--- title: 'Goodbye Automated Channels: Massive Demonetization on YouTube' source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=rWVny-Cw07o' video_id: 'rWVny-Cw07o' date: 2026-07-15 duration_sec: 1288 --- # Goodbye Automated Channels: Massive Demonetization on YouTube > Source: [Goodbye Automated Channels: Massive Demonetization on YouTube](https://youtube.com/watch?v=rWVny-Cw07o) ## Summary YouTube has begun a massive demonetization of automated and AI-generated channels. This video analyzes why this is happening, what types of content are being penalized, and how creators can modify their AI-assisted content to remain monetizable. ### Key Points - **Massive Demonetization of AI Channels** [00:01] — YouTube has demonetized thousands to hundreds of thousands of channels worldwide that use automation or AI to create content. - **AI Use is Allowed, But with Conditions** [02:18] — AI can be used, but the content must be significantly modified to avoid being flagged as inauthentic or mass-produced. - **Types of Content Being Demonetized** [02:45] — Videos with AI voices over static images (even with slight zoom) are being demonetized. This includes religious content, history, poems, and similar topics. - **Own Voice Not a Guarantee** [03:38] — Even creators using their own voice have been demonetized if the video structure relies on repetitive stock images or AI-generated scripts. - **Repetitive Content Detection** [04:14] — YouTube identifies content as repetitive or inauthentic if the same images, videos, or scripts are used repeatedly across many channels. - **AI Scripts Leave Digital Fingerprints** [05:13] — Scripts generated by ChatGPT or similar AIs have a detectable digital fingerprint that YouTube's AI can identify as non-human. - **AI Images Also Have Fingerprints** [07:38] — Images created by AI also leave identifiable marks. Editing them with filters, subtitles, or other modifications can help erase these fingerprints. - **Human Modifications Are Key** [10:09] — Adding filters, subtitles, sounds, music, and other edits to AI-generated content makes it more unique and less likely to be flagged. - **Use Gemini for Scripts** [11:20] — Google's Gemini AI is recommended for scriptwriting as it is more aligned with YouTube's monetization guidelines and leaves a less detectable fingerprint. - **The 'Could Another Creator Do It?' Test** [13:55] — If your content could be easily replicated by another creator in minutes, it is likely to be demonetized. Uniqueness is crucial. - **Synthetic Voices Are Problematic** [16:32] — AI voices used by many creators create identical audio patterns that YouTube flags as inauthentic. Cloning your own voice is a better alternative. ### Conclusion AI can be used to create YouTube content, but it must be heavily modified to avoid demonetization. The key is to ensure your content is unique and cannot be easily replicated by others. ## Transcript automated channels or channels that use artificial intelligence has arrived; YouTube has demonetized thousands, hundreds of thousands of channels worldwide. This is probably already known, but what is not known, or what was not known, or what was not yet clear, is why this type of content was or is being demonetized in this massive way. After conducting hundreds of consultations with channels that have been demonetized and that use automation or artificial intelligence to create their content, I was able to observe some very clear, very specific details that YouTube doesn't tell us, that YouTube doesn't explain in its policies, and why, after doing these analyses, I realized what is allowed, what is monetizable, and what is not monetizable. And that's why in this video I'm going to tell you the details, in case you're making content with artificial intelligence, about what you can and can't do or shouldn't do if what you really want is to monetize your content on YouTube. Stay until the end of the video because it's really good and I'm sure I'll clear up many of your questions after all the analysis I've done on this I want to introduce you to the sponsor of this video, which on this occasion is Nexus Clips, a platform that allows content creators to generate clips from their videos, live streams and share them on their social networks. Nexus Clips automatically finds the best moments in your videos using its artificial intelligence, edits them in vertical format, and adds animated subtitles. This way you save time and get high-quality clips. and with a high chance of going viral. In the description of this video I will leave you the direct link to Nexus Clips and a 10% discount coupon. One thing that artificial intelligence. But how so? Does this mean that allowed. Yes, artificial intelligence can be used. There are just a few details regarding the use of the I's. As a first point, guys, I want to inform you about a type of content that is being demonetized. These videos, where a voice is usually placed—and I mean usually with artificial intelligence—are artificial voices, and we place behind them, in this case in the video, static images, which may have a small movement, a zoom, but in the long run there isn't much to show within that video. So these are images that pass by, photographs that pass by created with AI or taken from image banks or even, mind you, videos taken from image banks. And this is really what YouTube is no longer allowing to be monetized: religious content, history, poems, or absolutely anything similar to what I just because I've already analyzed demonetized channels that used their own voices and they told me, "But it's my own voice." And yet, guys, voice." And yet, guys, YouTube demonetized them. YouTube no longer allows YouTube demonetized them. YouTube no longer allows this type of content to be monetized. Ah, but I don't want to appear. I don't want to appear, and want to appear. I don't want to appear, and I want to tell a horror story, a story about anything, with images, right? With some stock image videos. Pay attention to this, and I'll tell you why. Heads up, guys, why. Heads up, guys, can be used by another channel, another creator, and so on. And these are creator, and so on. And these are contents that are used repeatedly in many videos found on YouTube. YouTube identifies this as repetitive content or may even consider it inauthentic content, precisely because it already has a record that these videos have been used many, many times within this same platform, which in this case is YouTube. So be very careful. I've been telling you this for several months now, telling you this for several months now, that you shouldn't use stock photos anymore . Secondly , many of the creators horror stories, Bible stories, blah blah blah, whatever it is Bible stories, blah blah blah, whatever it is , are relying, mind you, they are , are relying, mind you, they are relying on scripts and texts from relying on scripts and texts from artificial intelligences for the most part, mind you, for the most part using Chat GPT Central, we have a problem. This person is not yet subscribed to this channel. CH GBT is bad, it's good. Well, let's just say that as artificial intelligence it's very good. However, good. However, remember that GPT chat isn't from Google, right? What is Google's artificial intelligence? Google's artificial intelligence? Gemini. Well, although what I'm about to say might sound crazy, the use of artificial intelligence, even talking about GPT chat, even if it's paid chat, is not viewed very favorably by the intelligence that analyzes YouTube videos today. As I was saying, it seems crazy, it seems strange, it seems like a theory and yes, it is a theory, but based on the results of analysis of channels that have been demonetized that coincidentally use absolutely everything in their script with GPT chat. No, Joseph, but I modify it a little, what do I do here, but in general the structure is very well understood by an intelligence like Yemini, well, the one inside YouTube and interprets that everything being said there is everything being said there is content made, not by a human. And although it may seem crazy, yes, indeed, this thing about scripts, this thing about the images that you create with AI, has something that is called or can be has something that is called or can be called an AI fingerprint. If we take the scripts exactly as offered by GPT chat and pass them on to an artificial intelligence to add the voice, guess what will happen. It's going to be interpreted, it's going to be read as mass-produced. And this is what YouTube doesn't want. So, this applies to the scripts, and the same goes for the images; let CH GPT or whatever intelligence agency does them. Any intelligence you use for creating images or videos has an identifiable digital fingerprint, mind you, identifiable by YouTube's intelligence . How can we . How can we somehow erase these digital footprints left by AI? Well, guys, we're editing it ourselves, doing things ourselves on top of the result that the AI ​​has given us in this case . I'll give you an example. If how can I convert that image? I can put a filter on it. If I want to animate that image, I can actually zoom in on it myself, add text, and subtitle everything that's being said. In other words, this helps, mind you, it helps to start erasing the digital footprint as long as erasing the digital footprint as long as , in this case, that video has, 're talking about, static, that has a zoom in, a zoom out, right? All of this helps the narrative, but not all of the video; the entire video consists of photographic images that come and go, come and go over and over again. We can show it videos made with AI, yes, but likewise, videos made with AI also leave their mark. So, what I've mostly seen is that they take the video and put it in a sequence on the timeline and do almost nothing to that AI delivery. What we would need to do AI delivery. What we would need to do is make edits on top of this. As I was is make edits on top of this. As I was saying, filters, subtitles, lights, eye, sounds. Sounds. If I'm talking about a horror story and I can suddenly add some steps, right? A few steps away I can place a wolf's howl. All these elements [music] All these elements [music] contribute to the final result; it wasn't entirely delivered to me by one person, but I did work, I added things, I created the music, or I simply put it in the background with songs from the YouTube audio library, and in this way I create a composition in which I did use artificial intelligence, but I didn't let the intelligence completely create the video for me. Guys, let me be clear, this doesn't mean you can't make a video 100% you can't make a video 100% made with AI and upload it to YouTube. They can do it if they're able, but whether YouTube considers that content monetizable is another matter. You can have all those videos on YouTube, you can have short videos, long videos, whatever you want. YouTube is n't going to close any of their channels for this; it's simply that the channel isn't suitable this; it's simply that the channel isn't suitable for monetization due to the type of content it has. I think that's clear, right? So you guys can make the video, right? With the sounds that it can give you, with the voices that it can give you, I mean, you can have all this , but YouTube decides whether to monetize it or not. Generally, and at this time, it is not monetizing that type of content because it does not consider it to be unique content, and these channels are being demonetized for inauthentic content . But Josep, if I'm behind it , I'm not behind it, I'm use for the script, look, I want a story about this and that and the other thing. Yes, remember that this story already comes with a digital fingerprint that if I don't modify it or make major changes, it will be considered inauthentic content. My recommendation for screenwriters, guys, is that you start using Gemini. With Gemini, it will go through a much larger filter, and generally, what are the stories and this little imprint will not be present in large dimensions in Gemini. Yeminai is more up-to-date, it's the most powerful artificial intelligence for me and the one that 's closely linked, mind you, closely linked with YouTube. That is, it will always try to ensure that everything done there is suitable for monetization, in this case on YouTube with the guidelines that YouTube has for monetizing or not a type of content. One of the big analyses, guys, that I've done during all these months of 2026, is that during all these months of 2026, is that the massive demonetization really began. Mind you, they were already demonetizing since around July of last year more frequently than usual, but from January 2026 onwards, this is crazy. The truth is that they are shutting down and cutting channels left and right. Even I get a little worried about some of my other monetized channels, a bit of a fear because you think, "Yes, I'm doing things well, but they might not see it that way." But as I'm mentioning, the type of content that YouTube is accepting for monetization, whatever you call it, whether it's automated, has photos, has stock videos , is music made with artificial intelligence, that is, any type of content that is based on artificial intelligence. The important thing here is that it has human modifications, that the image prompts, the song prompts, even the videos that you are putting there are different on a large scale from what the intelligence of YouTube can find out there. Okay, what I want , and I think this is the most important thing in this video, is the content you are creating. Could another creator do it? Look, the content you're creating could be done by another creator just as easily, quickly, in a matter of minutes. If the answer is yes, be careful, because then YouTube can demonetize the content you're creating. mentioning, you can base your work on all types of intelligence. They can take pictures, they can take videos, they can take songs, they can take voices, they can take whatever they can think of, as long as it's content that YouTube is very unlikely to find repeated over and over again. I know that in the long run one can say, well, they can copy me, right? In the long run, when you do something unique, it can be copied. But YouTube can tell who is unique and who is a copy. Guys, anything you take from artificial intelligence, you absolutely must make take from artificial intelligence, you absolutely must make changes to it. Make changes, no matter what. Oh, and the miniatures, right? Take it easy with the miniatures. The miniatures are calm. The thumbnails are not part of the content of what is in the video. That's the decorative part, okay? The decorative part. decorative, okay? Titles can be repeated in several videos on your channels, no problem. Of course, the important thing is that the thumbnail is not repeated exactly the same way in all the videos. Be careful with that. The but it shouldn't be the same in all videos. Ready? But the important thing is videos. Ready? But the important thing is that the overall content of your channel is unique. Something I've noticed a lot, especially on demonetized channels, let's talk about horror stories, is that they say, but all stories are different. Note, all the stories are different and as I said, in theory they are different, but the way the video was constructed is the same. Ready? It's the same way. The visual elements, the composition of the images, the script is mostly made with CH GPT and has a very similar structure in terms of the story, what is told, the voices are always the same, with the same tone. So, this is what YouTube is really saying, "No, this isn't it, this isn't unique, this isn't authentic." So, Jose, does that mean I can't use artificial intelligence voices ? I want to keep the same ? I want to keep the same voice. Yes. It is possible. But what about these AI-powered voices ? These voices are also used thousands of times by other creators, thousands of times by other creators, right? Thousands of times by creators, for similar videos, same themes, etc. So, this is a bit of a problem in the long run. It's a big problem to use synthetic voices problem to use synthetic voices going to tell you guys, this has a lot to do with timing. Let's say we has a lot to do with timing. Let's say we Eleven Labs, which is one of the best known. And if I put a phrase there that says, "How to grow on YouTube?" And I choose Alberto, an example of Alberto being the one with the voice. Imagine that Alberto will always say that phrase in the same way and with the same spacing, right? With the same spacing between words, unless I change it, right? I can make it faster or slower, but in general it's going to sound kind of weird if I speed it up too much or slow it down too much . It starts to look kind of like this, then it looks kind of strange. So, the voices are already coming at a good speed. In general, most creators don't change the speed, right? So, this means that, let's say, that phrase "how to grow on YouTube," which happens to be used by other channels that also used the voice, starts to identify YouTube as having the same voice, the same sequence, right? The same distance between phrases and this is what begins to be perceived as not being authentic content, that anyone can do it because it is made by them. So, what would be the best thing to do? Do not . And what do I tell you, guys? Let's say that maybe so, it might be an option not to use it. In this case you could clone your voice, but of course, I understand that not everyone has a very beautiful, very graceful voice, one that many people might like, that has that intentionality that we are looking for for a certain story. So, it's going to clone your voice and in this case, you just put it in and everything's fine, nobody else is going to have it. But in this case, the use of voices can indeed have implications and problems, precisely so that it can be considered inauthentic content. To avoid this in a way, I tell you guys, go and do it in parts, right? So, if there are, I don't know, 40 paragraphs, then don't put in 10 paragraphs and then 10 and 10, but do it in slightly smaller segments or even when you place what are the narratives, right?, of the voices. Try cutting it up, giving it different spaces so that it doesn't look as identical to how YouTube might be interpreting it with other content that uses the same voices as you. Remember what I was telling you. Everything has a digital fingerprint, and if you can make changes, modifications, different textures, filters, etc., to the whole package, this already changes the digital fingerprint of the files that the AI ​​delivers to you in general. And to be quite clear with you, can AI be used? Yes or no? Yes, it can be used, but it needs to be modified. If they don't modify the final CIA results, YouTube will indicate that the CIA results, YouTube will indicate that the content is inauthentic and possibly mass-produced. If you have an automated channel, or at least one artificial intelligence to create content, and you're unsure whether you can monetize it and you're worried about it, you know you can contact me on Instagram. We can schedule a consultation, I'll analyze your channel and your content, and I can give you the guidance you need to apply for explore strategies to modify some of your content so you can confidently move towards monetization. And if you've been demonetized, also contact me on my Instagram and we'll schedule a consultation monetized again. Well today's video useful. Remember to subscribe to the channel, leave a like, and make a comment. A hug for everyone and bye bye.