Hey guys!
I'm new, just applied for the YPP, they're reviewing my channel right now.

I started end of June with a German Gaming Channel and I have 2600 subscribers.

My video view counts vary significantly, as I’m still experimenting a lot with different formats. Recently, however, I’ve had videos reach between 1,500 and 6,000 views, with individual ones hitting 9k, 10k, 18k, and even 40k.

This information probably isn’t necessary for the question I want to ask, but I’m feeling quite excited. Could this inquiry be a scam? It seems too good to be true, and I’ve already read a few negative stories about things like this.

Hey everyone, how are you doing? On Thursday, I reached the 4,000 valid public watch hours required by YouTube to monetize my channel. At that point, the option to apply for monetization became available, so I linked my AdSense account and my application was under review.
However, today I checked YouTube Studio again and noticed that my valid public watch hours had dropped, and now I can no longer submit my monetization application.
As I mentioned, I had already reached the 4,000 watch hours on Thursday and started the monetization process. Has this happened to anyone else? Does anyone know why this might happen or what I should do? I’d really appreciate any help!

I do video essays about indie animation. My videos aren't automatically generated compilations or reuploads of other people's content. I write scripts record my own voice, research the subjects, and edit the videos myself. I use footage and other visual material to illustrate the arguments I'm making as is common in other and most video essays. What frustrates me is that hours of original research, writing, narration, and editing got overlooked by just "reused content" and also not allowing me to appeal. I'd appreciate it if you watched my videos before judging the channel. I'd like feedback on whether the videos demonstrate "original commentary and transformative work" and whether there's anything I should change.

Channel: @shokkingly

The YouTube support system is so terrible.

Got my 2nd channel I’ve built since 2015 instantly banned for impersonation after I used the same logo I used from my main on my 2nd channel

This logo I created myself and been using on my main since 2014. Took 2 mins to get 2nd channel banned after using the same logo on my 2nd channel.

So just a word of caution for everyone, don’t use the same logo you use on your main on your small channels as it instantly bans them

I even appealed and they denied me. So seems I might eventually lose my main channel as well. As I know if one channels gets terminated you lose all of them eventually

And I make 100% original content and been making it on these channels since 2014

I had one of my most stressful days in a while (work wise, not YouTube). and unfortunately, I opened my YouTube studio and saw a very negative comment attacking my education incorrectly, as well as other things. Normally, I am good about just hiding it and moving on with my day, but I responded and I did not respond well.

in short, I mentioned they could simply Google it and realize they are incorrect. I told them to stop watching my channel and leave me alone.

Now the comment itself is not necessarily bad, but I don’t like to respond in general, and it leaves me in a situation where they could find me, considering my information is public and do something to me, which I don’t want.

i’m also mad at myself that I let something get under my skin. I know we are all human, but I just feel silly.

I have a channel with 81k subs and since the end of last year my views dropped so bad that now I barely got 1k views per video. And I lose more subs each day.

I'm a 100% sure that my channel is shadowbanned. I have a channel about self improvement, I also show myself in key moments of the narration but with a mask on so I can stay faceless. After each yt update it got worse and worse. I try to touch the topics that people like but also come with new topics so people won't get bored.

I never had a strike or a warning.

I'm curious if anybody had this issue before and if they managed to fix it.

Hey guys!
I'm new, just applied for the YPP, they're reviewing my channel right now.

I started end of June with a German Gaming Channel and I have 2600 subscribers.

My video view counts vary significantly, as I’m still experimenting a lot with different formats. Recently, however, I’ve had videos reach between 1,500 and 6,000 views, with individual ones hitting 9k, 10k, 18k, and even 40k.

This information probably isn’t necessary for the question I want to ask, but I’m feeling quite excited. Could this inquiry be a scam? It seems too good to be true, and I’ve already read a few negative stories about things like this.

Is anyone else experiencing this annoying thing where you can’t send comments because the send button next to the text box keeps spinning? I have to close the app and go back in and then it’ll show the actual send button, but if I try and send a different comment right after that the spinning loop or death returns. I’ve tried updating the app but nothing seems to work, if anyone has a solution please share!!

I've never heard of this guy, and he makes shorts for kids. We actually have a mutual friend who is also very well known, which is why I even messaged him. Is it true what he says about Spotify?

I've been using YouTube promotions to boost my channel for over a year now. And until recently, it has worked fairly well. My channel recently crossed 21,000 subscribers.

But around October 16th, something odd happened. I tried to promote a video like I always do. And even though it shows the promotion is "active" with no issues, no ads are being run. There's no impressions or views coming through. I've tried to use support, but they've been unhelpful. They just keep saying "Give it a few days because it's in the learning phase." But it's been nearly two weeks. Has anyone else been having similar issues? Is there a way to fix this? Please help me.

If your channel is still sitting on your personal Google account and you're monetized or getting close to it, this is worth fixing before you need to, not after.

A Brand Account separates your channel's ownership from your personal Gmail/Drive/Photos. If your channel ever gets compromised, the attacker doesn't automatically get your personal email and files too — and vice versa, a personal account issue doesn't take the channel down with it. It also lets you add team members as Managers on the channel itself instead of literally sharing your Google password with an editor or manager.

YouTube Studio → Settings → General will tell you which setup you're currently on, and there's a built-in "move channel to a different account" flow if you need to switch. One-time annoyance, pays off the first time anything goes wrong on either side.

(Been looking into this stuff a lot building a YouTube channel security scanner — happy to answer questions if anyone's mid-migration and hits a snag.)

I just reached 1000 subscribers today. I am waiting for monetization approval. My channel is ultra long form videos so the past 7 days I am getting 8000-13000 watch hours and views per day. How are people getting sponsors? I know my subscribers are low but I’m also getting about 100 new subs per day.

I realise you're probably going to shoot me down straight away, but hear me out.

I am in quite a niche vertical. I'm pretty much one of only two peple who makes in-depth, full real-world tested content about my vertical.

Obviously in the last six months, a number of AI slop channels have popped up in my vertical, with some of them getting very good views on some of their videos. Factually, though, a lot of their information is incorrect and they are stealing footage from around YouTube, including my own.

I don't currently have the bandwidth to produce any more content myself, however, I am very confident I could make much better, factually correct AI slop which would be an improvement on what exists and it wouldn't be stealing other people's content.

I know more AI slop is generally thought of as bad but given it exists and it isn't going away, I wonder if correct AI slop would be better overall.

My main worry is that obviously the channel would be linked to my account. I would be a little bit concerned about Google demoting my main account in the background if it decides to tighten up its AI slop checks.

Thoughts?

Hello, I upload a lot of LONG videos, and always go with automatic ad placement. I noticed today that all the ad placements stop at the 4 hour mark, when a lot of my videos are 5-20 hours. Have I been missing out of extra revenue by using automatic ad slots because of this?