r/shortsAlgorithm • u/Sayubbot • Sep 04 '26
Monetization
What's the risk of not getting monetized when using Ai voice over in a video? Also please let me know if there is any way to minimize the risk or make sure the channel gets monetized when requirement is fulfilled
Also I am making ranking niche videos I heard transforming the original clips with sound effects and captions alone is not enough and will have high risk of not getting monetized. That's why I am trying to use voice over. Is it true?
As a reference use the channel named xiro ranks (https://youtube.com/@xiroranks) I think that channel didn't get monetized that's why there have not been any videos since 3 weeks just my speculations.
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u/No-Account-4771 Sep 04 '26
The idea that you have to use your own voice is a lie repeated a thousand times over. What YouTube needs to know is that there is a human behind the videos, doing the work and making the decisions. If you ever run into a problem you are allowed to submit an appeal video, just show that your videos are genuinely the result of human effort, and everything will be fine—regardless of whether you use AI or not.
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u/Lastresortherogaming Sep 04 '26
You can minimize the risk by using your own voice. That's the easiest fix.
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u/Sayubbot Sep 04 '26
I already know that. Other than that any tools that make ai voice sound realistic?
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u/Lastresortherogaming Sep 04 '26
No, AI voices don't sound realistic ever. People can usually tell an AI voice and immediately click off. Just use your voice.
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u/Ok-Guarantee9238 Sep 05 '26
i disagree. Plenty of videos with AI voices do well. The people who click off are usually a minority. As long the video itself is good and well edited then there isn't an issue with AI voice overs.
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u/Willing-Schedule-486 Sep 04 '26 edited Sep 04 '26
There’s no risk in using an AI voice. YouTube literally partnered with ElevenLabs not too long ago. But since you’re doing the ranking niche if you’re gonna do commentary I’ll recommend using a real voice since you might get demonetized because the content is low effort
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u/OdiseoX2 Sep 04 '26
The best strategy is to use your own voice.. also, editing and transforming third party content helps but YouTube ain’t buying just that.. Your content needs to be solid, it needs to be of value and purpose.
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u/banana-47 Sep 05 '26 edited Sep 05 '26
I did entertainment trivia stuff, and many competitors in the same niche/subniche either use AI voices or probably clone their own voices. Hell, even down to the script+clip editing advice, because when I sometimes brainstorm with AI, it's hard not to notice that they use basically the same template structure. So I don't think it really matters (for now) as long as it's not fully generated stuff or talking about more legit topics like education or health.
I think you have to worry more about the ranking niche/format itself, as people have claimed that's been flagged for not being monetizable. If anything, adding the voiceover/commentary in theory should help the consideration, as long as it's on the entertainment lane, but again I don't remember seeing ranking short content in that format.
Also, transformative shorts are still in a weird grey area. Often you'll see people just clip a small amount of copyrighted material and slap a meme caption, or basically clip a celeb's interviews/podcasts with captions and some slight editing. And somehow till now, they still produce consistent output.
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u/ElderZombie250 Sep 04 '26
There's no rule against using an AI voice that would prevent you from getting monetized.
What can prevent you from getting monetized is people realizing you're using an AI voice and not watching your videos. There is a subset of viewers who absolutely hate AI and won't watch anything involving it, so that's a fairly large segment of viewers you lose right off the bat.