YouTube Play Button
YouTube Creator Rewards,[1] more commonly known as YouTube Play Buttons,[2] are a recognition by YouTube of its most popular channels. These are distinct from YouTube Awards which are intended to recognize the best quality videos; the YouTube Creator Rewards are based solely on a channel's subscriber count.
There are three levels of rewards:
- The Diamond Play Button, for channels with 10,000,000 subscribers
- The Gold Play Button, for channels with 1,000,000 subscribers
- The Silver Play Button, for channels with 100,000 subscribers
History
At VidCon 2012's Industry Day event, YouTube executive Tim Shey introduced the Gold Play Button, to be awarded to creators who have had their channels surpass one million subscribers.[3] At the time of announcement, 78 channels qualified for the award.[4] In addition, Shey announced that channels with over 100,000 subscribers would receive a $500 gift card and a DSLR camera case.[3][4] Channels with over 100,000 subscribers would later be eligible to receive a Silver Play Button.[1][2]
Three years later, at VidCon 2015, YouTube's VP of Product Management, Matthew Glotzbach announced the introduction of the Diamond Play Button.[5] At the time of this award's introduction, 35 channels qualified.[5]
References
Notes
- Acuna, Kirsten (July 19, 2012). "YouTube Is Rewarding Its Most Popular Users With Gold". Business Insider. Retrieved April 12, 2016.
- Brouwer, Bree (July 24, 2015). "YouTube Gives New Diamond Play Button To Channels With 10 Million Subscribers". Tubefilter. Retrieved April 12, 2016.
- Cohen, Joshua (June 29, 2012). "YouTube Gives 24-Karat Gold 'Play Button' to Channels with 1M+ Subs". Tubefilter. Retrieved April 12, 2016.
- Dillon, Poppy (August 3, 2015). "YouTube Announced Diamond Play Button". TenEighty. Retrieved April 12, 2016.
- "YouTube Creator Rewards". YouTube. Retrieved April 12, 2016.