Subscriber: meaning and how it works

A subscriber is a viewer who chose to follow a YouTube channel to see its new videos.

The standard monetisation path needs 1,000 subscribers. See the requirements.

How it works in practice

Subscribers get notifications and see your uploads in their feed, but not all of them watch every video. Subscriber count is a trust number and a monetisation threshold.

Example

Example: a channel with 1,200 subscribers and 300 views per video is healthier than 10,000 subscribers and 40 views.