--- title: 'What Will Happen to Your Automated Channel in 2026' source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=jLvHjtihJVM' video_id: 'jLvHjtihJVM' date: 2026-07-15 duration_sec: 488 --- # What Will Happen to Your Automated Channel in 2026 > Source: [What Will Happen to Your Automated Channel in 2026](https://youtube.com/watch?v=jLvHjtihJVM) ## Summary YouTube's new policy updates, effective July 15, 2025, target repetitive and inauthentic content, causing concern among faceless channel creators. However, the creator argues that original content—even AI-assisted—is still allowed, and that the policy aims to eliminate spammy duplication, not all automated channels. ### Key Points - **Creator's Success with Automated Channels** [00:01] — The creator has generated over a million dollars with automated YouTube channels and offers advice on navigating the new policy. - **Two New Policy Updates** [00:41] — Two updates take effect July 15, 2025: one about sensitive ad categories (alcohol, etc.) and another about repetitive or inauthentic content, which is the focus of the video. - **Fear of End of Faceless Channels** [01:22] — Many creators believe the new policy signals the end of faceless channels, but the creator disagrees, noting that faceless channels like documentaries and news are a major part of YouTube's revenue. - **YouTube's Stance on AI Content** [02:03] — YouTube supports AI for content creation (e.g., auto-dubbing) but prohibits mass-produced, repetitive content that adds no value, such as copied reaction videos or duplicated channels. - **Examples of Prohibited Behavior** [03:25] — Creating the same video 500 times, duplicating successful channels, and uploading identical videos across multiple channels are considered spam and will be penalized. - **Why YouTube is Enforcing This** [04:04] — To protect audiences from poor quality content and to prevent revenue loss from viewers leaving low-quality videos early, reducing ad impressions. - **What Constitutes Original Content** [05:10] — Original content means creating your own scripts, footage, and thumbnails. Taking an idea (e.g., a review) is fine, but copying another video's script and clips is not. - **How to Adapt and Thrive** [06:03] — Use winning video ideas as inspiration but create your own script and visuals. Faceless channels are not dead; they just need to be original. ### Conclusion YouTube's new policy is not the end of faceless channels but a crackdown on spammy duplication. Creators who produce original, high-quality content—even with AI assistance—will continue to thrive. ## Transcript of automated YouTube channels thanks to its latest be one of them, then watch this video. I've been creating generated over a million dollars with my automated channels. And although this new policy seems extreme and many people out there are , that it's the end of YouTube Automation, I'm going to tell you what it take action and not have any problems with this new update. following. Let's take a look at these new updates, what they what you can do to avoid problems and continue monetizing. Okay, first things first, what are these new policy updates? Well, there are actually two and they come into effect on July 15th, so if you're seeing this after July 15th, they're already in effect, so adjust and avoid any problems. One of them has to do with the category of ads that are blocked by default. There are usually ad categories that are sensitive content, for example, alcohol and not shown on all channels simply because they want to of ads. And if you're someone who creates channels with sensitive content, then that's a policy that might affect you or not, but really more family-friendly, educational, or entertainment content, it's not that big of a problem. video. This video will be specifically focused on this new update which is about repetitive or inauthentic content. especially my students who are in other Faceless content creator groups and such, have told me that they believe this is the end of Faceless channels, because they are reading this new policy that says, YouTube Partner Program, YouTube has always required creators to upload original and authentic content." On July 15, 2025, YouTube better identify mass-produced and repetitive content. This update better reflects what inauthentic content looks like today . Now, what does this refer to? I'm paraphrasing. Actually, this isn't the actual policy; important. The point is, what do they mean by original content? Uh, artificial intelligence has reached a point where creating content is really easy. You can create content in seconds and upload it to YouTube. Now, artificial intelligence. In fact, YouTube is in favor of its systems are geared towards that. And, in fact, they are making it much artificial intelligence to create content. A basic example is that you YouTube will automatically dub it into English and other languages. So, artificial intelligence as part of this new ecosystem and obviously pushing the technology forward with these functionalities. So real problem here is when creators create content, whether it's reaction videos, that only record the screen and you can see someone else's full video repetitive content because it's exactly the same video and they're simply not contributing anything new. If it's a commentary channel, for analyzing certain scenes, and so on, it can be much easier for it to keep working because you're not just copying someone else's video and calling it a day. Another thing YouTube is trying to limit is making the same video 500 times. There are many channels out there right now with as I mentioned, that are copying the same video and simply changing a part and re-uploading it. And often it's the same video over and over again . When they create a successful video on a channel, they duplicate the channel, create three, four, five channels, and start uploading the same videos to those channels. because it starts to look like spam behavior and nobody wants to be spammed on the YouTube platform. So, that's something they've been saying for a long time. This whole thing about authentic content is a policy that has been around for a very long time. They are simply refining it so they can eliminate these types of channels as soon as possible. And this is going to start happening from July 15, 2025. Now I want to make a quick aside because you might is doing this. Number one, to protect the audience from poor quality content. And number two, because if that content isn't really people on the platform, then YouTube loses a lot of money. money from advertisers, that is, from the ads shown on the platform. If suddenly 500 videos on the same topic are uploaded, and they're exactly the same video and of poor quality, YouTube is losing opportunities to show ads on its platform. This is because when the audience clicks on these videos, they realize it's a video they've already seen or a video of poor quality, a completely artificial video, and they leave the video, and those ads stop showing. So, instead of showing five or six ads in a half-hour video, maybe people only watched one minute of that video, left, and you lose money that way. That's why they want the content to really improve, and want to keep their platform constantly evolving and improving the quality for their audience. So if you have a compilation channel, a reaction channel, then you have to be careful because duplicating those re-uploading them, definitely puts you at risk . Now, as I was saying, it does artificial intelligence, it doesn't matter if it's not artificial intelligence, what they want is for you to create original content. So, what does that basically mean? That's it, is n't it? They no longer want creators to even download other people's videos, change the script, make the exact same script with different words and so on, use most of that video changing certain clips and re-upload it. That's not original content, in fact they're copying and that's will not accept it, and it is not best practice and never has been. many people out there teaching easy monetization methods where they literally do this. I don't recommend it if you want a can you do? Do things right from the start. Yes, you can watch other people's winning videos out there. Let's say you see a video of Lionel Messi's luxurious life, well, you can definitely take that idea create your own script, you can talk about different things than the original video talked about, you can talk maybe about yachts, planes, cars and mansions. Now, this is extremely important because many people say that it will no longer original content. Keep this in mind: content ideas—there are simply many people who want to do are both YouTubers and you're going to do a review of the new iPhone and I'm also a a review of the new iPhone. It's exactly the same idea. Do you think do it because one person already reviewed iPhones?" No. So, you can use the idea itself. The content must be original. Spot. n't be any more Faceless channels, you won't be able to monetize them anymore." And if that were the than half of the YouTube channels out there are Faceless channels. We have documentary channels, we have news channels, we have analysis channels, we have sports channels. These are all Faceless channels. So these types of channels make up a large part of YouTube's revenue . They're not going to eliminate it overnight; they're not going to get rid of that category of channels or content because it's in their best interest to have those types of channels. right from the start. How can you do them well? Creating original content, your own scripts, your own video. Even with thumbnails, you can winning videos, but create your own version of that thumbnail, okay? image, use the same elements and arrange them in a certain way to make it an original miniature. Now, if you don't know how to start or want to the best practices my students and I use every with YouTube, then check out this other video so you can see our strategy and get started on the right foot. I'll see you there. Click now and right foot. I'll see you there. Click now and we'll see you soon.