The Silver Creator Award requires 100,000 YouTube subscribers. It is commonly known as the Silver Play Button, one of YouTube’s milestone awards for successful channels.
Reaching the subscriber threshold does not automatically guarantee delivery. YouTube reviews a channel for compliance with its Community Guidelines and other eligibility requirements before issuing an award. The awards are presented at YouTube’s discretion.
The main mix-up is with the Gold Creator Award, which recognizes channels reaching 1,000,000 subscribers. Above that are the Diamond Creator Award at 10 million and the Red Diamond Creator Award at 100 million. The Silver award was introduced alongside YouTube’s expanding creator-recognition program, and its physical design has changed over time, including a major redesign in 2018.