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YouTube Demonetized My Channel | Kashif Majeed

0h 08m video Published Sep 18, 2025 Transcribed Jul 26, 2026 Kashif Majeed Kashif Majeed
Beginner 3 min read For: Aspiring YouTubers and content creators who want to understand demonetization risks and best practices.
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"Delivers exactly what the title promises – a personal account of channel demonetization with actionable lessons."

AI Summary

In this video, Kashif Majeed shares his personal experience of YouTube demonetizing his channel due to misleading thumbnails that made financial commitments. He explains how he had to delete over 150 videos to comply with YouTube's policies, and offers advice on not relying solely on YouTube for income.

[00:04]
Initial Shock of Demonetization

Kashif noticed a sudden drop in earnings and received an email from YouTube stating his channel was demonetized for misleading content, specifically thumbnails that promised specific earnings.

[01:21]
Reason for Demonetization

YouTube flagged his content as misleading because thumbnails showed earnings amounts that could not be guaranteed, violating their policy against financial commitments.

[02:52]
Deletion of Videos

To get remonetized, Kashif had to delete videos with misleading thumbnails. He removed 150 videos from his channel of 400, keeping only 250.

[04:11]
Criticism of Policy Retroactivity

Kashif criticizes YouTube for applying new policies to old videos, suggesting that policies should only affect future uploads, not content from years ago.

[05:31]
Lesson: Never Rely Solely on YouTube

He advises against making YouTube a full-time career without multiple income streams, as demonetization can happen unexpectedly.

[06:52]
Remonetization Success

After complying and reapplying, YouTube remonetized his channel the next day, and he now earns again.

Kashif's story highlights the importance of following YouTube's policies, especially regarding thumbnails, and the need for diversified income sources to withstand platform disruptions.

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What was the official reason given by YouTube for demonetizing Kashif's channel?

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Misleading content: thumbnails that made financial commitments about earnings.

01:33

How many videos did Kashif delete from his channel?

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150 videos, reducing from 400 to 250.

03:32

What is Kashif's main advice to YouTubers regarding income?

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Do not rely solely on YouTube; have multiple income streams from physical businesses or other sources.

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How quickly did YouTube remonetize Kashif's channel after he applied?

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The very next day.

06:52

What does Kashif criticize about YouTube's policy implementation?

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Applying new policies to videos uploaded years ago, which he considers unfair.

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💡 Key Takeaways

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Demonetization Shock

Illustrates the sudden financial impact and emotional reaction of a creator losing monetization.

00:04
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Reason: Misleading Thumbnails

Highlights a common policy violation that many creators overlook – thumbnail honesty.

01:33
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Mass Deletion of Content

Shows the drastic measures required to comply with YouTube's policies, losing years of work.

03:32
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Criticism of Retroactive Policies

Raises a valid concern about fairness when platforms change rules and punish old content.

04:11
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Diversify Income Streams

Key takeaway: creators should not depend on a single platform for livelihood.

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[00:04] and at the end they give you a resignation letter. This means how would you feel if they fired you from your job? The first question that will come to your mind is, brother, how will I manage the expenses for the next month? How will I fulfill the expenses of my house

[00:17] ? How will I pay the electricity bill? All these things came to my mind too. At the time when YouTube gave me the demonetization letter. That means YouTube has demonetized my channel Kashishjeet. Which means I can no longer make money from YouTube.

[00:29] Whenever any YouTuber wants to work on YouTube, the first thing that happens in earning is your monetization through which YouTube pays you directly. So that thing has been blocked by YouTube,

[00:42] If you want to become a YouTuber or are a YouTuber or want to enter the field of YouTube, then is very important because I want you not to make the mistakes that I have made. Learn from them and what's there for you guys because I teach YouTube.

[00:56] So I would like that you all should learn from my mistakes and implement them so that you do not face such issues. So what happened is that first of all that I was normally watching my channel on YouTube, I was

[01:09] looking at the analytics, then I saw that $ shows were happening. It means that you are earning daily. So there was next day's earning of $ which was very alarming for me that how come there was no earning ? Then I went and checked

[01:21] my email from YouTube and it said that we have demonetized your channel. Demonetization means that brother, now you cannot earn from it. So it was very shocking for me and the first thing for me was why did this happen?

[01:33] So when I saw the reason, they told me that you have produced misleading content. Which means that your channel uploads videos inside the videos is something else. I have expressed this to you many times that I

[01:47] believe that our videos are 110% accurate. Ok? Because I will have to answer to Allah on the Day of Judgment, not to you. So I know this thing 100% that brother, my video can never be wrong or false. Ok? So my videos are fine but to

[02:01] what thumbnail do we put on the video like earning so many dollars daily or something like that. Ok? So YouTube said that your thumbnail is wrong. In the thumbnail that you have uploaded, you have written that you earned so much money. So

[02:14] can no longer make the financial commitment that you have. they put misleading content that whatever the content is yours but you have put something else on the thumbnail, so because of this YouTube created this issue and there are

[02:27] many youtubers including me. Ok? Whose channels were demonetized. Now this was my mistake which I accepted with an open heart and I will never do this again or I will stand firm on my mistake and say that no no this is YouTube's mistake. Like there are many

[02:40] other great people whose YouTube channels were blown away by YouTube. That's because he had bigger mistakes than this. I mean, what I did was nothing. mean, what I did was nothing.

[02:52] consider YouTube as their own, that we are the number one YouTube channel in tech or we are the number one YouTube channel online. Now they've come to viewership that we're the looks at the human being. It removes his pride. Whatever he has, he

[03:05] pushes it in a way that he is not even thinking about. So, what I learnt my channel has been demonetized and not deleted because I after that I tried to correct them. Now when I

[03:20] asked this thing from YouTube that brother, how do we correct this now ? So according to them, you should delete those videos commitments, due to which we will review your videos and your channel again. Ok? So now

[03:32] started working on it and I had more than 400 videos on YouTube and if you see now, I have 250 videos. This means that I deleted 150 videos, out of which 30 to 40 videos were deleted by YouTube itself and the remaining

[03:45] videos were made private by me myself. I have deleted some. So what is the reason for that, those videos in which I feel that I have made a financial commitment. I have will earn this much, you will earn that much, I have removed all those videos from my channel.

[03:57] Ok? Now what happens is that I have told you the story till here. But one thing that I got to learn from here is that brother, first of all I am angry on the fact that if YouTube is launching a policy today, then how is it possible that

[04:11] YouTube says that it will be implemented on the videos of the last seven years. I mean, I was very surprised at this thing that if you bring any policy. It is possible that it may be implemented on today's videos saying that your old videos are wrong. According to the

[04:24] new policy we have brought on this, it will be deleted. So now it cannot happen that today I am deleting my 7 year old videos and now this is not YouTube's, you cannot make such videos. So I did

[04:37] not understand this thing. Firstly, I think that this is my suggestion to YouTube and also a question that you people should try to use the new policies that are being brought in the coming days or do not implement them at all. Should

[04:50] Secondly, YouTube has embedded AI and videos, there is an option of auto dubbing. If the video is in English then it will be AI is also understanding your language. The AI ​​is also looking at your thumbnails. AI is looking at

[05:05] everything from your title description. So, one thing is that since it is not a human being, and secondly, since AI is new, it is because of this, YouTube demonetizes many channels, which I felt.

[05:18] not my fault. Of course, if YouTube says that this is now against our law, then I accept my mistake on that. Ok? So after that, the thing I learned here is that brother, you can never rely 100% on YouTube.

[05:31] If you guys are coming, you are Uber or you are working on YouTube or you want to work on YouTube. If you have a job, you do business, you are a student, then you should not leave your work because of this YouTube. I

[05:43] after that when Alhamdullah, my earnings were good from YouTube, I Let's suppose you understand that a guy is earning Rs 300 from a job and he is earning Rs 1 lakh from YouTube, then why would he go? I mean, why would he do a job? He will say that this is what I do.

[05:57] started doing the same thing and I feel that it was wrong for me at that time. Ok learned things and slowly I started doing other things along with it and businesses which are physical businesses as well and after that, the ones that are

[06:12] online are also there. Ok? Now those three or four means there are income streams from where money comes from three or four places, Alhamdulillah. So because of this, when YouTube got So I didn't suffer that much loss.

[06:24] because I also earn from crypto. Apart from this, I also provide a lot of service. Apart from this, business is also Alhamdulillah. So I didn't have that much of a now I have to

[06:38] keep my options in physical businesses or other than this so that if this issue arises again in these cases then I did all those things according to YouTube. After that I applied again, so applied here. Alhamdulillah, YouTube re-monetized us the very next day.

[06:52] So now this YouTube channel is not demonetized, rather it earning again. So I am not like someone who is an angel or something that cannot make mistakes. We too can make mistakes and we have to learn from them and then

[07:05] teach you. So if you are a YouTuber then you must remember this thing. This thing about told you not to do. And secondly, you should not take up YouTube as a full-time career until you have two or three more income streams.

[07:19] coming from five or six places. Even if the YouTube work ends, earning money. I hope you learned something from the video. So Alhamdulillah our channel is monetized. Ok? And now a smile is coming on my face

[07:32] this channel has no issue. Alhamdulillah all these things are okay because many people had asked me. Thank you so much. Take care of yourself. Allah Hafiz.

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