YouTube launched Hype, a fan-driven feature that lets viewers boost videos from creators with fewer than 500,000 subscribers. Fans can hype up to three videos per week, awarding points that help videos rise on a new ranked leaderboard in the Explore menu. Smaller creators receive larger boosts to make hyping fair. Hyped videos display a "hyped" badge and can be filtered in the Home feed. Fans receive notifications when hyped videos near the leaderboard and can earn a monthly "hype star" badge. YouTube plans paid hype options, interest-specific leaderboards, and Studio tools showing hype analytics and recaps.
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'll get a bigger bonus when fans hype their video.
Videos that have received this fan boost will display a "hyped" badge, and users can also filter their Home feed on YouTube to see only videos with the new "hyped" category. When a video they've 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 "hype star" badge every month, as well.
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