Manage YouTube Super Chat & Super Stickers for Live Chat

Super Chat and Super Stickers are ways to monetize your channel through the YouTube Partner Program. These features let your viewers purchase live chat messages that stand out and sometimes pin them to the top of a live chat feed. Learn more about eligibility, and how you can turn on this feature.

Note: This feature may not be available with supervised experiences on YouTube. Learn more here.

Super Chat & Super Stickers: Setup and Tips for Using Them

View Purchased Super Chats & Super Stickers

Super Chats & Super Stickers show as colored chat messages and animated images in your live chat feed. When a viewer buys a Super Chat or Super Sticker, their profile picture can stay on top of the live chat feed. The length of time depends on their purchase amount. The more a viewer spends, the longer Super Chats or Super Stickers stay at the top of the chat feed. 

You can view all Super Chat & Super Sticker purchases for the past 30 days in YouTube Studio.

View purchases made during a live stream

If you're streaming with a webcam:

1. Follow Super Chat and Super Sticker activity in your live chat feed.

If you're streaming with an encoder:

1. Open the Live Control Room and go to the relevant live stream.
2. Go to the Viewer Activity tab to view a list of users that have bought Super Chats and Super Stickers during your live stream.

If you're streaming with a mobile device:

1. Tap Chat viewing options  Super Chat to view your paid messages.

View all purchases

1. Use a computer to sign in to YouTube Studio.
2. In the left Menu, select Earn.
3. Select the Supers tab.
4. The newest purchases are displayed in the “Your Super Chat and Super Sticker activity” card. If you want to view all available transaction info, click See all.

Moderate Super Chats & Super Stickers

Super Chat & Super Stickers are automatically available on eligible live streams and Premieres where live chat is turned on. By default, live chat is turned on. Learn how to use live chat. 

You can moderate Super Chats & Super Stickers the same way you moderate Live chat messages. Like everything on YouTube, viewers must follow our Community Guidelines when sending Super Chats and Super Stickers. If a Super Chat or Super Sticker is moderated and removed for violating our policies, YouTube will donate our portion of revenue to charity.
 

Revenue Reporting

You can see revenue reports in the YouTube Analytics  Transaction Revenue Report. You'll get Super Chat & Super Sticker revenue in the same way that you get ads revenue with AdSense.

Revenue Share

Creators receive 70% of Supers revenue that is confirmed by Google. The 70% is calculated after local sales tax and App Store fees on iOS are deducted. Transaction costs, including credit card fees, are currently covered by YouTube. 

Saying "thanks," and other small interactions can help you build your audience quickly with Super Chat.