The Community Tab, which was officially renamed to “Posts” in YouTube Studio in early 2025 (still “Community” on the viewer end, though), is a social-feed feature on YouTube channels. Creators use it to share short-form updates between uploads: polls, text, images, GIFs, quizzes, and shared videos that land directly in subscribers’ feeds without requiring a new video upload.
Yes, “Community Tab” and “Posts” are the same feature under two names; the change in 2025 was purely cosmetic. There’s no subscriber minimum to use it, and it’s a separate feature from “Communities,” YouTube’s newer subscriber-to-subscriber forum space.
What Is the YouTube Community Tab?
The Community Tab is where a creator posts short updates: they can be text, images, polls, and more. They appear in a dedicated tab on the channel page and in subscribers’ feeds, without needing a video upload. It’s been part of YouTube since 2016, well before the 2025 renaming.
Why YouTube Renamed the Community Tab to Posts in 2025
YouTube renamed the feature from “Community” to “Posts” starting in early 2025. But that was only a change in name; nothing about how the feature worked changed.
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Before (pre-2025) |
After (2025–present) |
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Name in YouTube Studio |
Community |
Posts |
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Name on channel page |
Community tab |
Posts tab |
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Feature functionality |
Same |
Same |
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Eligibility |
Subscriber threshold |
No subscriber threshold |
Many creators and third-party articles still call it the "Community tab" out of habit, but both names still refer to the same feature, and neither is more correct than the other at this point.
YouTube Posts vs. YouTube Communities: What's the Difference?
Posts and Communities are two separate features that happen to share a similar name, which makes mixing them up easy. But that’s okay! Here’s how to tell the difference:
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Posts (formerly Community tab) |
Communities |
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Who posts |
Creator only |
Creator + subscribers |
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Audience |
All subscribers |
Subscribers who opt in |
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Introduced |
2016 |
2024-2025 |
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Where visible |
Channel's Posts tab, subscriber feeds |
Separate Communities section on the channel |
As you can see, Communities is the newer feature, which looks more like a dedicated, forum-like space where subscribers can post and interact with each other and the creator, rather than only receiving one-way updates. It’s a distinct feature from Posts. This entry covers Posts; Communities is a separate topic entirely.
Who Can Use YouTube Posts? Eligibility in 2026
There’s no subscriber minimum. Before, the requirement was 1,000 subscribers, then 500, and then the subscriber requirement was eliminated entirely in 2023.
Current requirements are:
- Advanced features enabled on the channel, verified through YouTube Studio via phone number, ID, or channel history
- No active Community Guidelines strikes
- Channel not set as "Made for Kids", COPPA rules prohibit public posts on child-directed channels
That's the full list. No YouTube Partner Program membership and no watch-hour threshold are required to post.
YouTube Community Post Types
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Type |
What it is |
Notes |
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Text |
Plain text update |
Can combine with an image, GIF, or video; can't combine with a poll |
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Image |
Up to 10 images per post |
1:1 ratio recommended; music can be added on mobile |
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GIF |
Animated image |
Same format rules as an image post |
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Poll |
A question with up to 4 answer options |
Text poll or image poll |
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Quiz |
A question with one correct answer, revealed after voting |
An engagement-focused format |
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Video |
Shares a YouTube video, a creator's own or another's |
Links to the video rather than uploading a new one |
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Playlist |
Shares a playlist via its URL |
Less commonly used |
Creators can also restrict an individual post to channel members only, which requires Channel Memberships to be enabled on the channel first.
Where YouTube Posts Appear
- The channel's Posts tab, always
- Subscribers' Home feed, shown algorithmically
- Subscribers' Subscriptions feed
- Image posts may additionally surface in the Shorts feed
How to Create a YouTube Community Post
Desktop:
Create → Create post → select a post type → Post or Schedule
Mobile:
Tap Create (+) → Post → select a post type
To schedule a post instead of publishing immediately, click the dropdown arrow next to "Post," select Schedule Post, then set a date and time. All existing posts can be managed from:
YouTube Studio → Content → Posts
YouTube applies an undisclosed daily cap on posts per channel to limit spam. Hitting a "limit reached" error means waiting roughly 24 hours before posting again.
