YouTube Notification Bell Animation Templates
The bell is the reminder that a subscription on its own does not deliver. A subscriber who never turned notifications on sees your video when the algorithm decides to show it; one who did sees it when you publish.
That makes the bell a smaller ask with a larger effect, and it is why it is worth a graphic of its own rather than a line of speech. A short notification beat — the bell ringing, a toast sliding in — is enough to make the point without a sentence about it.
These templates are short and quiet. They are designed to sit next to a subscribe prompt rather than compete with it, which is why several of them are built as a second beat you can place a second or two after the main ask.
If you would rather make one sequence of it, the Combined CTA shelf carries like, subscribe and bell timed as a single run.
Every template here is free to open, free to change and free to watch back, with no account needed to browse. Exporting the finished file costs $5 once for that project, or a plan covers every export.
All 16 Bell templates
- Bell ReminderAnimated notification bell reminder.
- Bell RingClassic notification ring
- Bell NotificationBell + notification badge
- Bell PulseSoft premium bell pulse
- Bell ClickPress + ring interaction
- Bell SwingA bell that swings once and settles. The plain one.
- Bell Badge CountThe count lands on the bell, the way the app does it.
- Bell RippleRings leaving the bell, for a beat you want felt.
- Bell ToggleA switch going from off to on. The clearest instruction here.
- Bell Glass PlateFrosted plate that reads over bright and dark footage alike.
- Bell Prompt BarA bar that says what the bell is actually for.
- Bell StackThree notifications arriving in turn, which is the promise.
- Bell ShakeA quick shake with motion lines, for a faster cut.
- Bell Corner NudgeSmall, in the corner, for a reminder mid-video.
- Bell With AvatarYour channel beside the bell, so it is clear whose it is.
- Upload ScheduleA week laid out with your upload days lit, and the bell ringing beside it.
Using bell graphics
- Should the bell come before or after the subscribe ask?
- After. The bell only means something to somebody who has just subscribed or already has — leading with it asks for a setting on an account the viewer has not committed to yet.
- How long should a bell animation run?
- Two to four seconds. It is a reminder, not an argument, and the ring itself is the whole message.
- How do I get one into my video?
- Export it with a transparent background and drop it on a track above your footage. No After Effects, no plugin, nothing to install: the file is a WebM or MOV that Premiere Pro, DaVinci Resolve, Final Cut Pro and CapCut all read directly. The bell sits over the picture rather than on a rectangle, and its colour is a layer you set before you export.
Next
- Make it yoursChange the words, the colours and the timing without breaking the animation that was built for the shape.
- Export it with transparencyWhich format your editor actually reads, and why a black rectangle behind your graphic means the wrong one was chosen.
- Put it in the videoThe bell asks for something a viewer only gives after subscribing, so it belongs later than you think.
- What exporting costsOpening this template, changing it and watching it back are free. Getting the finished file out is $5 once for this project, or a plan if you make them often.