Important: This feature is only available in certain countries at this time.
Hype is designed for up-and-coming creators in the YouTube Partner Program with 500–500,000 subscribers. If you no longer have access to hype, your subscriber count has grown beyond this range or your channel is no longer in the YPP program.
Your viewers can hype your videos to show their excitement for your content and help your channel get discovered by new audiences. Learn how to manage your hyped videos.
How does hyping a video work?
1. Upload a video
For the first 7 days after you’ve published a video, viewers will see the option to hype. When a video is hyped, points are immediately applied to the video.
2. Empower your fans
With hype, viewers can rally around your latest upload and let everyone know it’s worth watching. Videos with the most hype points each week appear on a country-specific leaderboard that’s ranked by top hyped videos from the viewers in that country.
3. Watch fans help grow your channel
Along with the top hyped videos being featured on the leaderboard, you may also see them highlighted across YouTube with a special “Hyped” badge 
Eligibility for channels & individual videos
Eligibility for channels
- Channels in the YouTube Partner Program with 500 to 500,000 subscribers are eligible for this feature.
- You live in Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, India, Indonesia, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Mexico, Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Taiwan, Turkey, United Kingdom, and the United States.
Eligibility for individual videos
Content that is not eligible for hype includes, but is not limited to:
- Age-restricted content
- Misleading, clickbait, or sensational content
- Unlisted videos
- Private videos
- Made for kids content
- Videos with Content ID claims
- Videos with YouTube Giving fundraisers
- Live streams or Premieres, while live (available on archived long-form videos afterwards)
- YouTube Shorts
Hype at no cost is available in these locations.
- Australia
- Austria
- Belgium
- Brazil
- Bulgaria
- Canada
- Croatia
- Cyprus
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Estonia
- Finland
- France
- Germany
- Greece
- Hungary
- India
- Indonesia
- Ireland
- Italy
- Japan
- Korea
- Latvia
- Lithuania
- Luxembourg
- Malta
- Mexico
- Netherlands
- Poland
- Portugal
- Romania
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Taiwan
- Turkey
- United Kingdom
- United States
Policies for hype videos
- YouTube Terms of Service
- YouTube Community Guidelines
Additional information
We are gradually rolling out the option to hype a video. As we are developing the functionality, we want the option to hype a video to support content that is appropriate for all audiences. Accordingly, we reserve the right to revise our policies as necessary and to remove the option to hype from channels and remove content that violates our policies from the leaderboard.