YouTube Question Can you do a giveaway to get more subscribers?

[VideoChannelIdeas]

I've noticed on the last couple of MrBeast videos, he gives away $10,000 to new subscribers to his channel.

He gives the current winner a shoutout, then says if you are not subscribed we are giving away another $10k to someone
who subscribes within the next 7 days.

He even goes a step further and says if you are already subscribed, just use your Mom, Dad, brother, etc. phone and subscribe.

Could anyone do the same but use a smaller prize amount? I wonder...

View: https://youtu.be/fMfipiV_17o?t=830

 

[Beanie Draws]

In the past they made it more obvious that having a requirement of subscribing being a way to win, was against their terms of service. Section 6 seems to indicate this is still the case.

YouTube's contest policies and guidelines - YouTube Help

All contests that are run on YouTube or that use YouTube are subject to the rules below. In addition, your contest cannot be run or conducted in a way that conflicts with our Privacy Policy. The conte

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I mean... people will naturally subscribe if there's a prize, but will your watch time suffer if you're not giving away prizes in EVERY video, because people are ONLY subscribing because they think they're going to win something?

Wouldn't you rather your content be actually worth watching? I mean, would Mr Beast be as famous as he is, if he WASN'T known for giving away money in most of his videos? Maybe, maybe not.

I prefer the idea of a giveaway being a thank you, not the reason why someone subscribes.

 

[LFH]

In the past they made it more obvious that having a requirement of subscribing being a way to win, was against their terms of service. Section 6 seems to indicate this is still the case.

YouTube's contest policies and guidelines - YouTube Help

All contests that are run on YouTube or that use YouTube are subject to the rules below. In addition, your contest cannot be run or conducted in a way that conflicts with our Privacy Policy. The conte

support.google.com

I mean... people will naturally subscribe if there's a prize, but will your watch time suffer if you're not giving away prizes in EVERY video, because people are ONLY subscribing because they think they're going to win something?

Wouldn't you rather your content be actually worth watching? I mean, would Mr Beast be as famous as he is, if he WASN'T known for giving away money in most of his videos? Maybe, maybe not.

I prefer the idea of a giveaway being a thank you, not the reason why someone subscribes.

I totally agree with Beanie Draws' comment above.