Why YouTube Deleted Millions of Channels — Avoid These Mistakes

[00:02] The information and facts in this video will surprise and upset many people, but this is the truth and the reality. You should n't have to work so hard on your channel only to find out that monetization has been disabled or that it's been completely deleted. You'll be shocked to

[00:20] learn that 3,414,000 channels were deleted in just three months. You might ask, "How do you know, Mr. Ayman? What are the reasons?" Well, pay close attention to this video and watch it to the end. If you know anyone with a channel, send them this video. There's a report called the

[00:37] send them this video. There's a report called the YouTube Transparency Report that they release every three months. This report shows you how many channels were removed, the reasons, how they knew, and all that. removed, the reasons, how they knew, and all that. Here, it says that from October 25th to

[00:51] Here, it says that from October 25th to December 25th, 3,414,772 channels were removed. That's December 25th, 3,414,772 channels were removed. That's deleted—completely removed from YouTube. Can you imagine that number in just three

[01:09] you imagine that number in just three months? In 2025, the report for 2026, which is from month one to month three, will still be issued next month, and I expect that the three months next month, and I expect that the three months of the beginning of 2026 will have a much larger number than this.

[01:24] So, how many videos were in those 3.5 million channels ? There were 69 million videos among them. 69 million videos were removed because when the channel is removed, the videos are also removed. The first question that will come to your mind is, I

[01:40] know that these channels were removed due to copyright. These people steal videos from others. My videos are exclusive, so I'm safe. I'll tell you, no, these videos or channels have exclusive content, but they violate something called Community Guidelines. 81% of

[01:58] these channels were closed because of something called unwanted content, deceptive practices, unwanted content, deceptive practices, and scams. 8% were closed because of misinformation. 3.5% ( half a percent, which is 118,000 channels) were removed because of something called

[02:15] channels) were removed because of something called child safety (nudity and sexual content). 2% had inappropriate and dangerous content. 1%... and so on. So, that's the breakdown. Now, as a channel owner, if I want to know what channel owner, if I want to know what unwanted content and deceptive practices mean, I'll go

[02:29] to the Community Guidelines. I'll leave the link to the Community Guidelines in the description. Scroll down a bit, and you'll find something called "Policies related to unwanted and related to unwanted and deceptive content," which is 81%.

[02:44] Here, you'll start to find many examples. Unwanted videos mean content that is shared Unwanted videos mean content that is shared excessively and repeatedly. He promises excessively and repeatedly. He promises viewers specific content but directs them

[02:59] to an external site. The content's purpose is to attract clicks, views, or visits from outside clicks, views, or visits from outside YouTube. There are many examples: misleading metadata or thumbnails. Imagine that thumbnails could be the reason

[03:12] your channel gets shut down if you exaggerate the thumbnail, use misleading thumbnails, thumbnail, use misleading thumbnails, write misleading descriptions or titles, or engage in deceptive content and unwanted promotion. There are many more examples. He's given

[03:30] metadata, and deceptive content, and so on. Of course, we can't list all these examples because it would take more than an hour. So, this is the first reason: unwanted content and

[03:48] deceptive practices. You'll find false information, child safety issues, nudity or sexual content, and child safety issues, nudity or sexual content, and dangerous or harmful content. All these are reasons that lead to channel removal. You'll see the reason by going to the Community Guidelines, for example, the Child Safety Policy.

[04:03] Community Guidelines, for example, the Child Safety Policy. If you access it, it will start giving you examples. It gives you examples of content that leads to channel closure or monetization: harmful or dangerous actions involving minors, child abuse, misuse of fireworks,

[04:20] content that mimics parental abuse, content that forces minors to perform actions they don't want to do, violent scenes, violent challenges, and things like that. There are many more things. and things like that. There are many more things. I advise you to read this article. So, we now

[04:35] know that approximately 3.5 million channels have been removed, and the reasons for this are clear. Now, the videos that were removed, apart from these channels, amount to 8,634,000

[04:47] videos. Now, the question that concerns many people is: how did YouTube know that these videos violated the Community Guidelines? Here, I'll give you the breakdown; everything

[04:59] is in this report. Here, it says 8 million 473,000 videos out of 8 million, 634,000, meaning the

[05:11] vast majority, were identified through something called programmed monitoring, through algorithms, through programmed monitoring, through algorithms, through artificial intelligence, meaning through the software that YouTube has developed. They identified that this content is content that threatens the safety of children, deceptive content, content that contains nudity, content that is misleading,

[05:27] content that contains deception. They identified it through programmed monitoring. deception. They identified it through programmed monitoring. Also, 118,000 videos were removed due to

[05:39] user reports. People who watch the video can report it. There is something called "dusted" content. YouTube has something called "dusted" content. I'll tell you something called "dusted" content. I'll tell you who the dusted content is now. Also,

[05:53] 41,000 videos were removed by institutions, and one video by government agencies. So, these are called monitoring bodies. Now, as a channel owner, if, God forbid, I face something like this, a video is deleted from my channel due to violations of community guidelines, or the entire channel is

[06:07] removed, what can I do? I could do something called a request for review. These people didn't submit a request for review; they submitted one. So, out of 8 submit a request for review; they submitted one. So, out of 8 million videos, one million people submitted a request for

[06:20] million videos, one million people submitted a request for review. That means out of one million videos, only 93,000 videos were reinstated. Of course, I'm not mentioning the image because, for the sake of time, only 93,000 videos were the image because, for the sake of time, only 93,000 videos were reinstated. That's less than 10%. So,

[06:34] reinstated. That's less than 10%. So, 90% of the requests for review were rejected. Now, here are the 90% of the requests for review were rejected. Now, here are the reports. Reports from users and reports. Reports from users and from whistleblowers. The videos that were

[06:47] deleted or reported by all types of whistleblowers—22 million videos— all types of whistleblowers—22 million videos— were reported. These 22 million videos came from

[06:59] were reported. These 22 million videos came from users and from institutions. Of course, these whistleblowers are part of a program specifically for NGOs and government agencies that prove their effectiveness in identifying certain types of harmful content. There are certain organizations or entities

[07:15] certain types of harmful content. There are certain organizations or entities whose reports are accurate, so they are whose reports are accurate, so they are called primary whistleblowers. There's a program called the Primary Whistleblower Program that starts by asking you about eligibility—what eligibility they have. This means there are

[07:29] conditions for a video to be flagged on YouTube. Of course, we don't want to be flagged. course, we don't want to be flagged. Here are the top 10 countries with the most reports: India, America, Korea, and so on. So, what are the most frequently reported types of content?

[07:44] reported types of content? Unwanted or misleading content (32%), hate speech Unwanted or misleading content (32%), hate speech or abusive content (15-19%), or abusive content (15-19%), sexual content (16%), violent scenes (11%), and so on.

[07:59] Dangerous acts, incitement to terrorism, child abuse (5%), and suicide or child abuse (5%), and suicide or self-harm (2.6%-6%). If we scroll down a bit further, here are examples of how reported videos are handled.

[08:14] For example, here's a video reported for child abuse. The reporter type is " child abuse. The reporter type is " basic" (meaning "fundamentally flagged"). The video description depicts a minor during a non-sexual activity and includes a title for a video that sexualizes a minor. Things like that—these kinds of things get

[08:30] deleted immediately. They delete the video and the channel. Here, it gives you some... Examples: Okay, so why did I make this video? I made this video to scare you and tell you that millions of channels are being removed, so be careful and terrify yourself. No, I didn't make this video for that reason.

[08:45] I made it so that you, as a channel owner, can protect your channel, understand what YouTube's Community Guidelines are, start reading them, and know what to

[08:58] do, what not to do, and what's questionable so you can avoid it. And by the way, no one is above this. I'm one of those people who received two warnings before. I'll leave you the video where I explained this. I received two warnings before regarding the Community Guidelines. So, if

[09:13] your content touches on something that might violate the Community Guidelines, you need to be aware of all the Community Guidelines policies. I'll leave you the link to the article in the description and in the

[09:25] the link to the article in the description and in the pinned comment. I also advise you to watch this video about the warnings I received and the reason for the Community Guidelines. And if, God forbid, you receive a warning, how can you deal with it? Of course, in this video, I'm talking about serious violations that led to

[09:39] channel removal, not just minor ones. Warning or monetization suspension. If you'd also like a longer video about forum guidelines, like an hour or two, please let me know in the comments. We can make a longer video, but please encourage us and watch the video. I hope you find it helpful.

[09:54] video. I hope you find it helpful. Peace.