01-26-2018 , 06:30 PM
Quote:From the very beginning, making a living from YouTube was incredibly difficult task. At first, becoming a partner, and start earning money with YouTube required you to have tens of thousands of subscribers and views, and having your videos thoroughly checked up. For example, most gaming channels were disqualified from the start.
Afterwards, YouTube policy became much less strict which caused a wave of new content creators aiming for YouTube ad revenue. The requirements to run ads on your channel were absolutely minimal. This has been changed into 10 000 lifetime views on channel to start showing ads on their channel – in comparison to what is happening right now, this wasn’t even remotely making things harder.
Small channels received a massive blow when it comes to running an ad on their channel. Currently, in order to begin running ads, you need at least 1000 subscribers as well as 4000 hours watch time in the past 12 months. This change essentially removes possibility for aspiring YouTubers to earn any money for the effort they put into making their videos.
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https://mirillis.com/blog/en/youtube-car...on-policy/