Where are Silver Play buttons made? Only an hour's drive away from my apartment in China! Let's go find the factory together!<br /><br />YouTube Play Buttons, a part of the YouTube Creator Rewards, care a recognition by YouTube of its most popular channels.<br /><br />These are distinct from the YouTube Awards which are intended to recognize the best quality videos, while the YouTube Creator Rewards are based solely on a channel's subscriber count.<br /><br />Awards<br /><br />When a verified YouTuber reaches a specific milestone, they are awarded a relatively flat trophy in a metal casing with a YouTube play button symbol. The trophies are of different sizes: each button and plaque get progressively bigger the more subscribers the channel gets.<br /><br />There are currently three levels of rewards, plus a fourth one that has been awarded to only one YouTuber thus far:<br /><br />YouTube Silver Play Button - The Silver Play Button, for channels that surpass 100,000 subscribers. Old version made of nickel plated copper-nickel alloy.<br />YouTube Gold Play Button - The Gold Play Button, for channels that surpass 1,000,000 subscribers. Made of golden plated brass.<br />YouTube Diamond Play Button - The Diamond Play Button, for channels that surpass 10,000,000 subscribers. Made of silver plated metal inset with a large piece of crystal in the shape of a play button triangle.<br /><br />In December 2016, YouTuber PewDiePie received a ruby trophy, known as the Ruby Play Button, as a gift for reaching 50,000,000 subscribers. It was made in the shape of his channel's logo. It is not referenced in the Creators Award page and it is unknown if such a trophy will be given out to any other YouTuber who surpasses the milestone in the future.<br /><br /><br />⚫ Watch Conquering Southern China (my documentary) and see China like no one outside of China has ever seen it before: <a href="https://vimeo.com/ondemand/conqueringsouthernchina" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://vimeo.com/ondemand/conqueringsouthernchina</a><br />⚫ Support me on Patreon: <a href="http://www.patreon.com/serpentza" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.patreon.com/serpentza</a><br />Join me on Facebook: <a href="http://www.facebook.com/winstoninchina" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">http://www.facebook.com/winstoninchina</a><br />Twitter: @serpentza<br />Instagram: serpent_za<br />My other channel: <a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/advchina" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/c/advchina</a><br />Music used: Virtual Vice - City Limits<br />Artist's bandcamp: <a href="https://new-world.bandcamp.com/album/off-duty" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://new-world.bandcamp.com/album/off-duty</a><br />...<br /><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EL4xBxc5IA" target="_blank" rel="nofollow">https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4EL4xBxc5IA</a>