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YouTube\u2019s \u201cHype\u201d feature, which allows fans to help their favorite creators get discovered, is rolling out globally, the company announced<\/a> Tuesday. First introduced<\/a> at Google\u2019s Made on YouTube event in 2024, the feature \u2014 a dedicated button that appears below the existing \u201clike\u201d button \u2014 will become available on videos from creators with fewer than 500,000 subscribers.<\/p>\n

The feature is now available across 39 countries<\/a>, including the U.S., U.K., Japan, Korea, Indonesia, and India.<\/p>\n

Viewers have the opportunity to hype up to three videos per week for a favorite creator. This gives the video points, which helps it gain traction on a new, ranked leaderboard that YouTube users can find in the Explore menu. To make hyping fair, YouTube says it will give smaller creators a bigger boost. That means if a creator has fewer subscribers, they\u2019ll get a bigger bonus when fans hype their video. <\/p>\n

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Videos that have received this fan boost will display a \u201chyped\u201d badge, and users can also filter their Home feed on YouTube to see only videos with the new \u201chyped\u201d category. When a video they\u2019ve hyped is getting close to the leaderboard, YouTube will notify the users who helped hype it. Dedicated fans can show their support by earning a new \u201chype star\u201d badge every month, as well.<\/p>\n

YouTube said it introduced Hype because it saw that passionate fans wanted to be a part of a creator\u2019s success story. However, the addition will also offer YouTube a new revenue stream as the company said it plans to let fans purchase more \u201chypes\u201d to help boost their favorite videos in the future.<\/p>\n

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In the near term, YouTube is also developing hype leaderboards for specific interests, like gaming and style, and a way for fans to share that they\u2019ve just hyped a video. <\/p>\n

Creators can track their hypes and hype points in the YouTube Studio mobile app, and they can check their video analytics for a new Hype card and recap in their weekly data stories.<\/p>\n

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