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YouTube Creator Awards, commonly known as YouTube Play Buttons or YouTube Plaques, are a series of awards from the American video platform YouTube that aim to recognize its most popular channels. They are based on a channel's subscriber count but are offered at the sole discretion of YouTube. Each channel is reviewed before an award is issued, to ensure that the channel follows the YouTube community guidelines.[1] YouTube reserves the right to refuse to hand out a Creator Award, which it has done for channels featuring horror or extremist political content.[2][3]
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| YouTube Creator Awards | |
|---|---|
A 100,000 subscriber award gifted to MixMorris | |
| Awarded for | Achieving a subscriber milestone on YouTube |
| Country | Worldwide |
| Presented by | YouTube |
| First awarded | June 28, 2012 |
| Website | www |
When a YouTube channel reaches a specific milestone and is deemed eligible for a YouTube Creator Reward,[1] they are awarded a relatively flat trophy in a metal casing with a YouTube play button symbol. The trophies are of different sizes: each button and plaque gets progressively bigger with the channel's subscriber count.[4] The Gold Creator Award was introduced at VidCon 2012,[5] alongside the Silver Creator Award at VidCon 2013[6] and the Diamond Creator Award at VidCon 2015.[7] The Creator Awards are made by the New York firm Society Awards.[8]
Prior to March 2021, YouTube featured three additional benefit levels. These are not eligible for Creator Rewards, but they do offer several preliminary benefits:
There are currently three regular Creator Awards tiers,[1] plus a fourth and fifth that have been awarded a few times:
Awarded to the channels that reach or surpass 100,000 subscribers. The old version was made of nickel-plated cupronickel alloy.[15] The new version (as of March 1, 2017) is 92% nickel, 5% carbon and 2.5% zinc, with traces of other metals.[16] In March 2018, the look of the Silver Play Button was updated from a metal button housed within a window box with the channel's name printed on the front glass pane to a cleaner-looking flat designed metal plaque award featuring the channel's name embossed on it.[17][18] Channels at this level are also eligible to apply for a digital verification badge.[19]
Awarded to the channels that reach or surpass 1,000,000 subscribers. It is made of gold plated brass.[15] In March 2018, the look of the Gold Play Button was updated from a metal button housed within a window box with the channel's name printed on the front glass pane to a cleaner-looking flat designed metal plaque award featuring the channel's name embossed on it.[17][20][21]
Awarded to channels that reach or surpass 10 million subscribers. It is made of silver-plated metal inset with a large piece of colorless crystal in the shape of a play button triangle.[22][23] When introduced during VidCon 2015, 35 channels qualified for the award.[24] As of March 23, 2024, there are 995 channels that have reached this level.[25]
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Formerly awarded to channels that reach or surpass 50 million subscribers. Since September 1, 2020, it is the sole award to be missing from the Creator Awards FAQ.[26] However, it continued to be granted at YouTube's discretion after this date. PewDiePie gave the nickname of Ruby Creator Award to this award, as he received a ruby-colored award in the shape of his channel's logo. The color can vary per creator, however: for example, T-Series received a colorless award, while Blackpink received a black award on top of a pink base. Channels with a hash tag (#) symbol have presented their Custom Creator Award to the public. As of October 17, 2024[update], 18 channels have reached this level:[25]
Awarded to channels that reach or surpass 100 million subscribers. Inspired by the Diamond Creator Award, it features a play button triangle with a large dark red crystal. It was added to the Creator Awards FAQ by September 1, 2020.[26] There are currently ten channels that have reached this level:
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