You can view a list of your most recent subscribers on the channel dashboard. You can also check your subscriber count over time in YouTube Studio.
View your recent subscribers
- Sign in to YouTube Studio.
- On the Dashboard, find the 'Recent subscribers' card.
- Click See all to expand the card.
Tip: From the top, you can choose a timeframe and sort the list by subscriber count.
Which subscribers are shown
Subscribers appear on your recent subscribers list if:
- They've chosen to make their subscriptions public
- They've subscribed to your channel in the last 28 days
Which subscribers are not shown
Subscribers may not appear on your recent subscribers list if:
- They've chosen to keep their subscriptions private
- Their account has been suspended or identified as spam
Subscriber FAQs
We sometimes hear questions from the YouTube community about how subscribers work.
Does YouTube automatically unsubscribe viewers from channels?No, but we've seen some conversations about viewers being 'automatically unsubscribed' from channels. When we get this type of feedback, we take it seriously. The Subscriptions team performs full investigations into the data submitted to see what's going on.
In every case that we've looked at, we've verified that there's no issue causing viewers to be unsubscribed by YouTube. Here's what we've seen:
- Most of the time, we find that the viewer is still subscribed to the channel.
- Some viewers were unsubscribing from channels by accident. We've since added a confirmation pop-up when unsubscribing (this feature isn't currently available on iPhone and iPad devices).
- Many people thought that they were unsubscribed from a channel because videos were not appearing in their Home tab. When we looked into these cases, we found that they were still subscribed to the channel and had not been unsubscribed. The Home tab is designed to show you videos that we think you'll be most interested in watching. You're not guaranteed to see all videos from your subscriptions on the Home tab, but you can find a complete list in the Subscriptions feed.
- Some creators assumed that specific viewers had been unsubscribed because the subscriber didn't show up in their channel's Subscribers List. This list only shows subscribers who have chosen to make their subscriptions public. Subscriptions are private by default.
- Every video that you publish as a creator is shown in your subscribers' Subscriptions feeds by default. However, there's an advanced setting that you can use when publishing a video to stop it showing in any Subscriptions feeds. Some creators who publish daily videos use this setting to strategically show only certain videos in the Subscriptions feed.
- When you upload a video, we publish it to the Subscriptions feed as quickly as we can. Usually, it should take only a few minutes or less. Making this work as fast as possible is a huge priority for the Subscriptions team. In the last six months, we've cut down publishing time by two thirds.
Why are my subscribers telling me that my videos aren't showing up in their Subs feed?
Unless you change your distribution options, we publish every video to the Subscriptions feed. When we hear complaints from viewers that they aren't seeing videos there, it's usually for one of two reasons:
- If you're subscribed to many channels, it's easy to miss something. Many viewers have dozens (even hundreds!) of subscriptions. Sometimes, the video that you're looking for may be hard to find among lots of other subscription videos. If channels that you're subscribed to post often, it's possible that older videos will not appear in the Subscriptions feed.
- It's important to note that although all videos appear in the Subscriptions feed, they don't all appear in the Home tab. The Home tab shows videos that we think you as a viewer are most interested in watching right now. It isn't guaranteed that videos from your subscriptions will show up there.
If it seems like something else is happening, you can send us feedback and we'll look into it.
We regularly verify the legitimacy of the accounts and actions on your YouTube channel. This is to make sure that our site metrics are free of spam, abuse and closed accounts to keep YouTube a fair place for everyone. Learn about subscriber counts.
Do closed accounts count towards my subscriber count?
When someone closes their Google Account entirely, they don't exist on YouTube anymore, so they don't count towards your subscriber count.
You can see how many of your subscribers have deleted their accounts in your channel's YouTube Analytics, where they're counted as 'closed accounts'.
Closed accounts don't count towards your subs. Learn more about subscriber counts.
When we find that an account is spammy, it doesn't count towards your total number of subscribers. These accounts are not unsubscribed from your channel. To that account, it still appears that they're subscribed and they continue to get your videos in their Subscriptions feed.
We don't unsubscribe spam viewers from channels. Learn more about subscriber counts.
Generally, it's common to see fluctuations in your subscriber count. If it seems that your subscriber count has changed or dropped, it could be for one of these reasons:
- Viewers are subscribing and unsubscribing to your channel normally.
- We've removed spam subscribers from your channel. If impacted, you'll get an alert in YouTube Studio.
- We've removed closed accounts from your channel.
- The affected accounts could have been closed by the user, or terminated by YouTube due to a policy violation.
If subscriber changes seem like they're outside the average fluctuation rate, it could be due to a known issue. If you believe that you're experiencing a problem outside the average rate of subscriber count fluctuations, you can report an issue.