maker
You’ve likely heard of Canva and the fact you can create free designs with the tool, but what you maybe didn’t know is that you can create some awesome free logos too!
Their logo maker is fantastic and most definitely one of the best around in terms of the logo quality, including many of the free templates. It’s incredibly easy to use the logo maker with barely any learning curve at all, and it simple to customize many aspects of the logo.
The only downside is that you can’t download logos with a transparent background unless you pay for their pro subscription. But if you don’t need a transparent background for your YouTube channel then you’ll be good to go.
Steps to create your logo:
- Click on ‘Create a design’
- Enter custom dimensions (e.g. 1500x1500px) and click ‘create design’
- Search for ‘logo’ in the search bar
- Choose a template category that fits your niche (e.g. Gaming logos)
- Select a template you like
- Customize it to your liking
- Download it!
Free logos we made with Canva:
Pricing:
- Free (no transparent background unless you get the subscription)
- ‘Free’ with their monthly subscription plan ($13.99 for one month with unlimited downloads of all their premium templates)
What we like:
- Gorgeous templates to start your design from
- Easily find logos in specific categories
- Create something that looks professional in seconds
- Intuitive and easy to learn interface
- Awesome free logos!
Overall, this is a fantastic logo maker and a great option for any YouTuber.
#2 Fotor Logo Maker
Fotor is an online design tool where users can create all sorts – social media posts, YouTube templates for your channel, and much more. They’ve added logo templates to the mix, many of which are really high quality.
Similar to Canva, the majority of templates are only available if you have a premium account but there are many gorgeous templates for free, and they can be downloaded as a PNG file and with a transparent background too!
Fotor offers a good number of high-quality and free logo templates you can use to start off your logo design. Customizing all parts of the logo is also super easy!
Steps to create your logo:
- Go to the Fotor design creator home screen
- Click ‘Custom size’ (put in your dimensions e.g. 1500x1500px)
- Search for ‘logo’ in the search bar
- Choose a template or search for one that fits your niche (e.g. food logo)
- Select a template you like
- Customize it to your liking
- Click ‘Save’
- Download it!
Free logos we made with Fotor:
Pricing:
- Free – some of the logo templates are free to customize and download
- ‘Free’ with a Fotor subscription plan ($8.99 for a monthly subscription or $39.99 for an annual with unlimited downloads of all their premium templates)
What we like:
- Gorgeous templates to start your design from
- Customization is super easy
- Very Intuitive interface
- Lots of unique elements to use for your design
- Awesome free logos!
Fotor is a great tool and they’re logo maker is no different. Hopefully, they’ll continue adding more and more quality templates. But, hey, you can get a quality free logo for your YouTube channel so let’s not complain too much.
#3 Brand Crowd Logo Maker
The next logo maker on the list is Brand Crowd. They have thousands of templates to choose from so you are bound to find a style that fits your niche, and the look and feel you’re going for.
Some of the logo templates are completely free, and you can edit them with their tool and you can even download a high res version (1280 x 1024px).
Not all of the free templates are the highest quality design though but there are still plenty of good ones to choose from, and the interface (although not the prettiest) allows you to customize your logo with ease.
Like most of the logo makers tools, the goal is to get you up and running with a logo very quickly and Brand Crowd is the same. The easy interface and customizations will mean you’ll have your logo ready in no time.
Steps to create your logo:
- Enter your brand name (you’ll get initial results based on the words in your brand name)
- Enter a keyword to find logo templates for your niche (e.g. photography)
- Select a free template you like and click ‘edit’
- Customize it to your liking
- Download it!
Free logos we made with Brand Crowd:
Pricing:
- Free (With the free templates you can download a 1280 x 1024px PNG)
- Standard logo pack: $45
- Premium logo plan: $25 p/month (You get logo files and access to other templates and features)
What we like:
- Easily find logos in specific categories
- Create something that looks professional very quickly
- Intuitive and easy to learn interface
- You can easily edit all parts of the logo
- Some good quality 100% free logos!
For any YouTubers, Brand Crowd is another good logo maker to use.
#4 Adobe Express
With Adobe you always expect high quality, and luckily Adobe Express, the company’s first steps into the DIY design space, keeps to their high standards.
Like all the other tools before on this list, it has much more to offer than logo templates. But we’ll focus on the logo maker and logo templates for today.
One of the best features of the tool is that there are plenty of templates to start your designs off with no matter what the niche your YouTube channel focuses on. This includes the free templates too.
The process of customizing the logo is very straightforward, there’s really no learning curve to it. It’s super simple to pick a logo template and dive right in. You’ll have your perfect logo in no time.
Steps to create your logo:
- Go to your Express account home screen
- Click on ‘Create New Project’ (put in your dimensions e.g. 1500x1500px)
- Search for ‘logo’ in the search bar
- Select a free template you like and click ‘create’
- Customize it to your liking (remember to click ‘remove’ on the watermark)
- Download it!
Free logos we made with Adobe Express:
Pricing:
- Free (PNG file)
- ‘Free’ with their monthly subscription plan ($9.99 for one month with unlimited downloads of all their premium templates)
What we like:
- Gorgeous Templates to start your design from
- You can quickly create a professional-looking design
- The interface is very easy to navigate
- Awesome free logos! And you can download them with a transparent background (and no watermark!)
Yet another incredible logo maker, and another way for YouTubers to grab themselves a free (and very high quality) logo. What are you waiting for?
#5 The Hoth Logo Maker
This logo maker from The Hoth is so simple, anyone can use it! The interface is also super slick (especially for a free logo maker) and it’s very easy to select and edit all the different elements of the logo.
You can change sizes, shapes, colours, and really customize most elements of the logo to fit the look you’re going for with your YouTube channel, you’ll quickly have something that’s unique to you.
When you download the logo, The Hoth sends you logo files via email, and what’s really cool is that you get several files (PNG, JPG, etc.) and if you have some design skills you can use the EPS file they send you to do more customizations in photoshop.
Steps to create your logo:
- Go to the logo maker
- Add text, symbols, shapes, etc.
- Customize to your liking
- When you’re happy click save and download
- Download it! (They send the files to your email address)
Free logos we made with The Hoth Logo Maker:
Pricing:
- Free (630x380px PNG + eps file)
What we like:
- Easily find graphics for your niche
- Create something that looks professional very quickly
- You can quickly preview the text fonts
- You can easily edit all parts of the logo
- A quality and 100% free logo!
The logo file size is unfortunately not the biggest but overall the quality of free logo designs you can design gives the Hoth logo maker its place on the list.
#6 Jimdo Logo Creator
This completely free logo maker is brought to you by Jimdo, a website builder targeted at people who want to build a website but have no web design experience. To encourage people to use their service they’ve released their own logo maker.
The good news for any YouTubers out there looking to save a few pennies is that it’s 100% free, you don’t need to signup for a paid Jimdo account. You can simply create a free Jimdo profile, make your logo, download it, and be on your way.
The tool is very easy to use and is very much beginner-friendly. In a few minutes (and clicks), you’ll have a good looking logo!
Overall, the design quality of the logos isn’t as good as the other tools above Jimdo on this list. It is a completely free service though, and the quality is still pretty good. So, whatever your YouTube niche you’ll likely find a few good logo options.
Steps to create your logo:
- Click ‘Create Logo’
- Type in your business name
- Select your niche (you can search for it e.g. “Photography”)
- Choose one of the logo options as your “Starting Point”
- Customize to your liking (icon, colours, font, layout, etc.)
- Download it! (the files get downloaded in your browser)
Free logos we made with Jimdo:
Pricing:
- Free (Logo file: 1500x267px PNG + a bunch of extra files)
What we like:
- Create something that looks professional in no time
- Intuitive and easy to learn interface
- You can easily edit most elements of the logo
- Some good quality 100% free logos!
It’s doesn’t produce the best quality logo designs in the world but for those YouTubers looking to save their budget, it is possible to craft a decent logo with the tool.
#7 Hatchful from Shopify
This simple and 100% free logo maker brought to you by Shopify is great for any YouTuber who needs a free logo design, and quick. Its interface is really well designed and super easy to use, in a few clicks you’ll have plenty of cool logo options to choose.
In our opinion, the design quality of the logos isn’t as good as some of the other tools on this list. However, for a completely free service, the quality is good enough, and you can easily find logo templates to cover whatever niche your YouTube channel focuses on.
Steps to create your logo:
- Click ‘get started’
- Choose your business space (niche)
- Select up to 3 favorite logo styles (e.g. bold, creative, etc.)
- Enter in your brand name (and slogan if applicable)
- Select where your logo will be used (e.g. website, social media, etc.)
- Pick one of the logo templates
- Customize to your liking
- Download it! (the files get sent to your email address)
Free logos we made with Hatchful:
Pricing:
- Free (Logo file: 1200x1200px PNG + a bunch of extra files)
- Premium logo templates also available
What we like:
- Easily find logos in specific categories
- Create something that looks professional very quickly
- Intuitive and easy to learn interface
- You can easily edit all parts of the logo
- Some good quality 100% free logos!
It’s doesn’t produce the best quality logo designs in the world but for those YouTubers looking to save their budget, it is possible to craft a decent logo with the tool.
#8 NameCheap Logo Maker
Last up we have Namecheaps’s logo maker which, in our opinion, produced the worst-looking logo out of all the tools on the list. However, you can still produce some decent quality logos, and again they’re 100% free.
The biggest plus for this logo maker is the fact that the interface is super simple, within a few clicks you’ll have a logo ready. You can also do some basic customizations but overall it is quite limited.
After you download the logo files you get a few different file types including PNG and SVG file versions.
Steps to create your logo:
- Click ‘Create your logo’
- Enter your brand name and slogan (if you want)
- Pick 6 font styles you like
- Pick a colour scheme you like
- Pick 3 icons you like
- Choose one of the suggested designs
- Customize it to your liking
- Download it!
Free logos we made with Namecheap:
Pricing:
- Free (1000x1000px PNG + vector file + other extra files)
What we like:
- Easily find logos in specific categories
- Create something that looks professional very quickly
- Intuitive and easy to learn interface
- You can easily edit all parts of the logo
- Some good quality 100% free logos!
As previously mentioned, the quality of the logo is far from the greatest, even in this list of free logo makers. However, if you’re looking for something really basic (and free) it could just be what you’re after.
To conclude…
If you really don’t have any money to spend on logo design and you’re happy starting to start your logo design from templates that are free for everyone then the tools on this list definitely fit the bill.
Being free online logo makers, these tools obviously can’t give you all the customization options you’re probably after but that being said you can produce some really great logo designs and make them unique to your YouTube channel (and brand) with customization options available.
We hope you enjoy creating and wish you the best of luck with your YouTube channel! Oh, and if you have any questions, comments, or have suggestions for other awesome logo makers, leave a comment below!
