YouTube makes Play Button smaller and creators aren’t happy
X user Muaaz shared photos of new, smaller silver and gold Play Button plaques from YouTube, and creators on the platform aren’t happy with the apparent shrinkage.
On June 30, 2025, X user Muaaz shared photos from someone who received their recently-earned plaques for a second channel and they are significantly smaller than their existing awards.
YouTube creators flocked to the comments to share their thoughts about the change, and many are not happy with it.
“What the f**k?! YouTube STOP!!! You have consistently made it worse and worse. These are some of the massive accomplishments we look forward to and the last 2 sets of changes to these playbuttons have been terrible!” one user commented.
Another said: “I know it might be stupid, but man I’m a bit crushed. To have this change happen the month my channel is going to hit a million is a little deflating.”
“This looks so bad. What made the Gold play button so valuable WAS its size. Now that they’ve essentially taken that away & they are just the same size now, there’s no essential need to target for it,” a third commented.
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However, not everyone is upset about the change. Many expressed that the smaller size will be easier to display in their setups, while others are just happy to get an award.
This comes just days afterTwitch revealed its Bleed Purple Statue,a physical award that will be sent to streamers who reach 5M, 50M, and 250M watch hours on the Amazon-owned platform.
