The Diamond Play Button: A Symbol of YouTube's Appreciation for Creators

Hey guys, what's up? I'm here with a pretty incredible update – our channel has reached 10 million subscribers! It's been pretty amazing to see this number grow over the past couple weeks. Honestly, it still feels surreal to be seeing that number in front of me.

This achievement comes as no surprise, considering we've had such an amazing response from all of you guys. And what better way for YouTube to celebrate this milestone than with a special reward? A direct message from Susan, the CEO, revealed that our channel has earned the coveted diamond play button – officially known as the Diamond Play Button Award.

This award is not only a great honor but also a testament to YouTube's unique approach to acknowledging creators who make a significant impact on the platform. While there are certainly other platforms that try to show appreciation for their creators, none quite match YouTube's level of dedication. The diamond play button stands out as a tangible representation of this commitment.

It's worth noting that before receiving this award, we had reached previous milestones – such as earning our silver 100,000-subscriber award and gold million-subscriber award. These achievements came with their own set of rewards, including a certificate and frameable design.

However, it was the diamond play button that truly stole my attention. Upon opening the briefcase, I found a beautifully crafted piece made from machined aluminum – not a giant diamond, but still an impressive sight to behold. The material is heavy, weighing in at around 4,800 grams or approximately 10.5 pounds.

The play button's design has changed over the years, with newer versions featuring a minimalist aesthetic and frameless construction. But for me, it was the original silver and gold designs that truly captured my heart – especially the 2014-given gold version which is still one of my originals – I just hadn't hung it on the wall yet due to its weight.

Now, I'll share some personal experiences with this play button – I found it not only beautiful but also an extremely shiny piece. The multiple angles and reflective surface make it a true standout in any room. Unfortunately, it's quite slippery – I highly recommend using a microfiber cloth when handling it to prevent fingerprints from forming.

When you first take the diamond play button out of its box, a microfiber layer is provided to help with this issue. What I love most about this award isn't how well-designed it is, but rather the story behind its creation – as revealed in an interview with YouTube where they toured their mini factory and facility for creating creator rewards.

As a thank you to my amazing subscribers who have made all of these updates possible, I wanted to share this incredible achievement. Without your continued support, none of this would be possible. Rest assured that our February lineup is packed with exciting content – we can't wait to see what's next!

To Pewdiepie and anyone else who has achieved such milestones, keep pushing forward – you are making history for yourself and countless others around the world.

Thanks again for subscribing!

"WEBVTTKind: captionsLanguage: enhey what's up guys umhd here so we've had 10 million subscribers on this channel for a couple weeks now and it's been pretty incredible still honestly not really used to seeing that number there it's a crazy amount of people but this is a direct result of that you may have seen it before or maybe you haven't seen it or maybe this is the first time we're seeing it in all this detail but this comes straight from youtube with a note from susan the ceo and it's the award for hitting 10 million subscribers on one channel it's the diamond play button okay so as some of you may know youtube is one of the only platforms that shows its appreciation for the creators that make it possible in this sort of physical way maybe the only platform like they definitely don't do everything right and they might have a long way to go as far as earning everyone's complete love and trust but this is a genuinely cool thing that they do that you don't see instagram or facebook or tick tock or other creator driven platforms doing so this is cool to see but actually first there are some other awards for some other milestones that have changed over the years this is the original silver 100 000 subscriber award milestone that i got back i don't remember what year exactly but as you can see nice little frameable certificate this is one of the originals and then you get to adding a digit and then you get this gigantic million subscriber this is the gold play button award and they put the uh the logo from the channel down here and uh this is hangable as well this i got in 2014 and this is also one of the originals so i hadn't actually hung this up on a wall yet in the studio just because it's so heavy but as you could tell they have a pretty similar look to each of them but since then now they've updated it so there's two newer more minimalist ones still silver and gold but now they're frameless they're clean and they're probably also much easier to hang they switched over to that a couple years ago you know what i'm also going to link below the like button uh what's inside video where they toured the sort of mini factory the facility where they make these creator rewards uh but then we've arrived at this so this is the youtube 10 million subscriber diamond play button it's not meant to be hung up it's just a button this one as far as i know has been unchanged since they started making it and uh it also seems to be the most exclusive one aside from the custom 50 million and 100 million subscriber awards i think only pewdiepie has gotten but i feel like now that i have it in person might as well review it so without having it with you the hardest thing to convey or see on camera is how heavy like how dense it is spoiler it isn't actually a giant diamond but it is a solid piece of machined aluminum uh which is super heavy and then polished on the outside with this crystal embedded in the middle of it it's heavy it's hard to hold in one hand and if i actually put it on the scale it shows about 4 800 grams or about 10 and a half pounds that's about the same as a 2-liter soda or a large watermelon or maybe for you tech people three 13-inch macbook pros stacked on top of each other and then some so that is the number one thing that everyone will notice but then of course what you can tell is it's extremely shiny like it has all kinds of angles to it and the whole thing is very reflective which ultimately makes it a fingerprint magnet which explains the microfiber cloth that actually comes in the briefcase when you first take it out the box uh typically when something is a fingerprint magnet this much it's also slippery and you want to like cover it up but i'm going to say this is not something you want to throw a dbrand skin on you know show it off prop it up somewhere that's why it has the microfiber layer on the bottom of it so that you can confidently put it down and stand it up on its end because unfortunately unlike the other two awards there's pretty much no way to hang this one on a wall on the back it has the channel name and it says congratulations on passing 10 million subscribers and then the youtube logo and it's laser etched and then the crystal in the middle i think is pretty sick it sticks out a bit like a camera bump on the back of a phone but i'm not mad about this one at all and it has a bunch of cuts on the sides of it so the more you tilt it around in the light the more you get all kinds of different reflections and it looks sick overall design nine out of ten ergonomics i'm going to give it like a 7 out of 10. build quality is a 10 for sure and value is priceless seriously if you haven't watched the previous the the 10 million subscriber celebration video just know that this of course would not exist here without you guys and many of the things i'm able to do on this channel would also not be possible without you guys i want to say there the uploads are a little quiet in january just because there's not that much tech happening in january but the lineup for february is already super sick and i'm excited to share this stuff with you guys and it's because of you that this is all possible so thank you again for subscribing thanks for watching i'll catch you guys the next one peace\n"