YouTube take a look at may not ship you channel notifications even when you choose ‘all’

YouTube is working a take a look at the place you may not get notifications for a channel even if you happen to’ve subscribed for “all” notifications.

Introduced on its ongoing take a look at thread, YouTube says {that a} “small” take a look at is being run proper now through which viewers who’re subscribed to a channel and have opted in for “all” notifications from that channel might not get notifications in the event that they haven’t actively interacted with that channel not too long ago. “All” notifications from a channel entails the subscriber being notified of each add a channel makes.

YouTube explains that the explanation for this take a look at is that it says viewers usually opt-in for “all” notifications and have a tendency to neglect to replace their preferences in the event that they later really feel overwhelmed by the variety of uploads and/or are not curious about that channel, with some simply turning off all YouTube notifications as an alternative.

YouTube says:

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Viewers usually decide in to obtain “All” notifications from many channels. Once they really feel overwhelmed or are not curious about a selected channel, as an alternative of updating their subscription and notifications to higher replicate their preferences, they merely flip off all notifications from the YouTube app totally. It’s widespread for customers to have turned on All notifications for a channel, solely to have turned off app-level notifications (Creators can see how this impacts their channel within the Viewers tab). 

It’s additional famous that “channels that add sometimes won’t have their notifications affected,” and “actively engaged viewers” may also see no change. Notifications will nonetheless seem in a subscriber’s inbox as properly.

Importantly, YouTube has been testing this for the higher a part of a 12 months now, initially starting in March 2025.

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