Learn about live streams

Live streams let you watch media that's being broadcast in real time on YouTube. Premieres let you watch a new video with creators and their community in real time. Learn how to join a live stream.

About live streams

Once you're in the live stream, you can:

Scheduled live streams, Premieres and horizontal live streams won't appear in Shorts.

Can I watch live stream replays?

Once a live stream is over, a channel may post highlights or a replay of the stream on their channel. Highlights and replays show up as videos on their channel.

What is live chat?

While watching a live stream or a Premiere, you can engage with others by sending messages in live chat.

  • The live chat feature is only available on YouTube watch pages, not on embedded players.
  • Remember to follow YouTube's Community Guidelines and the guidelines for staying safe in live streams.
  • During a live stream or Premiere, you can send up to 11 messages to the chat every 30 seconds. Each message is limited to 200 characters.
  • Special characters, URLs and HTML tags are not allowed in the live chat.
  • Some live chats give you the option to support creators by sending them a Super Chat or Super Stickers. Once purchased, Super Chat and Super Stickers let you post brightly coloured, pinned chat messages and stickers during live streams and Premieres.

What are AI-generated summaries?

New viewers joining a live stream may see an AI-generated summary of the chat. Not all live streams will have a generated chat summary. Chat summaries are created using public conversations within the current live chat; they are not a summary of the live stream content.

Note:

  • If the chat is subscribers-only, you may not have access to all live chat features.
  • The AI-generated summary is currently experimental and may display inaccurate, offensive or inappropriate information that doesn't represent Google's or the channel's views. Viewers can provide feedback with a thumbs up or a thumbs down and share any additional feedback.

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