{"id":36600,"date":"2025-10-29T18:06:33","date_gmt":"2025-10-29T12:36:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.veefly.com\/?p=36600"},"modified":"2026-06-16T12:45:51","modified_gmt":"2026-06-16T07:15:51","slug":"youtube-update-creators-can-now-opt-out-of-live-stream-leaderboard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/veefly.com\/blog\/latest-youtube-updates\/youtube-update-creators-can-now-opt-out-of-live-stream-leaderboard\/","title":{"rendered":"YouTube Update: Creators Can Now Opt Out of Live Stream Leaderboard"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>YouTube experimented with its live stream leaderboard feature a few months back, in which the top 3 engaged viewers are awarded a badge that appears next to their names. Now, in this update, creators can opt out of this feature.<\/p>\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_72 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-transparent ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<div class=\"ez-toc-title-container\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<span class=\"ez-toc-title-toggle\"><a href=\"#\" class=\"ez-toc-pull-right ez-toc-btn ez-toc-btn-xs ez-toc-btn-default ez-toc-toggle\" aria-label=\"Toggle Table of Content\"><span class=\"ez-toc-js-icon-con\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #999;color:#999\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/span><\/div>\n<nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/veefly.com\/blog\/latest-youtube-updates\/youtube-update-creators-can-now-opt-out-of-live-stream-leaderboard\/#Opt-out_Options_From_Live-Stream_leaderboard\" title=\"Opt-out Options From Live-Stream leaderboard\">Opt-out Options From Live-Stream leaderboard<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-2\" href=\"https:\/\/veefly.com\/blog\/latest-youtube-updates\/youtube-update-creators-can-now-opt-out-of-live-stream-leaderboard\/#Conclusion\" title=\"Conclusion\">Conclusion<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Opt-out_Options_From_Live-Stream_leaderboard\"><\/span>Opt-out Options From Live-Stream leaderboard<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-36612\" src=\"https:\/\/blog.veefly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/live-stream-leaderboard.png\" alt=\"Live stream leaderboard have toggle on off feature\" width=\"1691\" height=\"751\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.veefly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/live-stream-leaderboard.png 1691w, https:\/\/blog.veefly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/live-stream-leaderboard-300x133.png 300w, https:\/\/blog.veefly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/live-stream-leaderboard-1024x455.png 1024w, https:\/\/blog.veefly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/live-stream-leaderboard-768x341.png 768w, https:\/\/blog.veefly.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/live-stream-leaderboard-1536x682.png 1536w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1691px) 100vw, 1691px\" \/><span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>In July 2025, YouTube announced that during live streams, the most interactive viewers will be awarded badges. The viewers used to earn points by doing Superchats or Super Stickers. The more they do this, the more points they get.<\/p>\n<p>These\u00a0viewers will be highlighted at the top of the live stream leaderboard. After experimenting with the feature, creators didn&#8217;t like it. They didn&#8217;t want to display the list during their stream, so now, with these updates, they are giving them the option to opt out of this feature.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, YouTube focused its updates on live streams. For example, it raised the <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.veefly.com\/latest-youtube-updates\/youtube-live-stream-age-limit-increased-to-16-years-of-age\/\">live-stream age limit to 16.<\/a> YouTube aims to bring young creators and audience together in an interactive way. Seems creators didn&#8217;t like the change, as known from the YouTube survey. Still, if some creators want to keep the live stream leaderboard feature, they can; if not, they can toggle it off.<\/p>\n<p>Additionally, <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/6_jqFjm7KQI?si=oy01ERgqSz0-EzRv\">YouTube&#8217;s latest update<\/a> is in the YouTube Studio. The Copyright tab is now called content detection. This is used to detect any video that has reused your content.<\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Conclusion\"><\/span>Conclusion<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>The live stream leaderboard was implemented to bring more interaction between streamers and viewers. However, most creators didn&#8217;t like the feature. YouTube didn&#8217;t eliminate the feature; they have given the option to use the live stream leaderboard at their choice. Although the feature was a fun way to interact, viewers didn&#8217;t benefit much compared to streamers.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Creators who don&#8217;t want to live stream leaderboard can toggle off the feature. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":36620,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15],"tags":[1357,134,58,136],"class_list":["post-36600","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-youtube-updates","tag-latest-youtube-news","tag-youtube-latest-news","tag-youtube-live-stream","tag-youtube-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.3.1 (Yoast SEO v25.3.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>YouTubers Can Now Opt Out of Live Stream Leaderboards<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Now YouTubers can 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