It should be easy to know when you’ve found the official YouTube channel of a creator, artist, brand, or public figure. So in late October, we’re updating what it means for channels to be “Verified” w/ new eligibility criteria & a new look. Details → https://yt.be/help/3QfB pic.twitter.com/JXOvMbkbns
People can easily impersonate others by stealing their videos and making money off of them, and etc. Verified channels were a way to prevent that and be able to easily report fake channels. That’s what I have been seeing from everyone who has been posting about it.

𝑱𝑼𝑺𝑻 𝑨 𝑳𝑶𝑵𝑬𝑳𝒀, 𝑹𝑨𝑰𝑵 𝑪𝑳𝑶𝑼𝑫. 𝐎𝐏𝐄𝐑𝐀 𝐎𝐌𝐍𝐈𝐀 | 𝐃𝐑𝐀𝐆𝐀𝐋𝐈𝐀 𝐋𝐎𝐒𝐓