Overview

• The feature is live across 39 countries, including the U.S., U.K., India, Japan, Korea, and Indonesia.
• Eligibility applies to videos from creators with fewer than 500,000 subscribers.
• Each user can hype up to three videos per week, with points pushing videos toward a ranked leaderboard in Explore.
• Hyped videos display a badge, users can filter their Home feed and receive progress notifications, and frequent supporters earn a monthly hype star badge.
• Creators get a Hype card and weekly recaps in YouTube Studio, while YouTube tests paid hypes in Brazil and Turkey and develops niche leaderboards and sharing tools.