Today, to start monetizing your own channel, you need to apply for an affiliate program. After that, the moderators will check the channel for compliance with the terms of the YouTube platform. Moreover, not specific video content will be checked, but the content of the entire channel: the subject, title, description, tags, logo, the most popular and recently added video materials. channel, you need to get more than 20,000 video views on your channel, 1,000 subscribers and 4,000 hours of viewing in the last 12 months.
Youtube continues to actively fight against the artificial cheating of views. In accordance with the terms of its use, it is forbidden to involve third parties to artificially increase the number of views, reactions, subscribers and other statistical indicators of the channel and video materials on it, as well as to perform manipulations that will prevent the viewer from accurately determining the real interest of the viewer in the video content on this channel.
It is important to understand what exactly the system pays for: not for the total number of views of the video, but for viewing the ads integrated into it.
Your channel will not be monetized if content is found on it with content:
- shocking, violent scenes and violence;
- profanity;
- scenes from the 18+ category;
- potentially dangerous actions;
- insults, humiliation or discrimination of third parties;
- propaganda of drugs, tobacco products, firearms;
- controversial and provocative materials;
- discussing too sensitive topics;
- scenes for adults in videos intended for family viewing.
There is also a category of videos with inappropriate content elements that the YouTube administration still allows for monetization. It includes artistic materials (for example, a music video), which may contain light drugs, sexual themes, and profanity. In such cases, the administration makes a decision on monetization, taking into account the context in which the prohibited content is presented.
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