What's the difference between following and subscribing?

Following

• Following is free. Select Follow on a creator's profile, and Unfollow to stop at any time.
• You can see the creator's Public posts and stories, and you can hear about their new posts and livestreams. See Notifications for new posts and livestreams.

Subscribing

• Subscribing is paid and runs for a set period, renewing automatically until you cancel.
• You can see posts and stories the creator shares with Subscribers.
• When you subscribe, you follow the creator automatically.

Paid extras

Some content costs extra whether or not you're subscribed, such as Premium posts, paid livestreams, video calls and custom requests. Each creator decides what to share with followers, subscribers or everyone.