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Learn here some easy steps for getting your YouTube channel verified in 2021. <br>Want YouTube grey check mark and YouTube verification badge? Visit https://www.realsubscribers.com/blogs/youtube-verification.html for more details.
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The biggest social proof and feat of legitimacy a creator can achieve on YouTube is getting a grey check next to their name i.e., being YouTube verified.
What is YouTube Verification? YouTube provides a grey checkmark or a grey music note mark to those who apply for becoming a YouTube verified channel and subsequently, get approved. However, channels with the grey check mark or a YouTube verified badge do not get any additional or exclusive benefits or access to features from YouTube.
1. Minimum subscribers A channel should have a minimum of 100,000 subscribers. Content creators also buy YouTube subscribers that real and active users to achieve this number. 2. Authentic content Your YouTube channel should consist of completely authentic content. 3. Complete profile Your channel should be complete, i.e., you should have a channel icon, a banner, complete description, quality content and should be regular with your video uploads.
How to get verified on YouTube without 100k subs? You sometimes might have seen channels with less than 100,000 subscribers with a grey check mark. These are creators or brands who are well known outside the YouTube community i.e., have a legitimacy, have a loyal audience and provide real value to their viewers.
How to apply for a verification badge? If you are wondering how to get verified on YouTube, follow the following steps to successfully apply for a grey checkmark on your YouTube channel: Step 1- Make sure you are logged in from the right Gmail account. Otherwise, you won’t be able to see the “Apply Now” anchor text on the Google Support page. Step 2- Go to Google Support page about YouTube Verification. There you will see “Apply Now”, under Apply for Channel Verification.
Step 3- Click on Apply Now and will get find an application form asking for Channel Name and Channel ID. Step 4- After filling the application form all you have to do is hit the submit button and wait for a few weeks for the verdict. YouTube also sends you a confirmation email.
How to maintain your grey checkmark? Once you get verified on YouTube, it is completely possible that you lose your YouTube verification badge. Below are some of the reasons which could lead to this: Losing Subscribers If you lose subscribers and the total subscribers become less than 100,000, then your verification badge becomes invalid. Violating YouTube Policies If your content violates Terms of Service or Community Guidelines, this will again lead to losing your grey checkmark.
Unethical practices If you succumb to any practices such as spamming that are considered as unethical by YouTube, you will lose your verification badge. Inauthentic Content If YouTube finds that you content is ripped from some other creator or channel or is inauthentic in any manner, your verification badge will be at stake. Changing Channel Name If you change your channel name, your verification badge instantly becomes invalidated. However, you can apply again by following the steps mentioned above.
