Communities are a dedicated space for you and your audience to connect with each other right from your channel. In your Community, your subscribers can start discussions about your videos, share pictures, start polls, and other activities that create more engagement about your videos. You can choose whether or not you want to make a Community available on your channel.
You can start your own Community if:
- You have existing access to posts
- You’re over 16 and your channel is not set up as a supervised experience
- Your audience is not set as made for kids
- Your channel is not a VEVO channel
Learn more about how to moderate your Community.
Turn on your Community
- In the YouTube app, go to your channel page.
- Tap Create
.
- Read the info about getting started.
- Turn on My Community.
Write a welcome post
Once you’ve turned on your Community, you can write a welcome post for your subscribers.
- In the YouTube app, go to your channel page.
- Tap Visit Community.
- Tap Start a post.
- Write your welcome post.
- Tap Post.
Heart your favorite posts
You can use a creator heart 
- Sign in to the YouTube app.
- On your channel page, tap Visit Community.
- Go to a post you’d like to show appreciation for, tap
On the lower right of the post, viewers will see your profile picture with a
Share a post from your Community
You can share a link to a Community post.
- Sign in to the YouTube app.
- On your channel page, tap Visit Community.
- Go to a post you’d like to share, tap Share
.
- Select one of the following actions:
- Choose an app to share the link.
- Tap Copy Link.
- Tap Repost on YouTube.
Share a Link to Your Community
You can share a link to your Community so audiences can find it more easily.
- Sign in to the YouTube app.
- On your channel page, tap Visit Community.
- In the top right, tap More
Share
- Select one of the following actions:
- Choose an app to share the link.
- Tap Copy Link.
- Tap Quick Share.
- Tap QR Code to share to nearby devices.