Start your Community

Communities are a dedicated space for you and your audience to connect with each other right from your channel. In your Community, your subscribers can start discussions about your videos, share pictures, start polls and take part in other activities that create more engagement around your videos. You can choose whether or not you want to make a Community available on your channel.

Note: Viewers must be subscribed to your channel for a minimum amount of time before they can post. You can adjust the period of time in your Content controls settings.

Communities on YouTube

You can start your own Community if:

• You have existing access to posts
• You're over the age of 16 and your channel is not set up as a supervised experience
• Your audience is not set as Made for Kids
• Your channel is not a Vevo channel

Turn on your Community

1. In the YouTube app, go to your channel page.
2. From the top menu, tap Posts.
3. Tap Turn on my Community. A 'Get started' banner will appear.
4. From the banner, tap Visit Community to finish turning on your Community.

Write a welcome post for your Community

Once you've turned on your Community, you can write a welcome post for your subscribers.

1. In the YouTube app, go to your channel page.
2. Tap Visit Community.
3. Tap Start a post.
4. Write your welcome post.
5. Tap Post.

Share a post from your Community

You can share a link to a Community post.

1. Sign in to the YouTube app.
2. On your channel page, tap Visit Community.
3. Go to a post that you'd like to share, and tap Share .
4. Select one of the following actions:

• Choose an app to share the link.
• Tap Copy link.
• Tap Repost on YouTube.

​Share a link to your Community

​You can share a link to your Community so that audiences can find it more easily.

1. Sign in to the YouTube app.
2. On your channel page, tap Visit Community.
3. At the top right, tap More Share .
4. Select one of the following actions:

• Choose an app to share the link.
• Tap Copy link.
• Tap Quick Share.
• Tap QR code to share to nearby devices.

After starting your Community, check out these articles for how to engage with and moderate posts in your Community:

• Engage with your Community
• Moderate your Community
• Set your channel guidelines