Anyone else getting this message from YouTube concerning channels below 1K?!?!

[Hippo-Drones]

I think YouTubes Partner Program terms state they can cancel with 30 days notice, which is what they have given us. If people want to be part of a "new" YouTube Partner Program, then they need to comply with the new contract, if they don't want to, then they don't have to sign up to it.

 

[Meifesto]

The views aren't problem.
The number of subs is.

And they have picked that number to prevent all copycats and maybe remove those channels.
Then again, some of those channels have 10.000+ subs, so it isn't hurting them...


Just need to find a way to up the subs.
So we shall look into YT SEO and maybe some shoutout collaborations or something like that.

 

[Mr. G]

The views aren't problem.
The number of subs is.

And they have picked that number to prevent all copycats and maybe remove those channels.
Then again, some of those channels have 10.000+ subs, so it isn't hurting them...


Just need to find a way to up the subs.
So we shall look into YT SEO and maybe some shoutout collaborations or something like that.

Yt seo?

 

[Hippo-Drones]

The views aren't problem.
The number of subs is.

And they have picked that number to prevent all copycats and maybe remove those channels.
Then again, some of those channels have 10.000+ subs, so it isn't hurting them...


Just need to find a way to up the subs.
So we shall look into YT SEO and maybe some shoutout collaborations or something like that.

https://motovlog.com/threads/a-little-challenge.16785/

 

[Meifesto]

Yt seo?

YouTube SEO.
SEO = search engine optimization

 

[Undead MV]

Summarizing

Before:
200 Subs
how many views to start monetizing?

Now:
1 K subs
how many views to start monetizing?

 

[Hippo-Drones]

Summarizing

Before:
200 Subs
how many views to start monetizing?

Now:
1 K subs
how many views to start monetizing?

before 10,000 views
now isn't view based, it is watch time based

 

[Undead MV]

before 10,000 views
now isn't view based, it is watch time based

Thank you hippo, and what is the minimum watched time?

 

[Hippo-Drones]

Thank you hippo, and what is the minimum watched time?

check out the second video in this thread mate:
https://motovlog.com/threads/when-you-have-been-editing-a-video-too-long.16970/

 

[Reize]

before 10,000 views
now isn't view based, it is watch time based

Now it's post as many long videos as you can.

 

[WingManGT]

Now it's post as many long videos as you can.

Nope. Check your average watch time first . What is the point in posting 15-20 min videos with 2min watch time? Isn't it better to post 5 minute videos with 2 min watch time. At least people will see most of it.

 

[Reize]

Nope. Check your average watch time first . What is the point in posting 15-20 min videos with 2min watch time? Isn't it better to post 5 minute videos with 2 min watch time. At least people will see most of it.

It's still a "post as many long videos" game on Youtube. How to make people watch is your job.

It's like displacement and rider skill. A shit rider on a liter bike will be just as slow as he was on a small bike. But an experienced rider will never go faster than the limits of a small bike till he gets a liter bike.

Likewise, it's a good idea to start making longer videos more frequently because that is the rule of the game. If people are not watching it all the way, then it's up to me to figure out how to engage them throughout.

 

[SighBored]

"...we’re changing the eligibility requirement for monetization to 4,000 hours of watch time within the past 12 months and 1,000 subscribers..."

Assuming they mean 4,000 hours (240,000 minutes) of total life time watch time, I don't see how spamming long videos will help that much. If people are watching 1 minute (on average) of your 5 minutes video, making a 15 minutes video and still having people watching 1 minute on average will still yield the same result.

But if you are thinking of making long videos to boost that watch time up, my suggestion is doing some blooper videos, or compilation ones, but make them 10-15 minutes, people tend to watch those just to see what's the compilation, and generally you should have a higher viewer retention rate, it depends on the blooper and compilation you're doing.

Just my 2 cents.

 

[Reize]

Assuming they mean 4,000 hours (240,000 minutes) of total life time watch time.

Not really. AFAIK it means you need to keep up 4000 hours watched every 12 month window. So it's not enough to have had 4,000 hours watched before at any point of time, it needs to be maintained to keep your "mandate of heaven".

 

[SighBored]

Not really. AFAIK it means you need to keep up 4000 hours watched every 12 month window. So it's not enough to have had 4,000 hours watched before at any point of time, it needs to be maintained to keep your "mandate of heaven".

If that is the case, one would need at least 11 hours of watch time per day for the entire year to meet that target.

Wow.

Now I better to have a look at my analytics.

 

[Hippo-Drones]

that is on average 11hrs per day, so if you make a few average vids, that is fine as long as you make enough good videos that do well to bring up that watch time. If you check out the video @R-Rated and I made on the subject we discuss this and 4000hrs is not a big ask, my channel is just a year old and has 3500hrs viewed and only 400 subs, so if you have 1000+ subs you should be smashing the 4000hrs easily!

 

[WheelyPerd]

Well there goes any chance I had of getting any money. Not like I ever thought I would.

I dont think I'll ever get the numbers they need. Pretty harsh of Youtube, but hey its their money.

 

[Hippo-Drones]

Well there goes any chance I had of getting any money. Not like I ever thought I would.

I dont think I'll ever get the numbers they need. Pretty harsh of Youtube, but hey its their money.

YouTube are currently not making a profit so they had to do something else they wouldn't be able to continue. How are you promoting your channel? Even with last years rules, if you don't promote your channel and put out content reasonably regularly then a new channel would struggle. Also, unless you had 4000hrs worth of views you'd probably not have earned anything anyway as it is around then that you'd have $100 banked, so we are not talking big game changing money here anyway.

 

[R-Rated]

that is on average 11hrs per day, so if you make a few average vids, that is fine as long as you make enough good videos that do well to bring up that watch time. If you check out the video @R-Rated and I made on the subject we discuss this and 4000hrs is not a big ask, my channel is just a year old and has 3500hrs viewed and only 400 subs, so if you have 1000+ subs you should be smashing the 4000hrs easily!

It was a great video. For those with not so much time, there is a shortend version but you miss some good points so watch both!

Also, @HippoDrone I was not aware that one of the big YouTube creators you referenced caused some problems.

I think this article shows that not everyone believes the change is good.

https://www.wired.com/story/youtube-monetization-creators-ads/

 

[Reize]

YouTube are currently not making a profit so they had to do something else they wouldn't be able to continue.

Youtube on it's own is making a loss, no question. But it'd be lying to say they don't make even more insane loads of money for their parent company, Google, via datamining. Otherwise Google would have gotten rid of their Youtube division ages ago.

They definitely will survive regardless of what moves they make. But what they are doing right now is basically trying to keep the bigger Youtubers happy because while they don't need the money from advertisers, that ad money is what pays these Youtubers. If big channels leave because they don't make money, viewers leave too. And when viewers leave, they have less people to mine for information (which is their real source of revenue).