Evan Carmichael unboxes YouTube's Silver Play Button for hitting 100,000 subscribers on his channel Modeling the Masters. He opens a letter from YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki and reflects on what the milestone means: each subscriber was inspired, challenged, or entertained by his work.
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No? You don't want to say something? You always want to say something. What's Hayden doing? What are you doing, silly?
Hello! Hello, YouTube! We will be working today with opening presents.
Okay, hello everyone! Happy weekend! Super exciting because I have been waiting for my YouTube 100,000 subscriber present to come. And I recently got this box. It says it's from Indianapolis. There's no branding on here. It doesn't say YouTube anywhere, and it's to my name. And so I started opening it up, and then I feel like I saw a YouTube logo somewhere. And like, ahh! Close it up! I gotta make a video, the unboxing video! Now if this isn't actually the YouTube present, then it's gonna be pretty embarrassing. It's gonna be pretty embarrassing. So we're gonna open it up together. Yeah, open it up. Oh, if you pull it out, pull it out. This is our box.
Ta-da!
There's still no YouTube branding on here. Oh, it's got a lot of little faces there, but still not YouTube branding. So here we go, let's pull off the lid. Let's see, pull off the lid. Whoa, that's the letter.
Holy—
let's hold— read the letter.
Letter.
I can't even read. Hold on, let me read it. You've just done something very few YouTube creators accomplish. You had an astonishing 100,000 people subscribe to your channel.
Woo!
We know numbers on YouTube can get really big, but we hope you don't lose sight of the reality behind that 6-digit milestone. Each and every person who has subscribed to your channel was touched by what you did. They were inspired or challenged or entertained. Inspired, challenged, or entertained. Hayden's doing the entertaining right now. You made it to this milestone with hard work, Thanks to our healthy sense of humor. What you've accomplished can't be taken away from you, and we'd like to recognize you with— recognize you and all your hard work with this silver play button, a small token of our esteem and respect. We know you don't do this for rewards. You do this because you have a drive to create and share, and because you found an audience who cares. Believe us— hey, they use believe! I like that. When we say that we can't wait to see what you do next, a million subscribers may seem a long way off right now. A million subscribers is the next goal, but you're closer than you think, and we're We're rooting for you. Congratulations, sincerely, Susan Wojcicki. I feel like I should know the CEO of YouTube's name, but—
Ta-da!
There it is, there it is. Okay.
Ba-ba-ba-ba!
Okay.
The present open!
Ready? You gonna pull it off?
And—
Wow! You just put your fingerprint on there, mister. No, no, no, hold on. What's in the frame? It's in the frame. Oh, it's in the frame.
Ooh!
Ooh!
Ooh!
We should hang it up. There it is. It says Modeling the Masters. Congratulations, 100,000 subscribers.
Well, I wish I had a frame too. Ah, a frame for me.
So thank you guys for subscribing. Next one, a million. Have an amazing weekend. What do you want to say? Finish it off.
Finish it off with the frame.
Thank you for watching. Continue to believe. Happy New Year! And we'll see you soon!
