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.
You can start your own Community if:
- You have existing access to posts
- You're over 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
Learn more about how to moderate your Community.
Note: Enablement of Communities is only available on Mobile Android (except foldable devices) and iOS YouTube app version 19.45 or later. Please update your app to the latest version on mobile if you do not see the option to turn on your Community.
Turn on your Community
- In the YouTube app, go to your channel page.
- Tap Create
.
- Read the info about getting started.
- Turn on My Community.
.Write a welcome post
Once you've turned on your Community, you can write a welcome post for your subscribers.
- In the YouTube app, go to your channel page.
- Tap Community.
- Tap Start a post.
- Write your welcome post.
- Tap Post.