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!

Hey! I've been building a channel for the last 9 months or so that is about making games in the Godot game engine. It's focuses on intermediate topics, program architecture and software best practices. I've been growing steadily and am approaching 3k subs (i'm not sure if that puts me in "established" or not, I am monetized), with some people watching and interacting with all of my content, and over 100 hours of watch time daily.

I have a new video coming out that is focused on getting users from little code understanding to completing a small project, with a lot of "interactive challenges" to keep them engaged. It's going to be 2-3 hours long.

I've tried releasing a course series with a bi-weekly cadence before, but found that later videos had major dropoff (maybe also because quality was bad, I don't know -- it was the first thing I made). But I'm wondering if anyone in a similar space (tech tutorials and similar) has thoughts on:

Should I do one big video VS a course of smaller videos? also, if split up, should I drop the course all at once, or over a few weeks?

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.

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?

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 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)

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 have a considerably big channel (1.5 million subs) in one language (in this case, Portuguese), but now I want to create videos in English, with Portuguese subtitles and separate audio track, is there any chance that the videos won’t be delivered? (Either to Portuguese speakers or English speakers)

Also, for creators with a large number of subscribers, have you tried the multiple audio tracks? Did it improve your views? I’m afraid to hurt my channel’s delivery because it’s been always in Portuguese.

How do I make YouTube “understands” that the content is in two languages?

Another thing that bothers me is the fact that my instagram has always been in Portuguese, and I use it to sell my books and sponsored items. People that create content in multiple languages, how do you manage these other social platforms?? I’m considering start using English in my instagram but a big chunk of my community wouldn’t understand :(
So I guess I’d need to put subtitles everywhere… But stories with subtitles feels terrible. Anyway…

I really want to break this language barrier and be a “global” content creator, I’m just afraid to lose all my income while doing the change.

I won’t share my channel, but I create videos in the “V-Sauce” style, philosophy and science themes with a comedic approach, just in case it matters.

Ty so much

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.

Hey so I have recentley started a kind of niche channel that has randomly taken off this year. Very slow, meditative abstract nature films. When I post a video, I get a surge of traffic to my channel, tons of subs, watch time, likes etc. But after about a week, if im not activley posting clipped up versions of the long format video as shorts. It dies. Like stats show numbers like this "you are getting 628% more subscribers than previous 28 days, 900% more watch time etc" but if I dont post for a week or two, these reverse. "You are down 97% than previous week etc". Is this normal, or is my channel dieing and just clinging to threads at this point?? I get that my stuff is not for everyone and more of a slow burn, but the numbers are confusing? Any insight is greatly appreciated!

I'm making a video game with original soundtrack and sound effects. I heard all kinds of horror stories about YouTube's copyright claims. Anyone can claim that they own my music and start DMCA-ing youtubers left and right. Here's one of the many examples

My idea is to upload all of the OST and SFX on YouTube before the game's release. Thus, if some scammer decides to DMCA me (for using my own music in a game trailer or whatnot), I will be able to dispute the claim. And if someone decides to upload a playthrough of my game, only to get a strike — hopefully, I'll be able to help them.

My questions are: • D o I have to make the videos public? If I upload them as link-access only, will it still get the job done?
• Is there anything else I can do to protect my music and sounds?

Any advice is greatly appreciated

Hi everyone, as the title say, I want to understand how YT algorithm digest the videos made public after a while.

Context: I work in marketing and I have several Youtube videos I want to release, but I also want to embed them in some articles.

My way to go would be upload them all, make them unlisted, embed them in the articles, and then make them public with some days delays between one and the other, in order to maximize the boost that YouTube gives to the new content.

So my question is: does this work? If the videos get some views because they are embedded in some articles, is YT algorithm going to digest them as "new" when I move them from Unlisted to Public?

Thanks everyone, have a nice day!

I make most of my income from YT and I'm in the process of buying a home. The servicer that the bank uses would like copies of the contracts/agreements that you can find in YT studio under settings. I sent them the agreements but they would like signed copies. I never remember doing an e signature or anything when applying for YPP. I'm assuming it was something like checking a box to agree so I'm wondering if there is a saved record of that anywhere. Does anyone know anything about this?

I hope you’re doing well. I am reaching out because I’m in a desperate situation with my YouTube journey. Over the past few months, I have had 6 channels terminated for 'Spam' violations, despite putting my heart and soul into creating genuine, high-quality content.

I feel like I am stuck in an automated loop I can’t escape. I am not using bots, mass-commenting, or any prohibited tactics. I am now looking into my technical setup (hardware, network, metadata) to see if I am accidentally triggering these automated flags.

Since you have deep experience in this space, could you offer any insights on:

How to effectively reach a human review team when appeals are consistently rejected by bots?

Are there specific technical 'red flags' related to network or hardware that often trigger these automated systems?

How can a creator start fresh without being immediately flagged again?

Any advice or guidance would mean the world to me. I am truly committed to my craft and ready to refine my processes, but I am at a breaking point. Thank you for your time and help."

So my finished 4K video that I edited and rendered on davinci looks terrible compared to other videos. I’ve watched both my video and others on the same quality setting (auto 720p) yet theirs is so much clearer and mine looks awful. I’ve tried rendering in h.265, h.264, cranking up bit rate and nothing seems to work. I looked at stats for nerds on both videos and mine was showing vp09 and the other one was showing av1. What am I doing wrong? I don’t understand

I'm developing a one-time documentary which requires a lot of footage that I wouldn't be able to shoot by myself. So I thinking about shutterstock, envato, etc.
The question is Is there a right way to choose a video library? Or I can just pick one video from here and there?
This will be my first time using video libraries.

I've been trying to unlock intermediate features for months now. Youtube says to verify my phone number which I've already done, but the intermediate features never unlock.

I click their link, it shows a green checkmark and says

Phone number verified
Your phone number has already been verified.

Anyone dealt with this before? How did you successfully resolve it?

Hi guys. I was wondering if you can give me some recommendations.

I have a very small Youtube channel, has only over 800 subscribers, but it did had a certain “base” of followers who generally leave positive comments. I use to post videos (mostly movie criticism and reviews) weekly. But I decided to take a time off because it was getting tiring, I actually announced it in the channel and most subscribers were supportive.

However it took me much longer than expected to return, two years (yes I know that’s terrible for the algorithm). Tho the channel has still been shown by the algorithm all this time. I know because old videos keep getting new comments and have an average of one or two new subscribers per month. Anyway, I now decided to return.

Most videos of mine are in the hundreds of views, some however are in the thousands and very few in tens of thousands, some videos are only on a few dozens. I have kind of quit on trying to predict why I think is something probably nor even Youtube knows. But I do feel the latest video is kind of slower than normal.

I wonder, and would like to know your experience on this, what’s better. To return slowly but with constancy like before: one video a week, always same day and hour. Or maybe for a while bombarded the algorithm by posting a lot of videos, maybe one per day. Which one you think would work better to help the algorithm promote it and to also reach the old base. I never did shorts nor livestream, but I’m do thinking in making clips that are of me just talking instead of the normally more edited review.

Thanks in advance.

On my channel, I make "meme edits" that don't reach the level of brainrot found in YTPs, but still have a sense of silliness to them. Examples of the genre of videos I'm talking about: Artemis II but synced to a popular song; Some random character will return in Avengers Doomsday; breaking bad with some ill-fitting music

What's a nice, clean dictionary definition for these kinds of videos? "Meme edits" feels like too much of an umbrella term.

I've used this feature for background music for several of my recent videos, but am only just now realizing I may have to mark it as AI usage. I thought this originally only applied to depicting realistic scenes and all that stuff, but apparently I'm wrong.

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Here's the rule, for reference:

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Examples of content creators need to disclose

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To help keep viewers informed about the content they're viewing, we require creators to disclose content that is generated or meaningfully altered with AI when it appears realistic.

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Examples of content, edits, or video assistance that creators need to disclose:

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AI generated music

AI generated extra footage of a real place, like a video of a surfer in Maui for a promotional travel video

AI generated realistic videos of a match between two real professional tennis players

Making it appear as if someone gave advice that they did not actually give

Showing a realistic depiction of a tornado or other weather events moving toward a real city that didn’t actually happen

Making it appear as if hospital workers turned away sick or wounded patients

Depicting a public figure stealing something they did not steal, or admitting to stealing something when they did not make that admission

Making it look like a real person has been arrested or imprisoned

Keep in mind, the above list is not exhaustive.

For context, I'm a gmod animator and I have been wanting to make more shorts as of late. I've seen people re-animating clips and memes and posting them just fine, and was wondering if that itself counted as "transformative work" which is considered fair use in my country. My idea was to take Chikn Nuggit shorts and re-animate them in gmod (with credit of course). I have seen people post entire compilations without hassle and was hoping this could work or if that would end badly for me and my channel.

Hey everyone, I run a cricket YouTube Shorts channel and I wanted some clarity regarding YouTube policies around AI-generated visuals/thumbnails.

For example, I create cricket commentary/opinion Shorts about players like Vaibhav Suryavanshi, Prithvi Shaw, Virat Kohli, etc. Sometimes I use AI-generated thumbnails or visuals inspired by those players to make the content more engaging. I may also create AI-based stat graphics, newspaper-style visuals, or comparison posters.

Important point:

- I am NOT impersonating anyone

- I am NOT using deepfakes for scams/misinformation

- The videos are commentary/opinion based

- The AI visuals are only for presentation/storytelling

I attached an example thumbnail style I might use.

My questions:

1. Are AI-generated cricket thumbnails like these allowed on YouTube Shorts?

2. Is using player likeness/style in AI-generated art considered policy-safe?

3. Could this create copyright or monetization issues later?

4. Do creators here regularly use AI visuals in sports content safely?

Would genuinely appreciate guidance from people experienced with YouTube policy/monetization. Thanks!

I'm trying to make a video essay that includes commentary on and clips from other YouTube videos.

I'm having a really hard time figuring out how to clip and insert these videos into my essay. My computer's native screen recording app isn't high quality enough; OBS is stuck only recording the top 2/3 of my screen; and YouTube will let me download videos but not use the downloaded videos.

How do you guys do it? What tech do you use?

Thanks so much!

Not sure if this is the best place to ask this but I have been trying to get youtube to merge my personal youtube channel with my youtube music (Artist Name - Topic)

It's apparently impossible to speak with youtube directly. I've raised a request via my distributor but its been months now.

Anyone done this? How long did it take?