Super Chat and channel memberships — same revenue split as ads?
Super Chat, Super Stickers, and memberships all split 70% creator / 30% YouTube — actually more generous than ad revenue, where creators only get 55%. iOS payments take an extra cut first.
What to do now
- Super Chat, Super Stickers, and memberships all split 70% creator / 30% YouTube — actually more generous than ad revenue, where creators only get 55%. iOS payments take an extra cut first.
Who owns the resolution
YouTube's own support/policy team decides this -- AMS explains the policy but has no account access and cannot make this decision for you.
Evidence to prepare
- Your account email or user ID
- Screenshots or a confirmation number for the specific order/booking/transaction
- Any messages you already exchanged with support about this
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I need practical help with a YouTube issue. The policy question: Super Chat and channel memberships — same revenue split as ads? Useful context I found: Super Chat, Super Stickers, and memberships all split 70% creator / 30% YouTube — actually more generous than ad revenue, where creators only get 55%. iOS payments take an extra cut first. My specific situation: [Describe what happened, including dates and messages shown] The outcome I want: [Refund, verification, appeal, account recovery, explanation, etc.] Important constraints: [Country, deadline, booking/account status, documents already submitted, budget, or other limits] Please: 1. Identify any missing facts you need before reaching a conclusion. 2. Separate platform policy, local law, and your own inference. 3. Give me the safest next steps in priority order. 4. Use current official sources where possible and flag anything that may have changed. 5. Draft a concise message I can paste to customer support. 6. Do not invent account access, guarantees, refund rights, or legal conclusions.
Why this policy exists
Super Chat, Super Stickers, Super Thanks, and channel memberships all use the same 70/30 split in the creator's favor. On Android/web, platform processing fees are absorbed within that 30%, so creators keep the full 70%. On iOS, Apple's in-app purchase fee (~30%) is deducted first, and the 70/30 split applies to what's left — so the same $100 tip nets a creator meaningfully less on iPhone than on Android. Notably, YouTube's core ad revenue split favors creators less (55% creator / 45% YouTube) than direct fan payments do — meaning direct support actually beats ads for creators, revenue-share-wise. Creators who instead post a bank account number in their description and get paid via direct transfer pay zero platform fee — YouTube doesn't block this, it just doesn't surface or track it inside its official tipping UI.
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AMS explains the rule but cannot access your account, issue a refund or change a platform decision.