How many of you do not know about the existence of the YouTube service? This is a special social network where users do not just upload videos, but create thematic channels, promote and earn money on it. But not everyone has heard that there are special YouTube insignia: a silver button, a gold button, a platinum button, and a diamond button.
Let's stop at the first stage of this "hit parade".
What is the YouTube silver button for?
The reward from YouTube - the "silver button" - is a gift from the administration of the resource. Absolutely every owner of the channel, which has 100,000 subscribers, gets it. In current realities, this is not such a sky-high indicator. Even the more difficult to receive the "golden button" (it is given for 1 million subscribers) has already been awarded more than a dozen times.
From this we can conclude: everyone who has their own channel on YouTube is quite capable of receiving such an award. But this will require a long and painstaking work, increasing public interest. By the way, applicants do not need to specifically register in any programs or apply. The award itself finds the winners. How? Read on.
How to get YouTube silver button?
The YouTube distinctive badge (silver button) is awarded at the annual festival and also mailed. To get into the lucky number you just need to attract more than 100,000 subscribers to your channel and ... wait.
You should not be upset if you already have a treasured hundred, but you have not appeared in the lists of “winners”. Service management collects statistics much earlier than awarding. While the data will be processed, while the award buttons themselves are made (and this is not just a cardboard diploma for you), several months pass.
In addition, any distinguishing sign of YouTube, including the “silver button”, does not give any advantages, nor is it complemented by a cash award or something similar. This is just a reward for the most diligent.
But there is one more important point to consider: YouTube carefully monitors that everything happens honestly. If the owner of the channel is convicted of cheating or any other illegal way to increase the audience, he won’t see the “silver button” (like everyone else, of course).
But what if you worked honestly, you received your treasured hundred quite a long time ago, but still there is no insignia? Then pay attention to your inbox. The fact is that companies engaged in sending gifts from YouTube must confirm the recipient's details. To do this, they send a letter to his email address.
Of course, in our time, rarely anyone will agree to send their passport data (namely, they are needed for confirmation) to outsiders. That's why many “buttons” simply return to the warehouse.
Famous Silver Button Owners
As mentioned above, the “silver button” YouTube has been awarded many times, but the reader will probably be more interested in the “exploits” of compatriots. It’s no secret that in the USA the popularity of video hosting is several times higher, because there owning “silver” is no longer so prestigious.
In Russia, at the moment, more than 40 channels have been awarded the “silver button”. Among them are especially known:
- tutorial channel “TheWikiHow”;
- entertainment channel of Zhorik Revazov;
- Channel of the popular WorldOfTanksCom game and many others.