[00:02] changes it will make to its amortization program starting in February 2027, and I made this video explaining those changes. After reading more than 800 comments on that video, I realized that a lot more questions arose
[00:15] because it's one thing to know that the requirements are going to change, and quite another to understand what this really means for your channel.  And that's why in this video I'm going to answer: YouTube can take away your amortization if you stop
[00:29] upload short videos if you need millions of views to monetize them?  What happens if I don't accept the new monetization terms?  YouTube can put ads on my videos even when the
[00:41] some of the questions we're going to answer in this video.  Let's begin. Hello lions, how are you?  For those who don't know me, I'm Yayas, and let's first answer the most frequently asked question of all.  If I'm already
[00:54] monetizing, can they remove the monetization?  First, I want to clarify something important.  As I said in the last video, if you're already in the YouTube Partner Program when the new requirements come into effect, you don't
[01:07] need to get 8,000 hours or 20,000 views on shorts again. YouTube explicitly states that the increase in entry requirements will be for new creators and does not affect the status of channels that already
[01:20] belong to the YouTube Partner Program .  But that doesn't mean that once you're in you can leave the channel and keep the monetization forever. One change that is new, which I didn't mention in the last video, is that
[01:33] starting February 1, 2027, YouTube will consider a channel active if it meets at least one of these conditions.  1000 hours of qualified playback during the last 365 days or 1 million qualified views on
[01:47] short videos during the last 90 days or having published two long videos or five short videos during those 90 days.  And pay attention here, as the note correctly states, you don't need to meet all three, just one of those three conditions.  For
[02:00] example, suppose you have a monetized channel and you only publish one video per month.  With this, you would already be publishing three videos every 90 days.  Or suppose you have an old channel that has n't been updated in years, but your videos
[02:13] keep getting views, at least 1000 hours of playback in the last you're not a candidate for demonetization either.  Now, if you completely abandon your channel, then
[02:25] yes, there could be a problem. But in conclusion, going 90 days or more without posting does not automatically mean that YouTube will remove your monetization.  And this is just one of the six questions we're going to answer
[02:38] in this video.  Number two, if I monetized my videos with short clips, will my asked to me several times in the last video and I think it comes from a fairly common misconception.  Some people are viewing the short video requirements and
[02:53] long video requirements as if there were two different programs, but there isn't just one YouTube Partner Program.  What you do have are different entry requirements. Currently you can do this through the
[03:05] hours of playback of long content or through the views of shorts.  And from February of next year it will continue to operate under this same logic, only the requirements for new channels will increase: 8,000
[03:17] hours of playback or 20 million qualified views on shorts.  And pay attention, you don't need to get both, it's 8,000 hours or 20 million program, you can enable the different monetization methods.
[03:33] So, if you managed to get into the YouTube Partner Program thanks to short videos and then you start posting longer videos that obviously comply with the monetization policies, then yes, you can monetize those longer videos.  The
[03:46] next question was the one that caused the most noise among creators when they found out that YouTube was no longer going to pay you if you didn't get more than 10 million views on your shorts.  Many people commented on the previous video that they would rather go to
[03:58] TikTok or Facebook.  So for everyone who commented that, let's still worth posting shorts? We already talked in the previous video about the 10 million views you will need to
[04:10] maintain every 90 days to continue participating in the general revenue sharing of shorts.  If you drop below that number, you don't leave the YouTube Partner Program and your long videos can continue to generate money.  You simply
[04:22] stop participating in that shorts distribution until you surpass those numbers again.  I know it sounds horrible so far, but let's think about what it really means to achieve those numbers.  10 million visits every 90
[04:36] days is approximately 3.3 million visits per month or around 111,000 visits every day.  And yes, I know that's a lot of visits, but the funny thing complaining about the new
[04:50] shorts requirements, I felt that almost no one was asking the real uncomfortable question. How much money can you actually make with 10 million views on short videos? Obviously there is no fixed amount, as it depends a lot on the country of your
[05:03] audience.  advertisers, the season, the content, and many other things.  But to avoid going into too much detail, let's assume they pay approximately cents of a dollar for every 1000 plays.  So if we divide
[05:16] 10,000 visits by 1000 times 5 cents, it would give us approximately $500, or about $16 per month.  And as I already said, it's an approximation.  Obviously this could be a little more or a little less, but with
[05:30] that information a more disturbing question arose for me.  What did all those people who commented that their dream of becoming a YouTuber had been ruined by this change really think?  Because if your plan was to live solely off uploading
[05:43] shorts and you can't get 10 million views every 90 days, did you really expect to be able to live on less than $200 a month?  Please tell me something in the happened.  And I say this because for me the greatest value of shorts has never
[05:58] been just AdSense, it's distribution.  A short video can put your content in front of thousands of people who have never seen one of your videos, and you can still post that same content on Instagram, TikTok, and other
[06:10] platforms.  And I know that many don't do it because nobody wants to spend 3 hours editing vertical content after spending hours making a long video. using roll and roll.  Simply upload your long, unedited video to the
[06:25] the best moments of the video to convert them into vertical clips with subtitles and brolls ready to publish.  In fact, I uploaded this gameplay clip to my secondary channel a while ago and it got over 3.3 million
[06:39] views.  Roll and Roll automates much of my editing work, but what allows me to adjust the clips, framing, and result, because after these changes, I wouldn't stop uploading shorts just
[06:52] because I don't get paid.  Believe me when I say that you don't need each short to be profitable, you need them to be a gateway to your content.  And that's why roll and roll isn't a tool you only use once and it becomes your best
[07:04] and roll from the link in the description and use my Duo code for a very special discount. If I'm already monetizing, I have to accept the new conditions.  And I know this is one of those things that would be very easy to
[07:18] ignore when you get the notification in YouTube Studio or part of the partner program, YouTube is asking you to review and accept the updated terms before January 31, 2020, because the new
[07:32] terms will take effect on February 1.  Now, what happens if you don't accept them?  And this needs to be clarified because I also saw quite a bit of confusion about this in the comments.  Not accepting it does not automatically mean you will be
[07:46] expelled from the partner program.  YouTube says that your decision to accept or reject these terms does not in itself change your status within the YouTube Partner Program.  What will happen if you don't accept is that you will stop receiving income from
[08:00] your videos, shorts, memberships, etc.  And when you accept these new terms again, you can regain access to those features.  So if you're already monetizing and you've received this email, don't ignore it.  And speaking of being
[08:13] able to monetize or not, I thought it was necessary to explain this, but there were so many comments about the same thing.  YouTube can put ads on my videos even if I don't monetize them. Yes, YouTube explains directly in its
[08:27] help center that it reserves the right to show advertising on content on the platform, even when the creator does not yet meet the requirements to receive a share of those revenues.  Now, I think there's
[08:40] something very important to understand here too .  YouTube is a free platform for both uploading and consuming content.  You don't pay to upload videos.  YouTube and the person watching them doesn't necessarily pay to
[08:53] watch them.  In other words, your internet provider doesn't pay YouTube or anything like that , but even though YouTube is a free site to use, it does cost them money for storage, servers, processing, moderation,
[09:07] product development, and all the infrastructure necessary to make your videos available to millions of people.  So, in order for YouTube to remain free and profitable for them, the business has to monetize
[09:20] all the content somehow, and one of those ways is obviously advertising.  And look, this doesn't mean I'm trying to justify YouTube, but I do think there's a difference between saying YouTube puts
[09:33] ads on my videos without paying me and saying YouTube shouldn't be able to generate any income from my content until I join the partner program.  Because if that were the model, YouTube would have to assume
[09:48] for months or even years the cost of hosting and distributing millions of videos enough revenue for the platform. So, YouTube putting ads on your videos even if you're not monetizing them doesn't mean they're stealing from you; it just
[10:03] means you're not yet part of the YouTube Partner Program to receive a share of those earnings. Which brings us to the next most frequently asked question.  YouTube is raising the bar in order to keep
[10:17] more money. Two main theories emerged in the comments. First, all of this is happening because of content farms made with artificial intelligence.  And the other is that YouTube simply wants to make it
[10:30] harder to monetize so they can keep more money.  According to YouTube, these changes are presented as a way to reward creators who maintain a consistent audience and to keep the program sustainable in the
[10:43] long term.  It also states that these adjustments aim to improve the quality of content entering the monetization program and reduce repetitive or low-effort content.  But to be honest, YouTube can actually
[10:56] benefit from the fact that there are now even more videos with ads without sharing those revenues with their creators.  Well, in theory, yes.  And the same applies to artificial intelligence.  It might seem logical to think that YouTube is
[11:08] trying to filter mass-produced content, but so far YouTube has not presented AI as the official reason for doubling these requirements?  So I think what YouTube is really trying to do
[11:20] is raise the bar and require content to reach a certain level of quality before it can be monetized on the platform, rather than a plan to become even richer than they already are. After reading all the comments
[11:32] on the previous video, there was something that did worry me personally, not so much the update itself, but the number of people saying, "There's no point in starting anymore, I'd better delete my channel or I'll never monetize it."  I want to tell you that
[11:44] monetizing on YouTube is very different from building your own business on YouTube. You can get 1000 subscribers, you can get the 8,000 hours, you can join the partner program and still earn very little money.  I have almost
[11:57] 400,000 subscribers and I earn the least money on YouTube, because as your channel grows, other much more profitable possibilities appear: sponsorships, affiliates, memberships, products, services, courses, etc., whatever makes
[12:13] sense for your audience. Personally, I've been making a living from creating content for years, and one of the things I've learned is that relying entirely on a single source of income is very dangerous, especially when that
[12:25] source depends on companies whose rules you don't control.  Yes, today YouTube changes its monetization requirements, tomorrow it may change how much they pay, and in 5 years there will surely be things that
[12:37] we are not even considering today, but there is something that YouTube cannot take away from you so easily, an audience that trusts you.  Comment what you think about this or if you have any other questions about monetization and I'll gladly answer them.
[12:50] And if you currently have a gaming channel and nobody watches your videos, in this video I'll explain what you should upload to really start growing.  Click on it.