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YouTube is starting to test a "Top Fans" distribution option limited to the uppermost 1% of viewers

Summary by Tubefilter
Platforms like Patreon and OnlyFans let creators distribute paywalled videos that can only be watched by their financial backers. Now, YouTube is testing a different approach to gated content: What if videos could only be watched by the fans who are most active within a creator’s community? That’s the gist of Top Fans, a new distribution option that is beginning to roll out on YouTube. By choosing to upload videos that can only be watched by 1% …
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Tubefilter broke the news on Friday, May 22, 2026.
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