PRO TIP
The best collaborations happen when creators have shared values, interests, or audiences—and when both sides get to shine.
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Engage your community
Connect with YouTube's deeply engaged audience to turn casual watchers into loyal fans. Discover ways to spark conversation, team up with creators, and build a community people love.
Keep the conversation going
The more you engage with your audience, the more they’ll engage with you. Explore ways to connect more deeply and keep the community thriving.
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Make your community official
Enable the Communities feature on your channel to set up a dedicated space where your subscribers can connect.
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Engage with posts
Create a post to connect and interact with your viewers using polls, quizzes, GIFs, and images.
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Respond to comments
Let fans know you’re paying attention by answering questions and responding to feedback. You can even show a little extra love with a heart, or pin your favorite comments.
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Interact on Live
Use Live chats, polls, or Q&As during livestreams to make your streams more engaging and connect more deeply in real time.
Grow faster, together with Collaborations
Collaborating with other creators is not just fun, it’s a proven way to reach new viewers and add fresh creative energy to your channel.
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Create a joint video or series
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Swap shoutouts or guest appearances
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Cross-promote each other’s content
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Co-host livestreams, Q&As, or tutorials
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Join trending challenges or community moments
Why creators love Collaborations
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- Reach new audiences: Your video can surface to viewers across all collaborators’ channels.
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- Boost discoverability: Get introduced to new, already-engaged communities who are more likely to watch
and subscribe.
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- Spark creative energy: Collaborating brings fresh ideas and inspiration to feed your creativity.
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Why creators love Collaborations
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- Reach new audiences: Your video can surface to viewers across all collaborators’ channels.
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- Boost discoverability: Get introduced to new, already-engaged communities who are more likely to watch
and subscribe.
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- Spark creative energy: Collaborating brings fresh ideas and inspiration to feed your creativity.
PRO TIP
The best collaborations happen when creators have shared values, interests, or audiences—and when both sides get to shine.
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Manage interactions
to protect the vibe
YouTube removes comments that break our Community Guidelines, but you’ve got extra tools to help keep your corner of the internet safe and full of good energy.
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YouTube tools to help you set the tone
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Filter comments
Choose from a variety of filters to hold potentially inappropriate comments for review
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Hide users
Hide specific users from your channel if you don’t want them to be able to leave comments
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Pause comments
Turn off or pause comments on your video if you need to take a break
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Create guidelines
Set channel guidelines to let audience know your preferences for how they engage in your comments
YouTube tools to help you set the tone
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Filter comments
Choose from a variety of filters to hold potentially inappropriate comments for review
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Hide users
Hide specific users from your channel if you don’t want them to be able to leave comments
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Pause comments
Turn off or pause comments on your video if you need to take a break
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Create guidelines
Set channel guidelines to let audience know your preferences for how they engage in your comments
Frequently asked questions
YouTube removes comments that break our Community Guidelines, but you’ve got extra tools to help protect your channel. You can change your comment settings, filter and pause comments, hide users, or even create channel guidelines where available.
Holding comments
When you choose to turn comments On, you'll also have the option to choose if they'll be held. You can tap the Comment moderation drop-down to view your options:
- None: Don't hold any comments.
- Basic: Hold potentially inappropriate comments.
- Strict: Hold a broader range of potentially inappropriate comments.
- Hold all: Hold all comments.
Communities are a dedicated space for you and your audience to connect with each other right from your channel. In your Community, your subscribers can start discussions about your videos, share pictures, start polls and take part in other activities that create more engagement around your videos.
Writing a post
Once you've turned on your Community, you can write a welcome post for your subscribers.
- On your computer, go to your channel page.
- Click Visit Community.
- In the box at the top, write your welcome post, add images, or create a poll.
- Click Post.
Collaborations on YouTube let you invite up to five creators to be added as collaborators in your video. Viewers can see collaborations on desktop, mobile, and TV.
You can invite collaborators to both long-form videos and Shorts. You can invite collaborators to an archived live stream, but not active live streams.

To invite a collaborator:
- Sign in to YouTube Studio.
- At the top right, click Create and then Upload videos.
- Click Select files or drag and drop video files to upload your video.
- In the Details section under Audience, click Show more.
- Under Collaboration, click Invite a collaborator.
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