Creator Awards are given at YouTube's sole discretion and we only recognize creators that have played by the rules. Channels are subject to review before awards are issued. That means rewarding creators that keep their accounts in good standing without copyright strikes, community guideline violations, or artificially increased subscriber counts, among other criteria.

If your channel's eligibility is approved, you'll get a notification on your Creator Studio within one week of passing a Creator Awards milestone. The notification will include a unique redemption code that you'll need to enter on our redemption portal. Once there, all you need to do is fill out your channel name and shipping information.

Once you've submitted all of your information, we'll begin handcrafting your Creator Award. Depending on where you live, it takes us 2-3 weeks to build and ship your award. You'll want to use this time to figure out where to hang it.