Five Kenyan brands were on Monday awarded the YouTube Silver Play Button Award by Google.
The brands were namely KTN News Kenya, Njugush, Real House helps of Kawangware, Nyashinski and Africha Movies.
Njugush the comedian, who missed receiving the award due to being on vacation, tweeted his appreciation for the award and thanked his subscribers for the milestone achieved.
These are the 5 YouTube creators that won the Silver Play Button by surpassing the 100k subscribers mark: @KTNNews @RealHousehelps @RealShinski @BlessedNjugush & @AfrichaEnt #Google4Kenya #twatembeapamojahttps://t.co/YHsxXcfsbd
The Silver Play Button Award is given to YouTube content creators who reach or surpass the 100,000 subscriber mark.
YouTube content creators refers to people who produce video content for YouTube or tell stories online that everyone can watch.
According to a recruiting site named Glassdoor, the content creators for the platform are paid an estimated salary of Ksh 27,000 monthly.
Besides from the silver play button, the other awards given are the gold and diamond play button.
The Gold Play Button is awarded to the channels that reach the 1 million subscriber mark.
Diamond Play Button, which is the highest ranked award, is given to the channels that attain the 10 million subscriber mark.
PewDiePie is the most subscribed channel on YouTube in the world with 61.3 million subscribers.
