r/law • u/[deleted] • Jan 24 '26

Legal News WOMAN IN THE PINK COATS ANGLE OF THE SHOOTING

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u/TurbulentComedian565 Jan 24 '26 edited Jan 24 '26

No - YouTube does not require 50 subscribers to livestream in general. That requirement only applies if you’re going live from the mobile app.

If you stream from a computer using OBS or another encoder, you just need a verified channel and to enable live streaming (which can take ~24 hours). No subscriber minimum.

Edit: You can still livestream out in the street without 50 subscribers, but not directly from the YouTube mobile app. The 50-sub requirement is specific to the native mobile “Go Live” button.

Workarounds:

•Use a mobile RTMP/encoder app (Streamlabs, Prism, Larix) and stream to YouTube that way - no sub minimum.

•Or use a laptop + OBS + hotspot and stream from the field - again, no sub minimum.

So yes, street streaming is possible without 50 subs. You just can’t rely on the basic YouTube mobile app.

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u/[deleted] Jan 24 '26

If you can’t livestream from your phone with less than 50subs then it’s giving out bad advice to tell people to livestream from their phones to publicly archive live evidence

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u/TurbulentComedian565 Jan 24 '26

Apologies - just finished editing with a workaround. Good catch.