How to check your YouTube subscriber count in real-time
What's the story
YouTube provides a feature to track subscriber count in real-time, accessible via YouTube Studio app for Android. It gives detailed metrics and insights into a channel's growth over time, and even notifies creators when they reach important milestones. The platform also sends an email and shows a congratulatory animation in YouTube Studio on reaching these milestones.
Process
Accessing subscriber count via YouTube Studio app
To check the real-time subscriber count, creators will have to open the YouTube Studio app and tap on "Analytics" from the bottom menu. Next, they will have to select the "Overview" tab and look for the Realtime card. This card gives more detailed metrics about a channel's performance, including its current number of subscribers.
Display method
Approach to displaying subscriber count
YouTube employs a unique way of showing a channel's subscriber count, which depends on the total number of subscribers. For channels with less than 1,000 subscribers, the count updates for every new subscriber. As the number of subscribers grows, YouTube begins rounding off the count and updating it at bigger intervals. For example, channels with 1,000-9,999 subscribers will see their count update for every 10 new subscribers.
Policy enforcement
Policy on closed accounts and spam subscribers
YouTube has a strict policy against closed accounts and spam subscribers. Closed accounts are those that have been voluntarily closed by the user or terminated by YouTube for violating its policies. Spam subscribers are those gained artificially, like buying them from third-party services. These subscribers are not counted in a channel's total count, keeping the numbers accurate and fair for all users.