WHAT CHANGES ARE BEING MADE TO ELIGIBILITY?
Today, millions of creators use Community posts to build deeper connections with their audience in-between uploads through different content types like polls, images, GIFs and more.
Starting October 12th 2021, YouTube will be lowering the eligibility for Community posts from channels with 1,000 subscribers to all channels with over 500 subscribers. For channels under 500 subscribers, YouTube is working to bring Community posts to you in the future.
IMPORTANT: It may take up to 1 week to see the option to create Community posts after your channel passes 500 subscribers.
ARE THERE ANY NEW FEATURES?
YouTube has added a number of new features have been added to the community posts experience over the last 12 months, such as post metrics in analytics, post scheduling and posts with multiple images (on iOS & Android)
WILL THIS BE REPLACING DISCUSSION?
Posts on the Community tab were designed to replace the Discussion tab, an older feature that lets creators post text updates to viewers. Now that more creators will have access to the Community tab, YouTube is removing the Discussion tab for all channels on October 12, 2021.
Until October 12, 2021, you can still access the Discussion tab from the channel page on Desktop. If you don’t yet have access to Community posts you can use Comments on your videos to engage your viewers.