{"id":101215,"date":"2024-09-23T17:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-23T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/?p=101215"},"modified":"2024-09-23T16:18:48","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T15:18:48","slug":"youtube-gifts-for-livestreams","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/youtube-gifts-for-livestreams\/","title":{"rendered":"YouTube launches gifts for livestreams"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 style=\"user-select: auto;\"><span style=\"color: #3366ff; user-select: auto;\">Jewels are a new digital currency on YouTube, letting you purchase gifts to support your favorite live streamers.<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>At this year&#8217;s Made on YouTube event, we saw the announcement of gifts powered by Jewels, alongside other new features such as <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/hype-a-new-way-for-small-creators-on-youtube-to-stand-out\/\">Hype<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/youtubes-new-tool-produces-photorealistic-ai-video-in-shorts\/\">AI video tools in Shorts<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/youtube-launch-community-a-hub-for-engagement\/\">Community updates<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/youtube-auto-dubbing-expansion\/\">AI-powered auto-dubbing<\/a> and more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Creators earning revenue on YouTube and live streams aren&#8217;t slowing down on YouTube. According to the video streaming platform, &#8220;tens of thousands of channels have more than doubled their earnings from Fan Funding year over year.&#8221; Also, YouTube says &#8220;Creators earning from live streams uploaded in the US grew over 20% year over year.&#8221; This latest feature addition brings a new ways for fans to show their appreciation to creators, support them and for creators to earning money via livestreams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Made on YouTube | Creator Roundup\" width=\"720\" height=\"405\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PE-i1Pt13F4?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Jewels are a new digital currency on YouTube that can be used to purchase digital gifts to send to creators. They are being launched for vertical livestreams. This real-time engagement tool enables a 2-way connection between creators and fans, with audiences&#8217; gifts showing in the comment stream, while creators are rewarded for their livestream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The examples shown in the video above shows purchasing blocks of between 50 and 4,000 jewels ranging in price from $0.99 to $49.99. Gifts also ranging in value, with such examples between 10 and 250 jewels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gifts powered by Jewels are rolling out in the US on vertical livestreams over the coming months. We&#8217;ve seen very similar fan funding features from other social media platforms, <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/all-us-creators-instagram-gifts\/\">such as Stars on Instagram.<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/message-297341736-3082433231216999209.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-101216 lazyload\" width=\"375\" height=\"375\"\/><figcaption><em>Image Credit: <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/youtube\/thread\/297339956\">YouTube<\/a><\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/\">RouteNote<\/a> are partnered with YouTube to help independent artists around the world upload their music to <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/what-is-youtube-content-id\/\">YouTube&#8217;s Content ID<\/a> system, <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/free-youtube-music-distribution-2\/\">YouTube Music<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/blog\/using-youtube-shorts-as-an-artist\/\">YouTube Shorts<\/a>, plus generate revenue across all platforms, with zero upfront fees. <a href=\"https:\/\/routenote.com\/\">Find out more here!<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jewels are a new digital currency on YouTube, letting you purchase gifts to support your favorite live streamers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":101217,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[6628],"tags":[70],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v18.4.1 - 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