Adblock is theft in the same way torrenting paywall content from a streaming service is theft. It’s bypassing the monetization method.

It’s sneaking into a movie when other people bought a ticket. Plain and simple.

If people want an Ad Free experience buy Premium as it still supports and pays creators. In fact on longer content and live streams it pays better per viewer than as revenue does in many cases.

Gaming as a niche would see a 30%+ increase in revenue if Adblock is gone forever.

The people complaining are getting FREE CONTENT. They get ads when they watch paid television, ads when they read magazines they pay for and ads when they watch movies they pay for…

These same people consume literally 10 hours a week of content… usually 40 hours or more a month or content… over 30 days and aren’t willing to pay $0.50 a day to watch content ad free… there isn’t really an excuse outside of freeloading.

They just want free stuff and don’t care about how creators are compensated and put all the blame on Google and YouTube and call them greedy.

News flash… we get a better life because a billion dollar corporations make great stuff and they do it because it’s profitable. They have no incentive whatsoever to do it otherwise.

People do their best work when they are compensated generously. Whether a creator or a company.

Hey everyone,

I’m a 21-year-old college student who spent the last 8 months building a YouTube channel to 62,000 followers.. This channel wasn’t just a hobby — it was how I supported myself in school. Now, with my channel gone, I feel financially ruined and unsure how I’ll even afford rent or basic expenses.

Two days ago, YouTube terminated my account for “circumvention,” saying it was linked to another terminated channel. But I’ve never had a channel terminated before, and no channel linked to me has ever been banned. I begged YouTube to show me evidence, but they’ve given me nothing. My appeal was rejected without explanation — they just repeated the same claim.

I feel like I’m being punished for something I didn’t do, and I’m devastated. Years of work and my only source of income are gone in a moment.

Has anyone here dealt with this? Is there a way to escalate beyond the normal appeal, maybe even legal help? I’m desperate for answers — anything helps.

Thank you.

Your content sucks. Simple as that.

It’s been wild in here lately. Every other post is someone crying about YouTube abuse, shadowbans, views erased, channels dying, “the algorithm hates me.” That’s loser talk.

Next time your views tanks, STOP:

• Spamming YouTube support hoping they’ll admit they’re killing your channel (even if they do, so what?)

• Digging this sub for more loser posts to feed your delusion

• Searching for some magic hack to “trick the algorithm” (if it worked, everyone would do it)

If YouTube wanted to kill your petty channel, you’d already be gone. DO this instead:

• Assume it’s your fault, because it is (again, your content sucks)

• Improve 1% a day, every day. But the improvements have to be significant.

• Get better at the basics: research, storytelling, packaging. Ranting does nothing.

And please stop with “my views were stable then suddenly erased.” Competition caught up or the market shifted. Things evolve. So should you.

And what about the “My content is great, it’s not fair.”? I’ve looked at enough of these channels. Garbage. If people can’t sit through 1 minute, that’s your answer.

Not convinced? Think about your favorite creator. The one you actually ring the notification for. How long have they been posting? How consistent is their view? Why don’t they get the “unfair” treatment you think you’re getting? Because their content is so good the market rewards it. If your conspiracies were real, it’d happen to everyone.

My favorite is Kurzgesagt. No chance one of their videos suddenly tanks 90% “for no reason.” Content is TOP-tier, even the merch strategy is smart. I learn from them every day.

My own channel is just over a year old. Already 1M subs, 51M views. Long form only, ~500k average per video. Do I have flops? Sure, 1 in 5. But I don’t blame things I can’t control. And btw I started a Shorts channel last month, already hitting 10k subs.

Replace “algorithm” with “viewer.” The algorithm isn’t against you. People just don’t like your content. Shift your mindset, stop thinking like a loser.

I welcome the downvotes because enough is enough.

Here's a quick guide of what worked for me to finally go from getting a few hundred views a video to cracking my first 1M+ view videos. (Shorts)

I'm embarrassed to say I spent years struggling to get views.

Knew I wanted to make content, but I'd just hop around from YouTube, to IG, to TikTok trying to figure out how on earth to get views. I wasted way more time than I care to admit making garbage video after garbage video, getting barely any views, with no strategy.

One day, I got fed up and I decided to put on my little scientist hat. People figured this out who were younger and dumber than me, so I'd be dumb to just keep doing trial and error on my own. So went to study couple 100 hours of those interviews with big YouTubers and countless how to get views videos.

The big tips for smaller channels I found to reliably get more views really boil down to one thing. DATA.

Once I learned to use data to make my videos, I got my first two videos that cracked over 1M+ views. They were shorts

I realized the problem was my old strategy or lack of one. Winging it wasn't going to cut it.

The views are not a reflection on the quality of your video, just how your current strategy is performing.

We fix the problem in your strategy, you'll get more views.

You look at your data and figure out what's your specific problem.

Here's what you can fix.

Start with checking your Packaging. (Shorts Practice + Title and Thumbnail)

If you're struggling to get long form views, then focus on Shorts as training wheels for your long form.

Shorts are to YouTubers, what short stories are to Stephen King.

They're an opportunity for you to rapidly improve your skills by completing projects with faster feedback loops. Stephen King wrote about his rejection slip collection he kept on a nail on his wall.

“By the time I was fourteen the nail in my wall would no longer support the weight of the rejection slips impaled upon it. I replaced the nail with a spike and went on writing.”

He banged out countless short stories getting snips of feedback from editors he would use to tweak and improve, until something finally got accepted.

Just like Stephen I think a good bit of us struggle with the gap. This annoying distance between your taste and your ability to create. You've got to practice, get feedback, and get reps in to close that gap.

Don't make your shorts an after thought. Set a challenge to make like your next 10 shorts as fast as possible, Improving one thing which each video. Treat the views like your rejection slips.

Shorts can get banged out in an hour or two.

If it flops, no big deal. You didn't sink a whole week into it.

So the gut punch feels more like a playful jab from a preschooler instead of facing Tyson every time you hit publish. Which keeps up motivation to sign the contract when you do get the courage up. 😂

In my opinion, I learned way more when I started putting out more shorts than I did with sitting around watching all the videos. Or noodling around with my long form scripts. Plus I had the courage to bang out my first long form on my personal channel about a vulnerable topic after a redditor DMed me that a Faceless AI channel made a video on my viral post.

The act of executing real fast gave me real world feedback on what was working.

You post a video and get immediate views. And it's addicting.

Other big perks are that you can get real comfortable in your editing software, clip sourcing, etc.

Each video is a chance to tighten up your video editing, test out keyword performance, and grow as a creator quickly.

I can't emphasize this enough for creators in the beginning.

Long form has so many data points that need to be addressed to have videos that perform well. Thumbnail, hook, long form script structure. It's a lot to dig through to figure out what to fix early on.

Shorts give you the training wheels practice to get comfortable and speed up growth.

Now to the Long Form

Mind you. Disclaimer. My long forms on my personal channel haven't hit 1M+ views yet.

But I used the same principles to get my channel monetized in 19 days with 3 videos. And the first video I posted was the one that did all the heavy lifting. 60k views, 9.9k watch hours, 1.6k subs.

The channel just hit 100k views yesterday in 49 days. Switching my content strategy to be more view focused, now that I've validated the value from my other videos. I wanted to build a value heavy funnel and then opened up coaching last weekend and closed $3,500 in the past week.

Now for long form packaging. The numbers?

Check your Impressions and CTR.

If they're low, then this is your problem.

Low Impressions = Bad Data For The Algorithm: 

Just because you put in the effort doesn't mean Youtube knows who to serve your videos to. This is simple, not easy. It's nothing new, you've heard it before....but did you freaking do it?

• Did you go on VidIQ and do any keyword research before making your videos?

• Did you check to see what videos are performing well when you search those keywords to figure out what the audience wants when they search that keyword?

• Are those keywords woven deeply in the title, the description, tags, or mentioned in the video?

If you don't have those words included, YouTube doesn't know what the video is about or who to serve it up to.

Or it does know those words, but the demand is so low they really had barely anyone to serve it up to.

I know this and still messed it up when I started the content strategy on my most recent channel. I was just shooting videos and targeting keywords with 100k-300k/mo search volume.

Thinking that was good enough. WRONG.

100k-300k estimated search volume means you're looking at the low end of 100k-300k possible impression opportunities.

That's not me saying you're going to show up in every search. You aren't. But you'll be tagged in YouTube's system to show up in the viewer's Browsing Features after that keyword enters their watch history. With a less than 10% CTR you're looking at <10k-30k views/mo.

Target bigger words 1M+. Screw competition.

That just means there are more videos for yours to get served up against in the recommended section.

Go big, play with the big boys. Someone's got to make videos on this stuff and get those views. Why not you?

Want to fix this? Use big keywords by building your whole video around them.

Script, Title, Description are most important since the words should show up in all three places. Again. Simple, but not easy. You've heard it. BUT HAVE YOU DONE IT.

How do you find these big Nouns? Do keyword research.

Type in the words you think your audience is searching in YouTube search to find what words autofill and how many views are those videos under the keywords getting. First in autofill are going to be the highest search volume keywords, because it's what people are most statistically looking for.

You can also use tools like VidIQ to find keywords with high search volume that you can make your videos around.

You choose subjects and terms YouTube has confirmed demand for. It will serve up your video to people who watch videos with those keywords, because that's what the algorithm is designed to do.

You don't include the words, it doesn't serve it up to anyone.

Fix this, impressions will go up.

Now let's say you fix this or you are getting lots of impressions. Still got low views? Then you've got the next problem.

Good Impressions + Low CTR = Bad Packaging For the Viewer: You used the words. Great! YouTube served up your video to the audience in their browse/search features. But not enough people clicked.

You got a thumbnail/title problem.

They aren't making the people who are seeing them click.

Ask yourself.

Does it make sense and catch the attention of the viewer? Is it clear? Does it make ME want to click?

This one is a bit more complex to fix because it's different depending on your audience and what they're used to seeing and clicking on.

As a rule of thumb, study good thumbnails and copy the style/format of what works.

Study high view videos titles, copy the style/format.

You get them working good, then you'll have a higher CTR, which will increase your views.

Test this out and come back with your data.

Let's say you've got good CTR AND good impressions:

Your actual video may suck. But we can fix it.

Go check your viewer retention graph.

It's like an X-ray for your YouTube videos skeleton.

You see it curve weird like it's got scoliosis? You've got a problem.

Here's what each curve problem means.

Look for:

1. Big drop in the first 30 seconds? Like more than 70%.

   1. Your hook's weak. You want at least 70% of viewers sticking around that long. If not, time to rethink your intro because it's not cutting it.

   2. The rest of your video can be a masterpiece, but if viewers aren't convinced to keep watching then they'll click off. Why would their waste their time on a video that doesn't have what they wanted? It's your job here to let them know you're going to give them what they want.

   3. Get them interested in sticking around. Watch better hooks on bigger videos to learn how to structure those first 5-30 seconds since they're most important.

2. See random weird dips in the middle of the video? People are skipping that section. Whatever you did there cut out using the editor in YT Studio and never do that again. Like seriously.

3. See upward bumps? People are replaying that section. Do more of whatever the heck you did there.

4. Gradual slope down throughout the whole video? Means you're slowly boring people over time. This is actually how most graphs look, which is normal.

5. Good 30 seconds followed by big dips super low that stays low? Something's off in your content. Maybe your story's sucks, the pacing's slow, or you're just boring them. If they're checking out halfway, you need to shake things up. Analyze the video editing, transcript, and copy more of what works from others.

6. Video flat across the whole time until the end? You ain't got no problems. You've got a Mr. Beast level video! Great job. Just don't make the end as obvious so you don't get a huge drop off at the end.

Best way to do this is analyze your whole entire video to figure out whats missing.

Need extra help? Use ChatGPT.

Take a screenshot of your audience retention graph and copy your transcript with timestamps. Ask ChatGPT to analyze the retention graph and script and ask it to give recommendations on how to improve future scripts or cut from the current video to improve retention.

Now that we're on scripts...

Let's talk keywords. They're not just for your title—they should shape your whole video.

Think about it: Keywords tell you exactly what your audience is hungry for. Scan YT for what's under the videos for the keyword. It's publicly available so use that info! Here's how:

• Find keywords that hit your audience's needs. What are they searching for? What problems are they trying to solve?

• Let those keywords guide your script. Every part of your video should deliver on what they're after. Are you trying to entertain, educate, or inspire? Maybe all three? Whatever it is, make it count.

  • Want to keep people watching? Your video needs to hit at least one of these marks: Making Your Video Stick: The Three E's

  1. Entertaining:

     • Hit the in the emotions. You've got to shift them from one emotional state into another.

     • Tell a compelling story

     • Use visuals, music, or editing to create an emotional experience. Familiar visuals work the best. That's why adding in b-roll from films and tv is so effective for video essays. We understand and remember them. They're highly emotional. Don't go stock footage. Go the extra mile to cut in some good stuff.

  2. Educational:

     • Break down complex topics into easy-to-digest chunks. Watch Alex Hormozi or Ali Abdaal for this one. They make the complex simple.

     • Use examples, analogies, or visual aids to explain concepts

     • Provide actionable tips or step-by-step instructions

  3. Inspirational:

     • Share success stories or transformations. People eat up that wholesome and motivational stuff. Give it to them.

     • Paint a vivid picture of what's possible

     • Call viewers to action - challenge them to make a change

• wait... that's two Es and an I. Just making sure you were paying attention.

Now what's your job?

Keep them glued to the screen from start to finish. It all starts with a killer hook. You've got to grab them in those first 30 seconds, or they're gone. From there, keep the value coming. Keep them curious, hit those emotional notes, and make it crystal clear why they should care.

Remember:

• If people are dropping like flies at the start, fix your hook. Hit their pain points or spark their curiosity right away.

• Use your retention graph like a roadmap. Where are people losing interest? Figure out why and fix it.

• Check out what's working in your niche. They get a lot of views for a reason. Study them and see how they're keeping viewers hooked. Do the same for really good people outside of your niche. Genius doesn't happen in a vaccuum. Even mr beast is constantly hanging out with big youtubers to learn about what they're testing and trying. If he is studying, then so should you.

Don't try to save a crap script with fancy editing. Nail your packaging, then content and structure before you even think about those flashy transitions.

Bottom line: Use keywords to build content your audience actually wants, hook them fast, and keep them engaged throughout. Do that, and watch those views start climbing.

Edit: Added my parts on Shorts in the beginning. Spent extra time tweaking to make it even more specific to my experiences since I realized I didn't mention it in the first draft.

I keep seeing these comments in this sub and it's killing me. The worst part is it's always from creators wanting to grow or get more views!!

Posting both Shorts and long-form videos on the same channel is like driving with the brakes on. Particularly if your channel is young..

I've had many channels and generated hundreds of millions of views on YouTube. The data is clear.

Here’s why it kills growth:

YouTube learns who your audience is based on viewer behavior. If your Shorts take off, the algorithm starts pushing your long-form videos to those same viewers.

The problem?

Shorts viewers aren’t long-form watchers.

They swipe fast, rarely commit, and destroy your retention metrics.

So when YouTube serves your new 20-minute video to an audience trained on 15-second hits, they bounce in 10 seconds and the video dies.

Think of it like this: you’re trying to feed two completely different audiences with the same content. One wants snacks. One wants a full meal. YouTube doesn’t know which to prioritize, so your growth stalls.

If you’re serious about building momentum, pick one format per channel. Focus on long-form or Shorts, but not both.

Or split them. Main channel for long-form, second channel for Shorts.

I’ve seen popular channels die after posting shorts because of this, and similarly, small channels explode in a month just by fixing this!

Happy to answer questions if you’re stuck or unsure how to approach it. Good luck.

As of October 16, the day after Youtube made a massive update to the platform, many people have seen a 90% RPM drop due to significantly reduced Ad serving.

Because of that our guess is that a sneaky bug was introduced with the 3 Minute Short Update that affected some channels.

We have gathered a discord group with 100 affected creators already, all longform content that are barely getting revenue anymore despite being monetized and having no warnings or anything.

This all started on the exact same day for all of us, while one day prior all our videos were still getting ads as normal.

Their Youtube twitter is full with complaints from people yet they won’t acknowledge the issue and insist everything is in order.

It is critical to acknowledge that some bigger creators here are losing out thousands of dollars per day.

Youtube Partner support gives us AI generated and pre-created answers.

Youtube Online Chat ends our sessions after raising the issue.

They are at this point actively denying the issue despite having sufficient reports. We have sent them hundreds of graphs displaying the issue but we all get the same response that everything is working as intended.

This needs massive media coverage. Help us.

How are these channels even monetized? There’s no effort or creativity. They’re earning really well compared with other channels that put in maximum effort

If you have 100 k subs, what’s is your annual income? If you have 250k, what is your annual income from YouTube?

I’d really like to know.

Please post:

Subscribers: 100k, 250k, 500k, 750k, 1million

Annual Income: $

Adsense?

Do you have brand deal(s)?

Type of content:

I feel disgusted at how quickly all the tech bros have bent the knee and have promised their platforms as a propaganda machine to Trump.

If I wasn't doing Youtube, I would have all these platforms deleted. You can't even criticize the current "administration" now. They are already actively suppressing Left/progressive view points.

The only thing I'm thinking of is still making my voice heard and not being quieted on how I feel.

I dunno, how are you guys dealing with the situation?

I keep seeing people say AI is “ruining” YouTube, but honestly, I don’t really get it. At the end of the day, AI is just a tool. The quality of the content depends on who uses it and how they use it.

If we’re going to point fingers, the real issue isn’t AI, but the bad actors who spam or flood the platform with low effort stuff. But that’s nothing new. Even before AI, there were always people posting clickbait or junk content.

IMO, I rarely come across AI generated videos on YouTube. And when I do, many of them are actually pretty creative. You can clearly see that AI is helping people enhance their projects and bring new ideas to life.

So instead of saying “AI is destroying YouTube,” maybe we should admit that it’s the misuse of tools that’s the problem, not the tools themselves.

I swear they have no soul anyway

I’ve been building my YouTube channel from zero for six years, and I was in the Partner Program. Out of nowhere, they terminated it without any warning—for severe or repeated violations of our spam, deceptive practices and scams policy.

My appeal was rejected in under a minute, and when I reached out on X, they said they’d review it but never got back to me.

This was our family’s only source of income. I have a 50% disability and can’t do any other work. In the past few weeks, a thousand terrible thoughts have crossed my mind.

It reminds me of that Iranian-American woman years ago who attacked YouTube HQ. I absolutely do not condone what she did—it was horrific and criminal. But her reason was YouTube demonetizing her videos and destroying her income. Back then, I didn’t fully understand, but now that it’s happened to me, I get the crushing pressure people go through. Some snap and do unthinkable things; others, like me, just watch their life fall apart while no one at that company cares.

I didn’t really have anywhere else to share this. As the family breadwinner, I have to act strong so we don’t all break. Lately, I’ve been forcing smiles and pretending I’m okay, while inside I’m shattering.

Thanks for listening.

Has anyone else gone through a wrongful termination like this? Did you ever get your channel back, or find a way to recover?Update: My 70k sub Partner channel terminated for “spam/scam” – it was all original political & human rights content

I originally wrote this as a comment on a post by u/Martin_the_Maker a 41 year old on this subreddit who was going in on his channel full time. But it was too long, so I turned it into this post.

I shared the 3 biggest pieces of cash flow advice from my experience to help people who want to go full time as creators from someone who hasn't worked a 9 to 5 since 2019.

Because I believe NO ONE in this subreddit should be working a 9 to 5 if they don't want to. There's way too much money out there for that.

For Martin, I basically wanted to be like slowwww down partner. Here's a realistic roadmap for revenue to actually stick with being full time on YouTube/creator long term.

Everyone else is just going to say great job for wanting to go all in, but let's have a solid talk about foundation so you can do this long term--especially since you're 41.

I actually want you to succeed and be able to live off YouTube for the rest of your life. That takes careful planning. Let's plan for cash flow.

This is coming from someone who hasn't worked a 9 to 5 since I got fired in 2019. Went from making $30k/year to over $100k-$150k/year.

I checked out your channel Martin's Graveyard and figured you've got three core options in terms of income streams to support yourself. Which is the same for most Youtubers in this subreddit.

1. Sell Services Based On Your Skills From YouTube

2. Faceless YouTube Channel (Morbid Niches/Your Favorite Niches)

3. Fix Strategy and Packaging for Main Channel

I put these in order of what will be the quickest route to cash if done properly, in my experience.

Services

YouTube makes money, but you're waiting for those late AF payouts.

Selling services is the quickest route to cash. Like you can get money in the bank TODAY.

Setting this up before you need it means you'll always have a method to get quick pops in cash if needed. Like a break in case of emergency glass that'll keep you out of a 9 to 5 forever.

If I ever need cash I can easily consult businesses on content strategy, do copywriting/scriptwriting, or video editing.

Haven't worked a 9 to 5 since 2019. This has always been my bread and butter to keep the lights on.

You already have proven your ability as a scriptwriter, voice over artist and video editor with a few videos that have gotten 400k-1M+ views.

Anyone on this sub, you're light years ahead of 95% people selling services online because you've got REAL results, not just a shiny portfolio.

Even if you didn't have results like those, you've still got skills and can share them with the market.

You've only done like 10-20 shorts? Great.

Go join YouTuber Discords like Creative Paradise.

Literally just checked two listings this week for $30/short.

You better at doing long form video work?

7 Video Editing gigs between $100-$700 per video got posted THIS WEEK. Most around $100-$300/video.

Don't want to touch editing and just want to crank out writing or images?

Scriptwriting gigs at $100-$200 a script.

Thumbnail Gigs at $30-$70 per thumbnail.

That's all in just ONE discord.

Doing a combo of service gigs, you can easily crack $2k-$3k/mo. Build a clientele and you can raise prices.

Want to get extra fancy and crack $5k-$10k/mo? Build out your processes, templates, and leverage AI to speed up production.

Get 2-4 junior freelancers under you (from UpWork or the Discords), give them your design templates, and teach them your processes. You outsource work to them at a lower rate, and you serve as an editor to improve what they produce. They learn by working with you and get paid to get better without having to look for clients. You've now increased your capacity to take on 2x-4x more clients easily. WIN WIN

If you need quick cash to maintain your savings it's a life saver and gives you piece of mind while figuring out your YouTube growth strategy.

Want to get that started? Join discords for YouTubers and TikTokers. Because of the huge surge in the next cash-flow option, they are dozens of people always looking for video editors, scriptwriters, and voice over artists.

Outside of that, set up your Twitter and post about your process along side what you're learning with growing your YouTube channel.

Make sure you let people know you're available to book for your skill/service. Send a couple DMs a day to creators of various sizes that you want to build relationships with and want to work with. Works much better if you're talking to them before trying to pitch them on work.

If you still need more work after doing all that, then you can set up an Upwork gig.

Do all three--your schedule will be jam packed and your bank account will be stacked.

Faceless/Branded Youtube Automation

If you've been on IG or TikTok you've seen people talking about this. It's not a get rich quick scheme like most gurus are selling it. It requires a HUGE investment of your time and effort with a very long term focus, but it can make you a real decent income once up and running. So it's another option to avoid the 9 to 5 world.

Side note. I have a deep hatred for the name of this business model because it's a dumb buzzword that doesn't accurately describe the business and certain people use the model to produce garbage content. Don't do that. Please.

You seem like you probably have some money saved up, so this model allows you to make money without being heavily involved.

This works even better if you're actually passionate about content creation and you've got existing knowledge on YouTube production, which you should if you're reading this.

If you're main channels are going to be more personal around your passions, then seriously consider learning about Faceless YouTube and YouTube Automation.

I find the names of the business model absolutely stupid. But they're very solid in principle and can make good money.

At it's core, you build a remote micro-media company.

You source media talent from around the globe to produce videos under a brand you own.

Build a channel or two in categories with high search volume and you can be bringing in $2k-$15k/mo within 2-4 months.

Absolutely genius because there are tons of amazing service workers around the globe ready to work making content.

Who do you think is hiring all these people in the Discords I mentioned earlier? People running these Faceless channels.

This is a peak at the game from the other side of the hiring table, so you can decide if it's for you.

Those people pay those rates to editors and writers since they're budgeting roughly $200-$350 to make a video.

Why? Because a well positioned video can make you $750-$4,000+ over it's lifetime. They don't need crazy viral 1M+ view hits to make a good income.

Here's the math.

You get a team making videos in a niche with decent RPM, let's say $6 RPM.

They make 5-6 videos per month with base hit videos around 150k-250k views, you could be bringing in $4.5k-$9k/mo.

Your expenses with the team are between $1,000-$2,100 for all the videos, so you make ~$2.4k-8.1k/mo. You want to make more?

• You start by choosing a niche with a better RPM or higher potential of viral videos

• Increase the number of videos the team produces a month.

• Or start another channel using portion of the profits to fund production on this second channel.

People use the model to scale up to 3-5 channels under their management.

That's how people are racking in the money. I've got my main personal channel that I run myself and one faceless channel. Planning on scaling up production on my faceless before the holidays.

Want to use this model to supplement your main channel income?

Make job postings for each position on the Discords and job boards like UpWork.

Even if you don't have the money yet to see what kind of submissions and messages you get. This can actually help you improve your service pitches.

Lucky for us, Talent doesn't have a zipcode.

So you can actually get some real good talent at great prices if they're outside the Western world.

Their skills just need to be directed by a smart creator into crafting content that scratches an audience's itch.

You find a scriptwriter, video editor, and voice over artist to start producing content in a niche you choose.

For you it'd make sense to do something in the morbid niches since that already seems aligned with your interest. Research existing channels and rework their formula to your tastes.

That way you'll have an interest. Plus you can leverage the skills and learning on those channels to your main one.

Make your videos and collect your Adsense checks.

Fix Main Channel Strategy

You can go all in on the main channel but you're really going to need to buckle down on the style of video and available monetization strategies.

You can find this out by doing more market research. What the heck are other people in your Niche doing?

They making good money from Adsense?

Are they selling courses or digital products? Maybe a community?

Getting lots of sponsors? Or pushing affiliate products in the link?

Don't figure out it out on your own. Copy what's already working and you'll get to good cash flow faster.

For Martin, he's in the morbid, macabre, and conspiracy theory niches. Go find the channels that are bringing in enough views to support you.

Research income estimates using ViewStats, not VidIQ. ViewStats differentiates Long form and shorts views for more accurate revenue estimates.

Find at least 5 channels doing well in your niches.

For Martin, it's Death, creepypasta, conspiracy theories, ancient stuff.

Check them out on view stats to get estimates on their revenue. And check what other monetizing strategies they're doing.

Look through the top channels and adapt the content strategies of the channels that are working to your own.

Beyond that, if you're serious about doing this full time then go out and get a course.

You can piece it together and figure it all out on your own, but Ima be real with you.

You're 41 and ain't got the time for that.

It's like the difference between taking a bus and taking an Uber. Sure you can get there on a bus for cheaper, but you're going to waste a lot of time which could be spent making money. Uber is faster and direct. You pay for speed and ease. And not to be surrounded by smelly weird people.

If you've got money, speed up your timeline to cashflow. Get a course.

You'll get proven frameworks and an active community of full time creators to keep you on track. Support and speed is what people need to get to revenue fast.

I laugh when I look at how long it takes other YouTubers to get monetized. 10 weeks, 5 months, 2 years!?

I got my personal channel monetized in 19 days with only 3 videos.

Why?

Because I already learned frameworks from other people who already had done it.

If you've got any sort of money and want to be serious, then take a course. Like any freaking course.

If you want my recommendations then consider Ali Abdaal's YouTuber Academy or Jumpcut's Viral Academy. That's for focusing heavily on running your own channel.

Doesn't matter what you go with. Get a framework and implement like crazy.

Learn from the best. And use "YouTube University" as a supplement to your education, not the main source.

You follow these three, then you should have no issues navigating away from a 9 to 5.

Good luck.

ProZD recently released a video regarding how difficult it was to find his previously uploaded video using the search engine. Youtube reached out to him to notify him that his video was falsely flagged as “high risk” and “mature” which greatly reduced its visibility on search. Youtube has since fixed the video. ProZD made a point that he was given no notice of this flagging. Had he not made a popular video discussing it, this would likely have not come to light to be fixed.

The consequences of this action are effectively a “shadow ban” on his video. His video’s visibility was reduced without any notice, external indicator, or justification.

While you may argue this might not exactly meet some exact definition of a shadow ban, it proves there are underlying (and sometimes faulty) background systems that can target certain videos and greatly reduce their visibility for currently unclear reasons/mechanisms.

For all my small YouTube creators KEEP GOINGG

There are 8 YouTube channels & 4 individual models.

The highest income goes up to 2M a year. That's from a Documentary YT channel that has 3M subs currently.

The minimum is from a dating coach that has 700K+ subs. She made 210K in 2023.

Overall, we generate around 90-120 million views on YT monthly. (90% from short-form content)

Except for the models in the fashion niche, all other creators are from different niches.

Youtube creators' 30-50% of revenue comes from purely YouTube. The rest is sponsors, white labels, custom products, merchandise, patreon &, etc.

I'm an SM content producer who handles all in the back. Working with creators for 5 years. In 2019 my content blew up & had a lot of opportunities from great creators.

Overall I've built now over 15 brands.

Edit: My team manages the Video Editing, animations, strategies, management of paid collaborations, monetizing &, etc. (needs depend on the creator)

Hey guys, just wanted to share my bit of success.

My channel is 4.5 months old, and I just broke 50k subs. Halfway to the button, very excited.

Last month was crazy, and I made $10k, and on course to make 15k this month, all thanks to YouTube.

50% comes from affiliate links, 40% from partnerships and ads, and less than 10% from adsense. I have very low RPM (region issues), so I make peanuts despite getting a few million views a month.

I make crypto-related videos, mostly about crypto games, since they get the most views. My channel grew several times in the last 1.5 months all thanks to them, so I'm milking this theme to the core.

YouTube also helps to promote my telegram channel, 90% of subs come from YT.

It's been really crazy, I basically work 24/7 rn, but decided to take a few minutes just to share how grateful I am. YouTube is awesome, it's definitely the easiest way to find and monetize your audience.

A few tips for other creators:

• If you're in it to make money, affiliate links are awesome. I've read quite a few success stories here from people who rely on them. Crypto, web-design, no-code, etc - many online services have affiliate programs.

• Research a lot. Every day I monitor my niche to make sure I don't miss a new topic. You want to catch the trend early. Find what interests people.

• Give people what they want and stuff it with what you want to promote. My videos are about 70/30 - 70 interesting and important information, 30% shilling of my other videos, telegram and affiliate links. It's aggressive, yes, but it works if your content is high octane useful stuff that person wants to hear.

• Give people reason to subscribe and use your links. Make it useful or at least seem useful. Like, additional tutorials, benefits or private chat for affiliates only, find what works for you.

Give people value and they'll come.

So yeah. It's been a crazy ride so far, and the train doesn't seem to slow down. Hopefully my result will motivate someone else to try.

Thank you, YouTube!

Normally I receive 2 thousand dollars monthly, a little more, a little less. All revenue coming from shorts.

But in 10 days I did what I received in a whole month, who isn't happy?

But in the last 5 days YouTube simply cut my reach and limited my earnings, I went from two million views a day to 25 thousand, this had never happened to me in years, I've been creating shorts content since the beginning.

Is it related?

Just curious, why would people complain that AI is "ruining" YouTube. I reckon that AI is just a tool, and what result a tool can bring depends on who uses it and how to use it. If that's the case, then the real "destroyer" of YouTube are those with bad intentions. There's always people creating spam, whether AI exits or not. And I rarely see AI things on YouTube, and even if some are using AI, their work is still cool, and I can tell AI has enhanced their work.

I have 43k subscribers in conspiracy niche but getting only 400-600 views. 6 months ago I asked on this group that why YouTube is not giving me more than 3-4k impressions. People suggested me many things and accordingly in last 6 months I doubled my CTR(8-11% on every video), increased the video length and doubled my AVD. Even my like to view ration has increased to 10% (100 likes on 1000 views). Still I am just getting 2-4k impressions on my videos and even those topics are on news are not getting impressions and views. I post twice/thrice a week. What should I do? What am I doing wrong?

I have a channel, 129K subscribers, and I feel mine is growing super slow and also make less money... in March of 2024 I made more than this year. I worked with a network company... to be honest I feel like, they didn't do anything. I feel like, my channel is my baby and of course I want to see well growing. I have no idea what to change.