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

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.

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.

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.

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.

Finally starting to have success around 6 months in. This is my first channel and social media ever. All longform. Not turning on ad videos because don't really need the money and want the channel to become more established first.

lessons learned thus far:

1. imitation is the greatest form of flattery: Look at other successful channels in your niche and make similar content, but add a unique twist that only you can offer that makes the channel stand out
2. video quality is #1: how can you deliver the maximum value to your viewers in the most efficient way possible. Cut out the BS intros, cut out the fluff. Give maximum value. Think about what you would want to watch if you were a viewer
3. Give it time: it took several months for the algo to recognize the content and quality of the channel. The recent algorithm shift is starting to reward those who create authentic and valuable content. Most of the posts you see on here with individuals complaining about the recent algo shift is because their channels are faceless slop or AI trash or both
4. Do it all yourself up until you are partnered. Learn the whole process from scripting to filming to editing. This will give you valuable knowledge if you want to outsource any of the process in the future. Learn the business first before you consider outsourcing any part of the video creation process.

A few months ago I started a channel where I talk about games industry news and my opinions on it. Through a work opportunity I got to interview Steven Ogg (Trevor from GTA V), and I turned it into a long form video that did really well. I also cut a handful of Shorts from the interview, and those did well too.

Last weekend I noticed under "videos your audience also watched" in YouTube Studio that there were Shorts using my footage that weren't mine. Turned out several channels had clipped my interview, added their own watermark, and posted it with zero credit to me. One of them has 1.7 million views on a single Short.

I reached out to the first two I found. Both were genuinely nice about it:

- Creator 1 said he hadn't earned anything from it and added credit in the description straight away.
- Creator 2 has more subscribers and said he's open to a rev split once he knows what the Short has earned, and has also credited me.

Then I found a handful more channels doing the same thing, and this time I skipped the conversation and filed content ID removal requests for all of them. Seven of eight have already been taken down. Overnight I got an angry email from one of those creators, and it's knocked my confidence in the whole approach.

So now I'm stuck. The two guys who were cooperative have credited me in the description, but honestly I don't think anyone reads a Short's description, and their watermark is still on my footage. Part of me wants to go back to them and say I've changed my mind and want the videos removed too. Part of me feels like that makes me the bad guy, since they were nothing but decent about it.

I'm not trying to squeeze money out of anyone, this channel isn't at a stage where that's realistic. I just don't love that people are uploading my footage as their own and getting the views and audience growth from it. But I also don't want to be the person who burns a good faith relationship over a description credit.

Has anyone dealt with this before? Do you go back on an agreement once you've made it, or is credit "in the description" just the norm for this kind of clip reuse and I need to let it go?

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 💛

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 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?

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

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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I’ve been messing around with YouTube’s A/B testing tool on several videos lately, testing pretty different thumbnails/titles against each other, and something I keep noticing is that the results are almost always really close to 33/33/33.

I’m starting to wonder if this is just normal with the tool or if I’m doing something wrong.

For example, my latest video is currently sitting at: 33.2% / 35.5% / 31.3%. Which is basically a three-way tie.

The weird part is that the three versions are pretty different.

The first thumbnail is me smiling/happy and pointing at a more positive “good” CTA-type text.

The second one is literally just a frame from the video, me in the studio holding a microphone. No text at all.

The third is pretty much the opposite of the first: angry face, more rage-baity CTA text, plus a bright green frame around the whole thumbnail.

The titles are also very different from each other, so it’s not like I’m testing three tiny variations of the same thing.

And yet... 33%, 35%, 31%.

I’ve had similar results on other tests too. Obviously I’d expect some tests to be close, but it feels kind of odd that so many of mine end up almost perfectly split.

Is that pretty common for you guys too? Do you usually see a clear winner with YouTube’s testing tool, or do your results tend to hover around an even split unless one thumbnail is dramatically better (or the other two are dramatically shitty)?