Help your favorite up-and-coming creators in the YouTube Partner Program (those with 500—500,000 subscribers) get more views and reach new fans by hyping their new long-form videos up to 3 times each week at no cost. When you hype a video, you give the video points. YouTube automatically applies bonus points to the videos you hype based on the creator’s subscriber count. The fewer subscribers a creator has, the more bonus points are applied when you hype.
Videos with the most points are added to a new leaderboard that shows the most-hyped videos over the last week. With the point bonus based on a creator’s subscriber count, eligible creators of various sizes have the chance to reach the top of the leaderboard. The leaderboard is not personalised, and will display the same list of videos to all viewers in the same country so you can discover fresh content that people near you have endorsed with a hype.
Availability & eligibility
Hype at no cost is available in these locations.
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Australia
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Austria
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Belgium
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Brazil
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Bulgaria
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Canada
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Croatia
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Cyprus
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Czechia
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Denmark
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Estonia
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Finland
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France
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Germany
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Greece
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Hungary
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India
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Indonesia
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Ireland
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Italy
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Japan
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Korea
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Latvia
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Lithuania
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Luxembourg
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Malta
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Mexico
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Netherlands
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Poland
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Portugal
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Romania
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Slovakia
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Slovenia
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Spain
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Sweden
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Taiwan
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Turkey
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United Kingdom
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United States
Eligibility
You can only hype long-form videos, uploaded within the last 7 days, from creators with 500 to 500,000 subscribers. All content must comply with YouTube’s Terms of Service and Community Guidelines.
Hype at no cost
If you're in one of the available countries, you can hype three times each week. If you choose, you can hype the same video three times or hype different videos.
On Monday mornings (12:00 a.m. local time), we'll refresh your ability to hype. For example, if it's Sunday evening and you hyped twice over the past week, at midnight on Monday you can now hype three times throughout the week.
Earn a badge by hyping
You can earn a Hype Star Badge for a channel for being one of the viewers that hyped that channel the most often in a given month. Viewers can share the badge by saving the image, share with other apps, or post on the Posts tab of their channel page. You can learn more about YouTube badges here.
Pay to hype
If you're in one of the available countries, you can pay to hype as many times as you wish on the same video. However, depending on your country/region, the daily and weekly purchase limit will vary.
Hype a video
- Open the YouTube mobile app.
- Find and view a video from an eligible creator that was uploaded within the last 7 days.
- Swipe left on the comment preview carousel until the option to hype the video surfaces, or tap
and the carousel will change to show the option to hype.
- Tap Hype
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- On the card, select the number of points you would like to send. YouTube automatically updates the number of points your hype is worth based on the creator's subscriber count.
- Hype at no cost: Select the number point
Hype.
- Pay to hype: Select the number of points
- Hype at no cost: Select the number point
and the carousel will change to show the option to hype.FAQs
I accidentally hyped a video. Can I undo it?
Will the creator know I hyped their video?
Why can’t I hype a video?
If you can’t hype a video, here are some reasons why:
- You’re not eligible because you’re not based in any of the locations where Hype is available.
- You’re not logged in.
- You’re not using the latest version of the YouTube app on a mobile device.