YouTube verification 2021: A step-by-step guide

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A step-by-step guide to YouTube verification in
2021
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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.

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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.

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What is the eligibility to get verified badge on
YouTube?
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• 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.

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• 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.

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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 wont 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.

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• Step 3-
• Click on Apply Now and will get find an
  application form asking for Channel Name and
  Channel ID.
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• 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.

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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
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• 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.

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• Unethical practices
• If you succumb to any practices such as spamming
  that are considered as unethical by YouTube, you
  will lose your verification badge.
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• 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.
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• 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.

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