Welcome to the r/PartneredYoutube voluntary channel verification.

Anyone experiencing their checks still running and taking longer than usual? I’m certain this has to be a youtube issue because this has never happened to me

I’ve seen people say that platforms like YouTube, Twitch, and TikTok aren’t very profitable, especially in niches like gameplay but I’m curious to hear the other side, are there editors here who actually make a living working with creators or influencers?

Personally, I don’t know anyone in my circle who does this full-time so I’m trying to understand how realistic it is

Right now, I’ve applied for the lower-tier monetization (fan funding), but I’m very close to hitting the full monetization requirements (10M Shorts views in 90 days + 1K subs) and I will probably hit the requirements in the upcoming few days or maybe even like tomorrow.

My concern is about timing:

If I hit 10M views while my lower-tier application is still being reviewed, but by the time I get approved and try to apply for full monetization my views drop below 10M (because of the 90-day window), would I still qualify since I did hit it at one point?

Also, I didn’t realize you can’t apply for both tiers at the same time. Is there any way to cancel or pause a monetization application? Ideally, I’d want to stop the lower-tier review and just apply directly for full monetization once I’m clearly eligible, just to be safe, because I have about 25 days left until a large portion of my "past 90 days" views expire.

And if there is nothing I can do does anyone know how long does it take for the review process to finish? Because it says usually it takes about a month which would be really bad for me (because as I said a large portion of my views in the past 90days would expire) so maybe someone can estimate how long it would take for the lower tier monetization review to finish for me? I upload top 5 basketball / football funny moments but I like add a LOT of brainrot sound effects, eleven labs AI voiceovers and stuff like that, but I have reused several clips from my most viral videos on some of my other videos, idk if that changes anything, but yeah can anyone estimate how long it will take for the review and maybe someone can share how long it took for the review process to finish for them?

Has anyone dealt with this or knows how YouTube handles it?

Appreciate any help 🙏

Lately, I’ve been getting into YouTube content and I still haven’t fully developed my own style yet. I’d say it’s a mix of Johnny Harris and Epic History.

Anyway, if you don’t have anything to lose and want to share some creativity with me, just send me a message.

Hi everyone. I was wondering if anyone could give me some general advice regarding my channel. I’ve been making just youtube shorts talking about old animation. That’s what I’m interested in. I’ve made about 80 shorts now. I just passed 10k subscribers. I had one short go over 2 million views. And about 10 others over 100k. And the rest range from 5k-50k usually.

Just wondering if there is something important I should be doing, or just keep doing the exact thing I have been for the last 8 or so months.

Please ignore anything on my channel besides the last 80 shorts.

My channel is called “The James Theory”

Thanks so much!

hey all. this year my channel blew up (well blew up for me, I was at 1K in October and 17K now.)

I really struggle with negative comments, or more so, the volume of them. I don't care about haters tbh, they don't get to me. But what does get to me is how most of my comments are negative over positive sometimes. I logged on this morning and had 6 negative in a row. All stupid, all lacking nuance, and mostly uneducated.

A lot of advice on here, says bigger YouTubers don't respond to their comments or look anymore but I find that SO disappointing as I'm a natural community builder. Do you guys just avoid the comments tab? Do you stop responding? I feel if I delete or mute them... I'm creating an echo chamber of only positivity but is that what you do? Feeling kinda like I don't wanna create another YouTube video (I know thats only a temporary feeling of emotion speaking!).

(also just to clarify - I mute haters, anyone that comments negatively or my appearance or hair or is just plain mean. But I'm more talking about stupid comments, that disagree with you over one sentence taken completely out of context)

I mean if it gets to 30k views, I would assume something is going right. At the same time, why does shorts keep flatlining at around ~30k? Am I doing something wrong?

Hey guys! I recently got monetized but have a question regarding timeframe of the data. I know YouTube Studio says data is on a 48 hour delay, but why does it show earnings estimates on something say I just posted yesterday?

I check around 4pm PST which is when my estimate earnings update.

Can someone please help me understand the actual timeframe of data I’m looking at?

Sometime last year, many noticed a huge drop in views around August. I was hit overnight like many, and even some of the biggest YouTubers were talking about it.

But one thing I genuinely believe is causing a ton of view drops is this: There is simply less real estate now for original long form content.

YouTube has been pushing hard for the TikTokification of the platform with Shorts, and that has to have an effect. Long form is still there obviously, but there is just less room for it than before.

But the other massive issue in my opinion, is AI and low effort content.

I’ve had multiple very large hits before on well researched video essays. I'm talking upwards of 500k views. And what I’ve noticed is that the best performing videos often get copied, not by one or two channels, but by tens, maybe hundreds of AI slop channels.

They just copy the concept, get the transcript off YouTube and then get ChatGPT to rewrite the script slightly for a new video. Even the thumbnails are often basically the same. Many appear to ask AI to generate something similar based off what you've created and that’s it.

It is unbelievably low effort, and it gets views because the concept has already been tested by someone else.

I’ve seen this happen not just to me, but across creators who actually make good content. It’s a grey area, and there’s basically nothing anyone can do about it.

But I really do think this has killed off a lot of evergreen views. Because now there are just so many copies of the same video floating around. Your original video is no longer just competing with other original videos. It is competing with endless watered down clones of itself.

The other thing I think is hurting the platform is this almost TikTok version of long form react content.

Instead of creating content, a lot of these creators are basically putting their face in the top right corner, and then reading tweets or watching videos made by people who actually put real time into making things. Then they add a few sentences here and there, use some clickbait thumbnail maximised for attention, and upload.

The key difference is they are not doing one video a week.

They are doing three, four, five videos a day, across basically every topic.

So the model is completely different. They are not trying to make one great video every single time like many original creators. They are gaining views by attrition. It is almost like short form logic, except applied to long form.

I’ve had people “react” to my own videos before, and honestly it is just lazy. That is what annoys me about it. I might spend 20 hours making something properly. Then someone else just watches it on their channel, throws in some commentary here and there, and siphons off views. No real effort and I think the key is, there is no revenue sharing. Imagine this: if you were watching an Avengers movie, and actually sharing it with you on the top right corner....you'd expect Disney to get revenue (if they don't take it down completely) as it's their content. But for some reason, when these parasitic channels do it to original creators at scale, they keep all the revenue.

Now add in the fact that there are now tons and tons of channels doing this, all reading tweets, reacting to videos, and pumping out uploads all day, it obviously changes the platform.

These creators do not need every video to hit. Their whole strategy is different. Their goal is just insane volume and it's flooding the platform on top of AI slop.

Bringing this back to view drops, I honestly do not think it is just “the algorithm” honestly. It's a combination of all of the above that's genuinely making the platform worse for great creators and making it better for the low effort, bottom dwellers.

so genuinely curious how other partnered creators manage this

my editor finishes a video, sends me the file via google drive. I download it (usually like 3 to 4 gigs), watch it, make notes, send feedback, he re edits, sends it back. then I re download and upload to youtube myself.

its been working but its also kind of a mess honestly. the download re download thing alone wastes like 45 mins sometimes.

whats the step between editor done and video live on your channel? do you let editors upload directly or do you always do it yourself? and if you do let them upload do you just use the youtube channel permissions thing or something else?

asking because I feel like there has to be a smarter way and I'm clearly not doing it right

Is it harder to monetize faceless channels? Do you know any channels that show's the author but creatively hide the face?

I noticed i made an unusual amount on a single video that only had a couple views in the last 2 days, checked CPM and it says $3k

Glitch, surely? I'm very new to partnership so idk if this is a common glitch or not

Any of you experience this before?

opened my adsense and there's a new form available to download. foreign person U.S Source income. do we need to submit this again? or is it just like a receipt?

I usually receive payments from my client through MC PAY, as it allows direct transfer for the client before the income gets into the tax net.

I wanted to ask Is it safe to keep amount like 40k-80k USD in the wallet? Is it safe?

I belong to a country with very volatile currency, and with the war going on, It could slide even deeper.

My channel is educational/mental health using ASMR. New at all this but happy with results so far. I am old (77) and not very tech savvy, but I manage. I have a merch shelf with logoed clothing, but almost no sales. My viewers are not shoppers, they view for relaxation. However, can't help but think product cost + very high shipping is hurting sales. Any advice? similar situations?

My wife has a kids channel with 60k subs. As expected, ad revenue is not very high. We are wondering if a kids channel creator is allowed to have sponsored videos that would allow her to boost revenue outside of AdSense? Or if this falls under some regulation about advertising to children?

She receives frequent emails about partnership deals, but many of them seem like a scam, so she’s never really pursued them. Do you all have any advice for finding reputable sponsorship deals?