The album was released on 1 November 1994 through Capitol Records. Promotion included the first official website for a band, "Megadeth, Arizona", described by its conceiver, Robin Sloan Bechtel, as “a virtual cybertown in cyberspace" where fans gathered in an online community that among other things offered news regarding Megadeth's new album. "Youthanasia" was commercially successful, debuting and peaking at number 4 on the "Billboard" 200, with 143,000 units sold in its first week. This marked the band's second top five album, slightly below the number two peak of "Countdown to Extinction" in 1992, and the band would only reach such a landmark again in 2016 with "Dystopia". Several weeks after its release, the record was certified platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipping one million copies in the United States. The album also managed to enter into the top 10 in the United Kingdom and some other European countries as well. It eventually received a platinum certification from Music Canada and a silver award from the British Phonographic Industry (BPI) for shipments of 100,000 and 60,000 copies, respectively. A remixed and remastered edition featuring several bonus tracks and detailed liner notes was reissued on 27 July 2004.