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No. YouTube Premium is a subscription to the whole platform, not a channel. It does not allow me to subscribe to channels a la cart. If I only watch one or t

No. YouTube Premium is a subscription to the whole platform, not a channel. It does not allow me to subscribe to channels a la cart. If I only watch one or two channels regularly, my options are to A) buy YouTube Premium, B) watch with ads, C) watch with an ad blocker. I bet YouTube would see more than a few people switch from C to B if they supported per-channel subscriptions. They could bring in even more revenue with subscription tiers that offer trivial rewards like comment flairs, special emojis, or early access to videos. Even if most of the extra revenue from higher tiers goes to the channel instead of the platform, it would still be extra revenue for practically no cost.

paxys 6y ago
YouTube also lets you subscribe to individual channels. Go to some of the popular ones and you'll see a price next to the subscribe button. Channels can choose to publish videos to subscribers only.
- 9nGQluzmnq3M 6y ago
  Got link? I've literally never seen these. (Or maybe I'm just in a geo that doesn't support this?)
  - v7p1Qbt1im 6y ago
    MKBHD‘s channel supports it for example: https://www.youtube.com/user/marquesbrownlee https://www.youtube.com/user/marquesbrownlee You should see a blue „Join“ button next to the sub button. It‘s called channel membership. You need to be in the partner program and have 30‘000 subscribers (1000 for gaming channels) to activate it. https://creatoracademy.youtube.com/page/course/channel-memberships https://creatoracademy.youtube.com/page/course/channel-membe... Edit: depending on what your region is it might not be a thing yet. But if your region supports Premium, I‘m pretty sure memberships are supported as well.
  - astura 6y ago
    https://youtube.com/user/ryukahr https://youtube.com/user/ryukahr There's a "join" button next to the "subscribe" button. You have to be logged in to see it.

paxys 6y ago

YouTube also lets you subscribe to individual channels. Go to some of the popular ones and you'll see a price next to the subscribe button. Channels can choose to publish videos to subscribers only.

9nGQluzmnq3M 6y ago
Got link? I've literally never seen these. (Or maybe I'm just in a geo that doesn't support this?)
- v7p1Qbt1im 6y ago
  MKBHD‘s channel supports it for example: https://www.youtube.com/user/marquesbrownlee https://www.youtube.com/user/marquesbrownlee You should see a blue „Join“ button next to the sub button. It‘s called channel membership. You need to be in the partner program and have 30‘000 subscribers (1000 for gaming channels) to activate it. https://creatoracademy.youtube.com/page/course/channel-memberships https://creatoracademy.youtube.com/page/course/channel-membe... Edit: depending on what your region is it might not be a thing yet. But if your region supports Premium, I‘m pretty sure memberships are supported as well.
- astura 6y ago
  https://youtube.com/user/ryukahr https://youtube.com/user/ryukahr There's a "join" button next to the "subscribe" button. You have to be logged in to see it.