[1] YouTube reserves the right to refuse to hand out a Creator Award, which it has done for channels featuring horror or extremist political content.

[16] In March 2018, the look of the Silver Play Button was updated from a metal button housed within a window box with the channel's name printed on the front glass pane to a cleaner-looking flat designed metal plaque award featuring the channel's name embossed on it.

[15] In March 2018, the look of the Gold Play Button was updated from a metal button housed within a window box with the channel's name printed on the front glass pane to a cleaner-looking flat designed metal plaque award featuring the channel's name embossed on it.

It is made of silver-plated metal inset with a large piece of colorless crystal in the shape of a play button triangle.

Channels with a hash tag (#) symbol have presented their Custom Creator Award to the public.

Inspired by the Diamond Creator Award, it features a play button triangle with a large dark red crystal.