YouTube Play Button - Wikipedia YouTube Play Button This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 16 April 2018. YouTube Play Buttons, a part of the YouTube Creator Rewards, are a recognition by YouTube of its most popular channels. These are distinct from the YouTube Awards, which are intended to recognize the best quality videos. YouTube Creator Rewards are based on a channel 's subscriber count, but are awarded 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. Awards When a verified YouTuber reaches a specific milestone and is deemed eligible for a Youtube Creator Reward, 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 the more subscribers the channel gets. There are currently three different tiers of rewards, plus a fourth that has been awarded only once : The Silver Play Button, for channels that surpass 100,000 subscribers. The old version was made of nickel - plated cupronickel alloy. The Gold Play Button, for channels that surpass 1,000,000 subscribers. It is made of gold - plated brass. The Diamond Play Button, for channels that surpass 10,000,000 subscribers. It is made of silver - plated metal inset with a large piece of crystal in the shape of a play button triangle. The Ruby Play Button. In December 2016, YouTuber PewDiePie received a ruby trophy as a gift for reaching 50,000,000 subscribers. It was made in the shape of his channel 's logo : a hand giving a `` bro fist '', or a fist bump. It also came with several mini-awards to be gifted to subscribers that had been subscribed the longest and were still active. It is not referenced in the Creators Award page, and it is unknown if such a trophy will be given out to any other YouTuber who surpasses the milestone in the future. 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. References ^ Jump up to : `` YouTube Creator Rewards ''. YouTube. Retrieved April 12, 2016. Jump up ^ `` YouTube Creator Hub ''. YouTube. Retrieved 1 February 2017. ^ Jump up to : `` What is the Gold Play Button REALLY Made Of ? ''. YouTube. Retrieved June 6, 2017. Jump up ^ `` PewdiePie 's video on receiving the award ''. Retrieved 1 May 2017. Jump up ^ `` YouTube Sends PewDiePie Custom Ruby Play Button To Commemorate 50 Million Subscribers ''. TubeFilter. Retrieved 1 May 2017. YouTube History Censorship Copyright issues Social impact Founders Steve Chen Chad Hurley Jawed Karim Channels Personalities Most - subscribed channels Spotlight Original channels YouTube Red ( List of original programs ) YouTube TV Culture and videos Elsagate Play Buttons YouTube Poop YouTube Rewind Vevo Lists Most - viewed videos Most - liked videos Most - disliked videos Most - viewed Vevo videos Multi-channel networks Events Awards CNN / YouTube presidential debates Comedy Week Live Music Awards Orchestra Playlist Live VidCon Related articles API Viacom conflict Viral video YouTube Kids YouTube Music YouTube headquarters shooting This Internet - related article is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=YouTube_Play_Button&oldid=836689421 '' Categories : YouTube Awards established in 2012 Internet stubs Talk About Wikipedia Afrikaans Cebuano Español فارسی Français Português Русский Türkçe Українська 3 more Edit links This page was last edited on 16 April 2018, at 08 : 28. About Wikipedia

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