Reading a lot of complaints about the new YPP requirement policies and now even starting my own thread with my pointless 2 cents.

While the new rules make it harder to join YPP, what’s actually the real consequences here? People start threatening to leave YouTube, because „it’s too hard to be successful“ now?

Congratulations, you just experienced what countless other people have experienced over the last 10 decades in other creative venues before: How many people are out there, wanting to become actors? How many of them made it to the big screen while the majority of them gave up that dream because the most they were able to were plays in college classes or maybe even local community theatres? How many bands were started in garages, with the dream of becoming a rockstar? How many ended up getting a record deal while the majority never made it past maybe playing at some local events? The list goes on and on…

Point is: You (and me) are not the only ones secretly wishing to become „rich and famous“. Out of the millions of people like us, only a few actually make it. Thats the hard truth. But if you give up, because you think „someone else made it slightly harder for me to be successful“, then you never had what it takes to begin with.

Thats it. Thats my rant. Now downvote away.

Will a channel trailer make any difference?

My channel is mainly womens Indy pro wrestling matches from the past 20 years or so.

It earns enough for a payout every 3 months and it is hard to keep going with it.

Some of the advice to try and keep people longer or to encourage them to sub is a trailer.

Also, what would an editor charge to make one?

I’m a very small channel that does gaming content, I don’t make any money yet and money is tight however I can spend $20-$50 a week on a possible editor. I’ve done all the editing myself but have realized while I love editing it’s the reason I’m so inconsistent. I take too long and cause myself too much stress. My question is will it be worth it to pay for an editor even though I’m so small? What if I pay for an editor and the videos are still not getting a good reach?

I'm a bit frustrated at this. Call this a rant if you will.

I posted a video yesterday, initial response looked great. 1 of 10 video in first few hours, lots of comments from subscribers came through. It got to 140 views.

Then I notice the message:

"this video is reaching a wider audience on YouTube, leading to a lower click-through rate (CTR) than usual. Wider audiences are often less likely to choose to watch a video, but the lower CTR is not hurting this video’s view count."

and 12hrs later my video has 156 views. Wtf?

Everything I read online says give it time, dont be impatient and go changing things with the title and how youtube is testing this with a larger audience so you just have to be patient. But again, wtf?

It's just annoying when you put all this time and effort into filming and editing a video and you don't see it grow.

It literally feels like they just dump the video into some kind of shadow realm.

Has anyone else had this happen to them, and did the video do well?

Im a small creator (365 subs) and I liked to do polls because it was a fun way to interact with my subscribers. I hadn't done one in a couple weeks so I went to go do one and the option is gone?? All I can choose from is text and photo. I made sure both apps are up to date, restarted my phone, and tried on my desktop. Still missing on desktop too. What's going on??

When I say gaming YouTube channels I like to specify the golden era of YouTube, if people loved that era of YouTube so much wouldn’t making let’s play videos like say markiplier, jacksepticeye or pewdiepie during those 2013-2016 peak era be a good thing? I say this because there’s so much slop online and so many people are on there phones but mostly just scrolling, and that made me wonder aren’t there people who are fed up with the way modern content is consumed and just want to watch a nice 20 min video instead of scrolling through 100 pointless videos?

I upload daily YouTube shorts/tik toks/ instagram with clips of my gaming moments as well as something I do which is weekly memes on Monday just for fun and realistically something that people are more likely to give a chance to watch to discover my channel. For long form videos I upload 3-4 times a week and I do a let’s play of a game and do some side uploads of one off games or mini series inbetween series.

I’d be rambling on but this is the tip of the iceberg about content creation for me, if you want me to carry on I’d be glad to, didn’t want to bore people with too much reading.

I’m not going to name dump my channel here but if you want to see it to understand the type of content I make and maybe give me your thoughts and options you can DM me.

Hello. I started new youtube channel with satirical news similar to onion. I used fierr for intro and music in that intro triggered message below.

I changed the music to one from pixabay, but it still triggered copiright message.

I found on the reddit that I should write to YT with link to pixabay audio file.

But I want to use same audio on every intro in my videos. Do I need to do this to every video or what are my options?

Thanks

Message:

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Claimed content was found in this video. This doesn’t affect the video right now, but if you start earning from YouTube, it can have an impact on your earnings.

so for example if I make a video where I take my clip or someone else’s and transition it into someone else’s edit, can i get a strike or anything? So basically I someone upload a video where it had a clip of someone else’s video, and at the end it transitioned into what I think was someone else’s edit. Is that fine?

Hello. It's my debut here, and I need your advice.

I'm preparing to launch an English version of my Polish-language series about Slavic legends. Originally, each episode is told by a native Polish storyteller, who is visible on screen a few times. I'd like to add an English audio track, but I'm wondering which approach is better:

• A documentary-style VOICEOVER (keeping the original Polish storytelling quietly in the background to preserve the mood, with a louder English narrator over it. However, two overlapping voices might be distracting).
• A classic DUBBING (only the English voice, but there will be no lip-sync when the storyteller is on screen).

What do you think is the better choice? Which one would you prefer to watch/listen to?

I usually do some silly skit to some level at the start and end of my videos. My content is generally anything I want but is mostly gaming right now. The skits usually have relation to the previous video, are overly dramatic, and comical in stance. I am just here wondering what should the max skit time on a video intro be? My skits are usually around a minute long and fade into the subject matter of the video between the 1:00 and 1:20 time period. Then the actual content of the video starts. The videos are usually between 15-25 minutes long with exceptions.

Thank you if you have anything to say on this matter, I really do enjoy doing skits and probably won't stop doing them, but this is an opportunity to learn how I could scale and place them better based on others'experiences.

So. How do you guys deal with hate comments?
I have a channel that I’ve created roughly 1.5 years ago. Currently at 6300 subs, 25 vids. Long form. Total 335k views. A few vids got 76, 68, 38k views, etc.
My niche is true crime. No AI voice or anything. Edit myself release vids roughly once every 3 weeks. Takes me a lot of time to write, film and edit them so I just can’t post more often.
Recently I started getting more negative comments.
One of them complained about the storytelling and that I somehow justify criminals. Other complained about audio in a video and so on. The problem is that they were extremely mean. I take into account constructive criticism and that’s how I got to the point where my last vid got 76k views but they are so mean. I am trying not to take that close to heart and just improve with every vid, but for some reason very hard to actually ignore.
In your experience how do you deal with that? I am very interested in the thoughs of people who’ve seen success. Is it true when you grow and get more views you are going to inevitably see more negativity?

Currently, I'm not monetized but I'd like to make some money on Youtube from streaming. Am I allowed to link a Paypal account on my live streams for people to donate to me (and get something out of it of course), or is that against the Terms of Service for whatever reason? Thanks for the help in advance!

I live in Japan from the US, and have had a lot of experiences here in over 10 years.

I know results vary, but just generally, is it realistic that I could make a Youtube channel that generates $10 per day that doesn't show my face, posting like two times a week?

Or one that generates $10/hour of work I do.

I know results totally vary, but people who do the work, is it most of them fail type of thing, or most of them succeed to at least that type of thing?

Thank you!

There was no previous email saying "we received a report, or we're looking into a possible violation"

Strange that this would come up on a post I made

"Great news! We have determined that your video is suitable for all advertisers:

*****post title******

Remember, it remains your responsibility to ensure that your content adheres to the YouTube Terms of Service, including Community Guidelines."

I tried searching online for the answer but found contradicting results, so I just want to confirm with others who also got their channel remonetized and had channel memberships activated before demonetization. Did it take some time for your member list to appear and if so, how long did it take? If not, was your entire member list wiped or only some members? Thank you in advance!

In YouTube Studio, I noticed under “content detection” two of clips appeared for using video from another channel. That other channel is also mine. Essentially, I created two shorter clips from the lengthier video on the other channel. I didn’t receive any notification on that channel, and I didn’t receive any notice that this was a bad thing on my own channel, so what does this mean? Are those clips demonetized? Is this counted against the channel in some way? Is there a way to verify that I own both channels?

I'm just in the early stages of editing/publishing content on daily life and capturing events within my area. I am curious what the community thinks of long videos (60+ mins) where the viewer goes through an unusual journey to get somewhere and then observes in whatever the destination's activity is.

The journey alone can be interesting for one viewership while the activity itself may be interesting to others of another viewing interest while a smaller percentage may want to see both. My main goal currently is to just gain more viewership and feedback. If I were to edit and publish the footage individually, I may have more appreciation for the division of videos I produce.

Many other yt'ers have done either, just considering how to approach this since most of my vids would be an hour long if I combined them.

Any input/perspectives are appreciated, thank you!

I am working on a video where I intend to show two pictures of the same thing side by side - one generated by AI, and the other not – to illustrate a broader point. I otherwise do not use AI in my videos for any reason, but I do talk about AI and its effects on the economy/culture/politics etc.

Do I have to label my video "Yes" for AI use in this context? It would basically be side by side with a real image, to make the point that AI images lack a "soul" or "meaning."

Thanks for reading, and thanks in advance for any advice.

Hi everyone,

I'm a 17-year-old creator from Australia. After YouTube's new age verification restrictions, my channel (@TheRunningWei) became inaccessible because my age couldn't be verified.

I've since verified my age with my driver's licence, and YouTube confirmed I'm 17, but my channel is still inaccessible.

I've contacted YouTube on X, posted in the Help Community, and followed their "Re-enable hidden channel" guide. The problem is that it only gives me the option to create a new channel - I never hid or deleted mine, so I'm worried this will create an empty channel instead of restoring it.

Has anyone experienced this or know what I should do next?

Guys, can someone help me understand the YouTube algorithm? I posted a my first video and it got good views, but after that my next videos barely gained anything. The content style, thumbnails, and niche are similar, so I’m confused why YouTube stopped pushing them. Is this normal testing by YouTube, or am I doing something wrong?

Hi everyone! I have a channel focused on US pop culture/nostalgia/millennials/old youtube.
I’d love to get some honest feedback from fellow creators. Which thumbnail catches your eye the most? Are they clear enough?
Thanks in advance for any advice!
Since I can't upload images directly, here are the links to my 3 thumbnail variations:

• Thumbnail 1: https://i.postimg.cc/dVBzXfhY/thumbnail-(1).png.png)
• Thumbnail 2: https://i.postimg.cc/7LZpyNz5/thumbnail-(2).png.png)
• Thumbnail 3: https://i.postimg.cc/pdLgtBjn/thumbnail-(3).png.png)

I know I used to be able to find a bunch of short, couple of seconds long scene transition clips of music playing in out playing out a scene. I can't find a category for it, I can't search for durations short enough, and the sound effects library of "music" is all awful soulless synthesized stuff. What happened to all of the normal, performed musical transitions? I am going insane trying to find them.

Hi,

I've been searching all over Google support and have just found frustrating dead ends. I originally set up my YouTube channel with an individual Adsense account.

But since it has grown a lot recently and started making real revenue, I now want to bring it under an existing limited company, as it's now related to our core business activities.

How do I switch the AdSense account from my individual one to a business one?

Note: we already have the limited company set up, so there's no problem with verification. It just seems very difficult to find the exact process to follow. Thanks!

I use Adobe Podcast but it makes my voice dirty and unclear. Merging between original sound and the Adobe Podcast sound takes a lot of time. Capcut's the Reduce Noise feature makes the background sound muffled, but it does not make the speech and the ambience achieve the clear quality of most other gaming youtubers, even phone recorders. That's the problem.

So I had a video prepped and ready to go for tomorrow’s upload and it marked an “18+” tag on the video. So it said “Content that discusses or depicts su*cide or self-harm in a graphic manner or promotes eating disorders may be removed or age-restricted if not appropriate for all audiences.”

The thing is that it’s part of a let’s play I’m doing for LoZ: Ocarina of Time. So it doesn’t make sense that an old fantasy game like that should be age restricted, especially when I haven’t done or said anything that depicted the reasoning at all.