New YouTube monetization criteria - any of you eligible?
By Pitstop
@pitstop (15551)
Australia
July 23, 2018 4:54am CST
Over the past few months, YouTube has tightened the screws on channels that are eligible for monetization. It used to be anyone before, then tightened to a minimum of 10000 views and now it is 1000 subscribers+4000 watch hours in a year. My channels are now not able to be monetized.
I can understand their desire to have quality content but this essentially means a lot of YouTube users cannot monetize their own videos.
Have you been affected by these changes which happened last year?
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@1hopefulman (45111)
• Canada
23 Jul 18
I never worked at trying to earn money there. I do like watching videos there.
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@pitstop (15551)
• Australia
24 Jul 18
@1hopefulman that's how I started too, then I found 8 could monetize them and so it was a good feel. Now suddenly my channels don't make money again.
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@1hopefulman (45111)
• Canada
24 Jul 18
@pitstop No, not at all. I do have some videos there but I didn't put them there to make money.
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@chicnthin (3030)
• Philippines
23 Jul 18
They are now stricter, advantage for those who are famous is that it is easier for them to reach what they require.
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@chicnthin (3030)
• Philippines
25 Jul 18
@pitstop i know one local youtuber has been famous because of giving informations on what is legit online sites
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@MashaVickina (2184)
• Russian Federation
23 Jul 18
My husband and I had much more on our channels, so we were not affected. Just understand YouTube, it wants high-quality content, it is not interested in thousands of tiny channels of a bad quality, so now, people will try to do their best to gain popularity. Good luck, you can do it
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@Jessabuma (31696)
• Baguio, Philippines
23 Jul 18
No because I don't have YouTube channel. I am only watching on YouTube
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@chiyosan (30186)
• Philippines
23 Jul 18
i dont have contents for youtube, and i am not a youtuber so to speak. I am one of the consumers of youtube content. :D So do you mean to say that if you do not have 1000 subscribers, even if your views are high, you do not get anything from it?
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@Missmwngi (12915)
• Nairobi, Kenya
23 Jul 18
I just opened one this year and realized i had alot to do to get there
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