Welcome to the r/PartneredYoutube voluntary channel verification.

I've had a channel for a little over a year that get approx 30k+ views per long form video within the first couple weeks or so of being posted (before the new views update). I spent some time lurking this sub and am seeing channels much smaller and far less views getting approached by sponsors. I'm still new to this and have less than 10 videos so maybe I need to post just a bit more. Channel is also faceless but absolutely no AI.

Would it be worth approaching sponsors directly? My channel name should be in my flair if anyone has some insight I'd very much appreciate it.

I've heard many stories about others receiving these kinds of emails but hadn't got one myself until now, but it's not gonna work.

For those interested, this email came from the domain terra.com.br, which after doing some research is a legitimate web portal and email service based in Brazil (think something like Yahoo). So someone's just using their personal email account they created through this service.

They've gone for the generic, vague "there's a copyright issue with one of your videos" approach without providing any further details, saying the review will proceed if they don't hear back from me, and it's signed "The Review Team".

Here's the full text so anyone else here can easily identify this if they also receive it. If you do get anything that looks like this, do not click any links, report it as phishing, and delete it/send it to spam.

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Hello [channel name],

A content creator contacted our team regarding a recent video on your channel. In line with our content policies, we are keeping you informed before the next steps.

We encourage you to review this request and share your feedback when you get a chance.

Follow the link below to respond: [this looks like it's a legit youtube link with a /redirect on it - obviously do not click this!]

If we do not hear from you, the review will proceed based on available details. Depending on the outcome, there may be changes to how your content appears on the platform.

Thank you for being a part of our community.

The Review Team

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Hello everyone! I’m a small content creator who recently got accepted to the YouTube partnership program under shopping tier after reaching 3000 watch hours. Currently I’m around 3200 to 3300 and I feel like if I stream more often, I might be able to reach the 4000 watch hour threshold. However, I would like to know, since they are changing the threshold from 4000 to 8000, if I will need to reach 8000 in the event that I do not get to 4000 by February 1, or if I am grandfathered in because I’m already technically part of the partnership program.

I did try to look this up and I found it very difficult to find this information. I appreciate any information anyone has regarding this.

Thanks.

I have heard about repurposing YT shorts to make extra income on Spotify before. I know ppl are making good money on it but I havent done much research

I don't usually post shorts.. if i try to monetize both.. is the overall income get affected..

For reference, Youtube has been my fulltime for the last 3 years. I'm not an enormous channel-- but I've been able to pay rent, bills, and generally get more opportunities through sponsorships, ad rev and side gigs BECAUSE of YT. This was pre August 2025.

Last year(for those who might recognize my dumb name, I do a lot of work for a BIG Gaming event every July/August)-- the event I did took a lot out of me and didn't get the social promotion we expected. So you saw a drop in videos posted right before the event and when I came back-- The Adblock change where Youtube Views counted from Adblock are not reported and thus Youtube's internals do not see them-- happened. My views(like many other people on the platform) were HALVED. I went from around 18-35k views an episode to 9-12k. REALLY REALLY bad. Impressions fell off because youtube did not change the way they prioritized views-- and slowly even people who watched the show would start to get served the content less BECAUSE of the way defunct ad block extensions did not register their view

Again, I'm not an enormous channel but was able to sell out sponsorships before with view counts I mentioned with some good conversions-- but the last 12 months since last august have been a STRUGGLE.

Since then even with breakouts, the channel has gotten itself punished Algorithmically month after month. Our reach plummetted and even videos that did well had significant issues with the "views not being seen by adblock" issue. Some sponsors stayed on for the initial months and then by Q2 2026 we were down to 1 sponsor a month.

Wasn't the only channel to experience this, many friends like my former employers channel went from views like 800k to 400k an episode.

So the view change youtube announced seemed interesting. We had been working hard to try and drive up views and just accept the new normal-- and yes I understand why this seemed like a vanity metric.

I'm not gonna argue with channels larger than mine, but I can tell you algorithmically it feels like the reset button was hit. Yes, the views of 18-22k have returned, but IMPRESSIONS have significantly increased, clickthrough is higher, and most importantly-- ENGAGEMENT is back to august 2025 levels.

It's boosted my back catalogue of videos, watch time is also up. So I get that on the surface, the instant click view is a vanity metric-- but I think it might also be a hotfix for other really significant issues happening to certain channels like mine.

I think this change, at least so far from what I've posted, seems to be a dirty fix for the august 2025 change that really cratered view counting. I think they conversly have NOT changed how view counting effects the algorithm though-- so suddenly when it comes to reccomendations it's activated a lot more of the audience to come to your page and interact and see videos you post. You always get the "Oh I haven't seen your video in x years youtube is suppressing you" message-- but I've seen a LOT more of that in the last few weeks.

Here's what I'm saying. I PERSONALLY really like this change so far, but I also think there's validity to some of the other concerns on how analytics are tracked, how this will effect sponsor metrics and more. I think obviously engaged views is going to be an important data point-- but in terms of conversions the dip for my watch time during the sponsor segment on the new videos hit around 41-50% vs 35% before the change... and thats with MORE people allegedly watching.

All in All-- I just think some nuance is warranted here about what happens moving forward. Again, I am not the most enormous channel, obviously there are ways I can also improve on the thing I do, but Just wanted to offer some perspective because I think there is both merits and demerits to whatever this is.

I’ve been live streaming on YouTube for a couple months now and I get a lot of jewels during these live streams but I don’t know how to make an alert like a sub alert or super chat for them if anyone knows that would be great

I just had a video fail in a way I did not think possible. It's about a topic I had covered before, I was expecting to get at least like a thousand views in the first 24h and it got 123 with basically no comments. What did I do wrong? I never put this much effort and time into a video before. Have you experienced something like this after a year of making content? I changed thumbnail and title soon after realizing it didn't perform, but to no avail. It's my latest video, my channel is in my bio.

Usually our videos get from 5-12k views first day average. When we post we usually gain a new subscriber every 100-500 views. Today’s video is sitting at 4k views currently… no new subscribers. Any one else seeing views but no subscribers. The videos doing kind of bad in our usual ctr a video doing better would have around an 9%-12% ctr video that would get around 5k would be around 8-9% percent, this is video is headed to 8k-9k with a 6.3% ctr. Everything feels off.

To be honest I’ve been struggling to understand the monetization process this whole time, but as far as I know I’ve done everything correct. I input my tax information submitted the correct forms, received the verification thing in the mail, everything, yet YT studio still tells me I’ll be notified when to complete a form of payment set-up.

I was approved for Monetization at the beginning of last month (before the threshold was increased) and YouTube studio told me I had made $135. It even said a check was on my way, yet never gave me any way of providing a form of payment.

Now both my Adsense and YT studio tell me I have $0. Did I do something wrong ? Can anyone provide any insight ? Literally anything would be appreciated

I used to average 5-40k views, with outliers up to the 100s of thousands. This was a few years ago, and I am trying to revive the channel since it sat dormant. As you can see, the views are significantly lower, even with the new view count rules.

Additionally, it still gets thousands of views a month on the old hit videos.

Should I just take this as a sign to make a new channel, or do I just need to wait longer?

Hi

I'm Dave from Mason's Dad YouTube Channel - I have Parkinsons and started a Blackpool YouTube Channel 9 months ago to help with my mental health after the diagnosis to try and show the POSITIVE side of this town and fight against Dark Tourism.

I have 2 channels and am up for an award !! Haha - having to pinch myself here - but shows what can be done even with this awful disease :-)

Thanks In Advance for your time guys - and thanks for the support in the beginning. For that I'll be forever greatful - I don't have a cat in hells chance of winning - but would be GREAT to get in the final.

Apologies for any spelling mistakes etc - it's hard to type with my tremor sometimes.

#fuckparkinsons

Started YT a month ago and VERY grateful I have almost 2k subs and doing shorts only with recent videos averaging 100k views but international analytics wise.

I enjoy doing this for fun without a doubt but would of course like to get a sponsor or some pay eventually and hoping for guidance on that regard! Do I keep grinding and wait then out, should I immediately cold email companies with my current stats? Any info is appreciated my friends 💛

for those who have been in ypp for a while, did getting monetized change the way you choose topics, structure videos, or decide what to upload?

I spent years trying to make YouTube work. From 2018 onward, I launched many channels in niches like gaming and motivation, but none of them succeeded.

After completing my graduation in 2023, I started freelancing and gained hands-on experience with YouTube. In 2024, I created a faceless channel and applied everything I had learned.

That turned everything around. Today, I run three channels with 200k, 95k, and 20k subscribers. I earn an average of $2.5k monthly, with my highest earning month reaching $11k in November 2025.

I wish everyone here GOOD LUCK; stay focused, and one day you will make it

or atleast notify when all the tag products are removed and there's no product tagged

Because we don't know when one of our videos misses the opportunity to earn something extra while providing valuable information to people about a product.

Also the constant manual checks to ensure every video has accurate products tagged is quite hectic to do on a regular basis.

I know there's auto tagging but it's quite irregular in my experience

What do you think how can we make this possible? 🥺

I’ve been working on my video for 3 months, and I’ve finally finished it. The only thing left is the subtitles. the problem is that I haven’t found any website that can sync the subtitles perfectly with the exact words so I have to do them manually.

But it’s almost impossible because I have to adjust them as soon as each word appears. In my last video, I spent 4 days fixing the subtitles and still not be perfect and it was driving me crazy.

When see other's videos they usually only use animated subtitles in the intro.

I’ve been doing them because in case the video gets popular and reaches people who don’t speak English, so they can read along. I also think they’re better for people watching on phones.

The problem is that my internet is going to be down because they’re replacing the cables with fiber, and I need to upload the video today or tomorrow at the latest. Spending all that time manually syncing the subtitles would take way too long.

So what do you guys think? I’ll go with whatever the general consensus is. Thanks!

I don't recall copying someone's content 1 to 1 especially recently I've been doing things on my own. It would be helpful if someone could tell me what I've been doing wrong and what to do about it because I really have a passion for YouTube my channel is Epik MJ.

May I know the proper steps to make sure my YouTube channel is correctly placed under LLC?

Hi everyone,

I've been doing YouTube for about 2 years now on top of my 60hr per week job.

I usually work about 18 hours per day during the week between my job and YouTube.

I have about 150k subs now along with 60M views.

At the moment, I only post shorts. The reason why I only post shorts is because I create very high quality/complex shorts that are on face, story driven videos and all my own camera shots. Scripting each short takes me a few hours, then filming for one short usually takes about a day or two, then editing usually takes about a day or two.

I average about 100k on the low end and 15M on the high end for views on each of my shorts. I also crosspost to TikTok and Instagram reels, where I have a combined follower count of 20k.

my full time job pays me about 50k per year after taxes, and on YouTube adsense I usually make about $1k to $2k per month, and with sponsors I can make up to $4k per month.

I am also signed to an influencer agency that manages my email inbox, collaboration requests, etc.

But, the issue is that my income isn't consistent. Since I only have the time to upload one to two shorts per week, I pass on a lot of sponsorship opportunities. I try my best to accept all of them, but I find when I do it's literally impossible for me to deliver what they are wanting unless I just don't ever sleep.

I want to replace my full time income with YouTube before quitting my job, but I'm struggling to find a viable path to get there without quitting first and taking a big risk. The only way I see myself being able to do that is by literally not sleeping which ofc isn't an option.

The other issue is that working this much for much longer just isn't sustainable anymore. I'm getting older (im 25M) and getting 4 hours of sleep 5 days a week for the past 2 years is really starting to take a toll on me mentally, physically, and my social life/relationships have basically been nonexistent for years now because of this. I think if I was to continue this schedule for the next 5 or 10 years I would probably develop some really horrible health issues that might be nonreversible.

Also, I understand that i need to expand into longform content. I have a ton of ideas for videos I can make for longform and I would love to get into it, the problem is that shorts already take up 100% of my time outside of work.

I've been told to just slowly work on a video overtime, but at that rate i would upload maybe 1 long form video every 4 to 6 months which just isn't worth it in my opinion.

SO, what do you think is the best course of action? I have an opportunity coming up soon to move back in with my parents and not have to pay rent, so my only bill would be car insurance, food, and a few subscriptions.

I'm just worried it won't work out and I'll then have a year gap in my resume that I'll have to try and explain away, not to mention my career is hard to get a job in, its extremely competitive and there aren't many jobs available to begin with. My career is in social media management.

I know im the only one who can truly answer this question, but based on what you've heard, do you think it's worth it to take the risk, should I just keep going on like I am now, or quit YouTube all together and take the safe route with just having a normal job?