Become a channel member on the main YouTube app and site

Join a participating channel membership on the main YouTube site and app.

1. Visit youtube.com or open the YouTube app.
2. Go to the channel of, or a video uploaded by the creator that you'd like to support and see if they have enabled memberships on their channel.
3. Click or tap Join.
4. Follow the prompts to enter your payment information.
5. Click or tap Buy.

You'll see a welcome announcement once your transaction is complete. When you have an active paid membership, you will be automatically charged at the start of each monthly billing cycle.

When you become a member, you'll gain certain benefits:

• Exclusive public-facing membership badge next to your username in all comments and live chats that you make on the channel that you are a member of
  • On some channels, the badge will reflect how long you have been a member of the channel, either through different coloured default badges or through different badges uploaded by the channel
• If you become a channel member during a live stream on that channel, a bright green 'New Member' message will be sent in live chat and pinned at the top of chat for 5 minutes
• Access to members-only posts on the channel's Community tab (if offered by the channel)
• Access to creator perks that may be offered by the channel from time to time and are subject to change
• Exclusive access to members-only live chat (if offered by the channel)
• Exclusive access to a channel's public-facing custom emoji in live chat (if offered by the channel)
• Slow mode in live chat does not apply to active paid members

By becoming a channel member, your exclusive membership badge will appear in all comments and live chats that you make on that channel.

Creator perks

Channels with memberships enabled on the main YouTube app and site may offer their active paid members access to certain creator perks. You can see them by clicking on the 'Join' button. Access to creator perks may be offered by the channel from time to time and they are subject to change. Creator perks are offered and fulfilled by the channel – YouTube is not responsible for creator perks.

When you have an active paid membership, you'll be automatically charged at the start of each monthly billing cycle. You can view your next billing date and manage your membership at youtube.com/paid_memberships.

Update a channel membership payment

You can change the credit card used for a paid membership in the subscriptions section of your Google Account. Note that you may need to add a new card to your Google Account first.

Cancel a channel membership payment

To cancel a membership at any time, open the membership management screen by clicking 'See perks' on the channel's channel page, or on video watch pages where you see 'See perks'.

You can also cancel your membership at any time by following the steps below on a computer:

1. Visit youtube.com/paid_memberships.
2. Find your membership under Active subscriptions.
3. Click End your membership next to the channel name.
4. Confirm that you'd like to cancel by clicking End membership.

When you cancel a paid channel membership, you will not be charged again unless you reactivate it. You'll continue to receive membership perks until the end of that billing period.

You can reactivate your membership at any time. If you reactivate it during the same billing cycle as the one in which you cancelled it, you will not be charged until that current billing cycle ends.

Learn about YouTube's refund policy for paid subscriptions.

Turn off notifications

If you do not want to know about new members-only posts, you can:

• Opt out of notifications for individual channels that you're a member of.
• Turn off all notifications on your account.

• The feature is not launched on the channel.
• The feature has not been launched in your country.
• This feature will only appear on eligible video watch pages of participating channels. For example, watch pages of videos claimed by certain music partners are not eligible.

Each level has its own price point. Your perks stack up as you go up each level. This means that if you join at the most expensive level, you'll get access to perks at all the lower levels.

What do I get for each level and how do I join?

This varies from channel to channel. You can see the different perks when you click Join.

1. Visit youtube.com or open the YouTube app.
2. Go to the channel of, or a video uploaded by the creator that you'd like to support and see if they have enabled memberships on their channel.
3. Click Join.
4. You'll see the different perks offered. Select the membership level that you want to join at and click the price.
5. Follow the prompts to enter your payment information.
6. Click Buy.

You'll see a welcome announcement once your transaction is complete. When you have an active paid membership, you will be automatically charged at the start of each monthly billing cycle.

I'm already a member. How do I see the different perks available?

Go to the channel page that you've already joined > tap See perks.

How do I change my level?

At the moment, you have to cancel your membership and rejoin the channel at a different level.