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# YouTube opens Community Posts to channels with 500 subscribers
- URL: https://www.hypebot.com/youtube-opens-community-posts-to-channels-with-500-subscribers/
- Published: 2021-09-10T12:55:46.000Z
- Updated: 2021-09-10T12:59:33.000Z
- Description: YouTube is cutting the number of subscribers needed to make Community posts in half to just 500. An often underutilized feature, Community posts allow creators to communicate with their subscribers. Continue reading [https://www.hypebot.com/hypebot/2021/09/youtube-opens-community-posts-to-channels-w
- Author: Bruce Houghton
- Tags: DIY Advice & Tips, Music Marketing, YouTube & Video, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-01-21 09:48

YouTube is cutting the number of subscribers needed to make Community posts in half to just 500.

An often underutilized feature, Community posts allow creators to communicate with their subscribers beyond just making a video.

Learn how in this video.

YouTube said that this opens the feature to “millions” more channels.

**Bruce Houghton* is Founder and Editor of [Hypebot](https://www.hypebot.com/) and [MusicThinkTank](http://www.musicthinktank.com/?ref=hypebot.com) and serves as a Senior Advisor to [Bandsintown](https://www.bandsintown.com/?ref=hypebot.com) which acquired both publications in 2019\. He is the Founder and President of the[ Skyline Artists Agency](https://skylineonline.com/?ref=hypebot.com) and a professor for the [Berklee College Of Music](https://online.berklee.edu/courses/touring-101?ref=hypebot.com).*