"Beginners" lol excuse my english
castle king side or queen side for beginers??

One is not necessarily better than the other. It really depends on the opening. What I like on the king side is that you can castle earlier in the game, getting your king to safety (although there's lots of openings where your king isn't really unsafe in the middle for quite a while). What I like on the queen side is (like you said) your active rook. To prevent the back rank mate you can just create space for your king by pushing a pawn. Generally I think even for the queens side castle your king is safer when you go left after castling (not necessarily directly after).
Things to also take into account is where you want to attack. If you want to attack on the king side, castling queen side is good because you can use your pawns in your attack. Castling king side in this situation will 'disable' you since using your pawns will weaken your king.
Another thing is wether you like aggresive games or more passive/defensive games. For aggressive games it's generally a good idea to castle opposite your opponent, whereas same side castling generally is a little more passive.
In the end it all comes down to preference really. Take a look at the opening principles and choose whatever fits your play style best. Even familiarity is important here. If you're more familiar with something the chances of coming out of the opening with a good position are often higher, because you remember (most of) the moves.

One is not necessarily better than the other. It really depends on the opening. What I like on the king side is that you can castle earlier in the game, getting your king to safety (although there's lots of openings where your king isn't really unsafe in the middle for quite a while). What I like on the queen side is (like you said) your active rook. To prevent the back rank mate you can just create space for your king by pushing a pawn. Generally I think even for the queens side castle your king is safer when you go left after castling (not necessarily directly after).
Things to also take into account is where you want to attack. If you want to attack on the king side, castling queen side is good because you can use your pawns in your attack. Castling king side in this situation will 'disable' you since using your pawns will weaken your king.
Another thing is wether you like aggresive games or more passive/defensive games. For aggressive games it's generally a good idea to castle opposite your opponent, whereas same side castling generally is a little more passive.
In the end it all comes down to preference really. Take a look at the opening principles and choose whatever fits your play style best. Even familiarity is important here. If you're more familiar with something the chances of coming out of the opening with a good position are often higher, because you remember (most of) the moves.
thanks a lot . you re right it depends on the situation . I never do this move to bring the king left after a queen side castle because i fear the corridor mate and i keep my precious moves for developpement looool I( l will start considering spend more moves on a more stable position ^^) but i might do it to put the king in more safety ... this brings another question about opposite or same side castle ? My strategy would be to play opposite castle because in the end game the king and pawns go up to try to make a queen so if the attack doesn't face the opponent king it seems easier for me ... the opponent should come across the chessboard to defend and take a few moves (one or two more maybe idk) .
I should better adapt to the situation every game is different .... not easy at all but both seem to be good if well exploited thank yuuu

I agree to the things already said: It is quite a bit of the own preference; queenside castling can be lead to a quicker attack because of the rook on the d-file; it takes normally longer to castle queenside than to castle kingside and you have to move once more to good safety; it´s a question of the actual situation if you castling on the opposite site of the board or on the same side. But I would like to add one more thought. If you go foreward with your knowledge of the game you will at one point start to learn opening theory (not now, I would not recomend it for a player with your rating) and normally the theory includes the side, you have to castle if you want to follow the theory (which is mostly a good idea). Then the question will get dispensible, because the side will be totally clear. I.e. when you play the pirc: 1. e4 d6 2. d4 g6 3. Nc3 Nf6 4. Nf3 Bg7 and it is already clear that it doesn´t make any sense to castle queenside, because the way to castle kingside is free and one of the ideas of this opening is to bring your King fast into safety and build some sort of fortress on the kingside. But that will be a topic when you are more advanced in the game.
So have a lot of fun castling

thank you archaja I'll think about it too . as fit macaroni said when we are beginner it's not always essential to put the king in safety immediatly it might wait for a few moves but i might re-think about it quickly do a king side castle and then focus on my game with more safety . And adapt to the actual game which is maybe the hardest part for me now... good day there

Usually, kingside is the best. Usually safe and easily gets the rooks out. But, castling queenside is aggressive, and you should castle there if you want to attack.

Queenside is more aggressive. Both sides can do a pawn storm on the king , basically launching all their pawns at the king and whoever defends better wins. You can do this because you are not worried about weakening the pawns in front of your king as long as your opponent castled on the kingside. You enjoy a more active rook at the cost of a weaker edge pawn which you can easily defend in multiple ways, either knight, bishop or push it up one square.
Typically in most matches, you castle kingside bringing your king out of the dangerous center as quickly as possible.
Make your own judgement, if all your opponents pieces are on one side of the board or your pawns formation is weakened on that side, castle to the opposite side to avoid their attack.
hello Im a beginner i play chess since 2 months . I am confused about castling I often play castle queen side for a few reasons : the rook is quickly place on the queen column , there is no corridor that i fear for checkmate. with king side castle I need another move for the rook on D or E column and another move for an escape way for the king if attacked .And if I exchange queens, I can attack the king while castling too .... but i often watch people playing king side castle ... ok I dont need to move the queen to play king side but i really fear the corridor mate ^^ any suggestions ?? good day thank yuuuuu