Subscribe to channels

YouTube Gaming subscriptions are now shared with YouTube as of July 2018. Learn more here.

Y'all can subscribe to channels you lot like to meet more than content from those channels. You can find a Subscribe button nether whatever YouTube video or on a channel'south page. One time you lot subscribe to a channel, any new videos it publishes will show up in your Subscriptions feed.

You lot may likewise start getting notifications when a aqueduct yous subscribe to publishes new content. Past default, we'll only send you the highlights from the channel. Acquire how to manage your notifications.

Getting started | How to subscribe to a YouTube channel and why

Subscribe to a channel

  1. Open the YouTube app or go to g.youtube.com.
  2. Sign in to YouTube.
  3. If you're on the Home tab:
    • Below the video whose channel you want to subscribe to, tap the channel icon.
    • Tap Subscribe.
  4. If yous're watching a video whose channel you lot want to subscribe to:
    • Beneath the video, tap Subscribe.

In one case y'all subscribe to a channel, you'll come across a list of recommended channels on your screen. These are based on related channels that you're not already subscribed to. You lot tin can always view a channel's content earlier subscribing.

When yous'll go notifications

When you lot subscribe to a aqueduct we'll automatically but send you notifications nigh the highlights from that channel. You tin can opt to get a notification every time the channel publishes content by changing your notification settings.

Notation that if you unsubscribe and and so re-subscribe to a aqueduct, your notification settings will be reset.

Notation: You lot won't go notifications if a channel'southward audience is set as fabricated for kids.

Unsubscribe to a channel

  1. Sign in to YouTube.
  2. Go to a video whose channel yous desire to unsubscribe to.
  3. Under the video player, tap Subscribed and then  Unsubscribe.
  4. At the bottom of the screen, you'll get a notification confirming you lot've unsubscribed.

Manage your subscriptions

Find channels to subscribe to

YouTube surfaces videos and channels we think you'll like on the Home tab  and afterward you watch a video. We recommend these videos based on what you've watched and what is trending.

If you don't similar what we recommend, you can permit us know that you're not interested.

  • Browse by category: If you want to encounter channels about a particular subject field, become to Browse channels to run across popular channels beyond dissimilar categories.
  • Practice a search: Try searching your interests on YouTube. You can then use a filter on your search results to bear witness channels relevant to what you lot searched.

See your subscriptions

When you subscribe to a channel, you'll run into new videos in your Subscriptions tab . The Home tab  also shows videos from your subscriptions, along with recommendations for channels or videos that yous may be interested in.

To get to your Subscriptions, follow these instructions:

  1. Open the YouTube app.
  2. Sign in to YouTube.
  3. Tap the Subscriptions tab .

You can see a listing of your channels by tapping All, and filter your results using the drop-downward arrow at the meridian.

When a channel yous subscribe to has new content, you lot'll see a dot next to the channel proper noun. If a channel you subscribe to is live streaming content, you'll run across the word "Live" next to the aqueduct name.

Troubleshoot a problem with your subscriptions

Subscription limits

If you see an error message that says "Too many subscriptions," you've reached your subscription limit. You can only subscribe to 75 channels per day.

In general, y'all tin can subscribe to a maximum of 2,000 channels. Even so, your subscription limit grows as your YouTube channel does — it's tied to the number of subscribers your channel has or how long your account has existed, then your verbal limits may change over fourth dimension.

Nosotros recommend capping your account to 5,000 channel subscriptions to make sure the subscriptions feed and channel list give the best experience.

3rd-party extensions subscribing you to channels without your permission

If you see notifications for videos and channels that you didn't subscribe to, or content that you lot unsubscribed from, information technology might exist due to a browser extension subscribing you without your permission. Learn more than about how to control browser extensions.

Difference betwixt Notifications and Subscriptions Feed

Subscriptions feed, bachelor on both mobile and a calculator, will show all recently uploaded videos from your subscriptions.

Notifications tell y'all when at that place are new videos and updates from your subscriptions. We'll ship emails, notifications on mobile, or inbox notifications on your computer. When you subscribe to a channel, you'll automatically get personalized notifications with highlights of activity.

To become all notifications from a subscribed aqueduct, tap the Notification bell . The bell will then alter to a ringing bell to bespeak that y'all've selected all notifications.

You won't get notifications if a aqueduct'southward audience is set as fabricated for kids. The notification bell will also exist set to no notifications . Y'all won't be able to change this setting.

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