Guide · Updated September 29, 2026

How to make a YouTube end screen, subscribe animation and stream alerts

Create animated YouTube end screens, subscriber milestones, chapters, starting-soon screens and follower, raid and tip alerts for streams and videos.

Small animated touches help a channel look finished: an end screen that pushes the next video, a subscribe prompt, chapters, and alerts on stream. Here is how to make each.

YouTube and Shorts

End screen: End screen shows two videos and a subscribe button that gets tapped; End screen – countdown adds a countdown ring.
Subscribe: Subscribe button – simple and the animated Subscribe button click.
Chapters: Video chapters lists timestamps and highlights the current one.
Milestones: Subscriber milestone and Live subscriber counter for a live-looking subscriber counter.
Comments: Comment and reply and Comment wall.
Collabs and sponsors: Collab card, Sponsor card with a promo code, and Giveaway.
Hooks and captions: Hook title and Boxed word captions for word-by-word boxed captions.

Streaming

Before you go live: Stream starting soon and Stream schedule.
Alerts: Follower alert, Raid alert and Tip alert.
On screen: Stream overlay for a webcam frame with latest follower and tip, and Stream goal bar for a goal bar.

Using alerts in OBS

Export an alert as a transparent WebM, add it to your OBS scene as a Media Source, and play it when you need it. These are video clips, so they are not connected to Twitch or YouTube events; for automatic alerts, use them as the animation inside your alert service if it accepts video files.

End screen timing

YouTube end screens can run in the last 5 to 20 seconds of a video. Make the end screen 10 to 15 seconds long and place your real YouTube end-screen elements over the video boxes in YouTube Studio.

Questions people ask

Are these free?

The basic end screen, chapters, milestone, starting-soon screen, follower alert and goal bar are free. The countdown end screen, raid and tip alerts and the full stream overlay are Pro.

Do they use YouTube or Twitch logos?

No. They are platform-neutral designs you can use anywhere.

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