How do you build your own YouTube home feed with Custom Feeds — and why are your Subscriptions moving?

YouTube is rolling out Custom Feeds: tap the new + button at the top of Home, describe the topic, channels or vibe you want, and YouTube builds a separate self-updating feed — up to 3 free, or 8 with Premium — while the Subscriptions tab moves into Home’s top bar as Subs.

You watch one video about fixing a leaky faucet, and for the next month your whole YouTube home page is plumbing. You did not subscribe to plumbing. You do not want plumbing.

You just wanted the drip to stop. Short answer: YouTube is rolling out Custom Feeds — you tap a new “+” button at the top of Home, describe the topic, channels, or even the vibe you want in your own words, and YouTube builds a separate, self-updating feed from that description. Free accounts can keep up to 3 custom feeds; YouTube Premium subscribers can keep up to 8, and feeds sync between your phone and desktop.

Why it matters: The normal home feed is YouTube guessing from everything you have ever watched, which is why one odd video can hijack it. A custom feed only answers to the description you wrote, so “30-minute history documentaries” and “quick weeknight dinners” can live side by side without polluting each other. At the same time, YouTube is moving the Subscriptions tab out of the bottom bar and into Home’s top bar, labeled “Subs,” alongside new quick links for Live, Music, and Movies & TV where you have a qualifying subscription.1.

Look for the “+” at the top of Home. It appears in the mobile app as the feature rolls out. No “+” yet means it has not reached your account — it is a staged rollout, not a setting you missed.2.

Describe what you actually want. Be specific about length, topic, and style: “under 10 minutes on home repair” works better than just “repair,” because the description is the whole feed.3. Save up to 3 feeds free, or 8 with Premium.

Treat them like moods: one for learning, one for relaxing, one for your hobby.4. Refine instead of starting over. Open a feed and tap the prompt box at the top to edit your description, or refresh it for a new set of recommendations on the same idea.5.

Check the requirements if nothing shows up. For now this is rolling out in English to signed-in users aged 13 and older in the U.S., you need both watch history and search history turned on, and it is not on tablets yet.Pro tip: Two warnings worth knowing: what you watch inside a custom feed still influences your regular Home recommendations, and a custom feed you ignore expires after 30 days of inactivity — so open the ones you care about now and then.Ad’s take: This is the first YouTube change in a while that hands control back to the viewer instead of the algorithm. Build one feed for the stuff you meant to watch, and let the main feed keep its plumbing.