Getting a YouTube Play Button can be a great accomplishment in any YouTuber’s life. Play Button awards are YouTube’s way of recognizing and appreciating the effort that creators put into their videos. To receive a Play Button, your channel has to meet YouTube’s eligibility criteria and comply with their community guidelines. Here’s how you can get your YouTube Play Button.
The different tiers
The Creator Awards program has different awards for passing different subscriber milestones. Each milestone is associated with a play button, which is as follows:
- Silver Play Button for reaching 100k subscribers
- Gold Play Button for reaching 1 million subscribers
- Diamond Play Button for reaching 10 million subscribers
- Red Diamond Play Button for reaching 100 million subscribers
Claiming your Award
As soon as your channel’s subscriber count crosses any of the above milestones, YouTube will have it manually reviewed to make sure that you are eligible for the award. If your channel meets all the eligibility criteria, you should receive a notification on your YouTube Studio dashboard with a redemption code. If you don’t receive your notification within three weeks of reaching the milestone, reach out to the Creator Support team.
Use the redemption code on the Creator Awards redemption website to redeem your Play Button. There, you will have to mention your shipping address and the name you would like to be printed on the award. Once redeemed, the Play Button is customised with your name and then shipped within 2-3 weeks. You will receive an email with tracking info once the award is shipped.
Eligibility criteria
Even after reaching one of the milestones, your channel will still have to meet all of the following eligibility criteria to receive a Play Button. Here are the guidelines that you should meet:
- Your content should be original. Channels with compilations or mixes of someone else’s copyrighted content may not be eligible.
- The channel should not have any community guidelines violation of copyright strikes.
- Your videos should not have any scam or deceptive content.
- Your Google account must be active and your channel should be in compliance with YouTube’s Terms of Service.
- Any monetised content must follow advertiser-friendly content guidelines.
Reaching these high milestones is no easy task, which makes receiving a Play Button a major milestone in any YouTuber’s life. These awards signify the time and hard work put into growing your channel and is sure to adorn your walls for years to come.
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