Upload your beats and visuals once. SubSub streams them nonstop from our cloud in up to 4K — no OBS, no VPS, no PC left running.
A home stream dies with every Windows update, power cut or Wi-Fi drop. SubSub plays your playlist from our servers, so your computer can sleep.
Renting a VPS, running OBS without a GPU, restarting a crashed encoder — that is a second job. Here you upload files and press start.
One wrong track can mute or stop a stream. Below we explain what is safe to play and how lofi radios actually earn.
Drop your audio and video into the SubSub media library. Files are stored in our cloud, not on your computer.
Put your files in order and turn on loop. Everything stays in the SubSub cloud, so nothing has to run on your computer.
SubSub streams from our servers around the clock. Close the laptop — the stream keeps playing.
What long-running lofi channels have in common — and how to get there with SubSub.
Load at least 2–3 hours of tracks so listeners rarely hear a repeat. SubSub loops the playlist automatically.
A 10–30 second seamless loop — rain on a window, a desk lamp, a slow city — keeps the stream alive. A static image works too.
Lofi is listened to more than watched. Export tracks at 192 kbps or higher; 1080p video is plenty for the picture.
Use your own beats, tracks licensed for YouTube live streaming, or a royalty-free library. Keep license proof in case of a claim.
Your $0.50 sign-up credit covers about 57 hours on air. Upload a couple of tracks, press start and watch your radio go live. No card, no software, nothing to install.
YouTube scans live streams with Content ID. If a matched track plays, YouTube may replace your stream with a placeholder image, and if the content keeps playing, interrupt or end the broadcast. A copyright strike also restricts your access to live streaming.
Once your channel is in the YouTube Partner Program, a lofi radio earns in three ways:
Mind the inauthentic content policy: collections of songs from different artists are not eligible for monetization, even with their permission. A radio built on your own catalog is the safe route.
You pay only for streaming time: $0.0087 per hour in base quality (720p, 30 fps). A month nonstop is 720 hours and comes to about $6.26 — no monthly plan, no slot fees. New accounts get $0.50 in free credits, enough for about 57 hours on air, no credit card required.
Yes. YouTube sets no maximum length for live streams, and lofi radios have stayed live for years. The usual rules apply: a verified channel with no live streaming restrictions in the past 90 days, honest titles and thumbnails, and only music you have rights to.
Yes. SubSub sends your uploaded playlist to YouTube through a regular stream key, exactly like a streaming encoder. You do not need to be online, run OBS or keep a computer on during the broadcast.
Your own beats, or tracks whose license covers YouTube live streaming and that are allowlisted for your channel in Content ID. If a claimed track plays, YouTube can replace the stream with a placeholder or stop it.
Yes, once your channel is in the YouTube Partner Program: ads, Super Chat, Super Stickers and memberships. Compilations of other artists' songs are not eligible for monetization, so build the radio on your own or properly licensed catalog.
At least 2–3 hours. SubSub loops the playlist automatically, and a longer playlist means listeners rarely hear the same track twice in one session.
No. You upload files to SubSub once, and our servers send the stream to YouTube. Your computer can be off the whole time.
You pay only for streaming time — $0.0087 per hour in base quality (720p, 30 fps). A full month nonstop is about $6.26. New accounts get $0.50 in free credits, about 57 hours on air, no credit card required.
YouTube can take up to 24 hours to enable live streaming the first time. Turn it on in YouTube Studio a day before you plan to launch.
Yes. Each stream runs on its own and is billed by its own streaming hours, so you can run different radios on different channels.
No. SubSub does not scan your files. YouTube checks every live stream with Content ID on its side: if it finds a track you do not own, YouTube can mute or stop the stream and strike your channel. Use only music you own or license.
Streams up to 12 hours are archived on your channel. Longer streams may not be saved at all, and live streams that are not saved as a video do not count toward Partner Program watch hours. Keep your source files — they stay in your SubSub library.
Your free credit covers about 57 hours on air. No credit card, no OBS, no computer left running.
Launch a free test streamEvery new account gets $0.50 in credits. No credit card needed.
That is about 2 days and 9 hours of nonstop streaming.
