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I make programming videos too, and a similar thing happens to me. The first day I release a video it's demonetized, and even if I don't request a manual review

I make programming videos too, and a similar thing happens to me. The first day I release a video it's demonetized, and even if I don't request a manual review the video will be remonetized a couple days later.

wybiral 9y ago
Interesting. Maybe YouTube needs to adjust their algorithm for that category or something.
- mitchty 9y ago
  I'd bet this behavior is their algorithm "working as intended". Aka, advertisers saying they don't want to waste ad spend on worthless programming videos. So they get demonetized for the first few days to reduce the impact of any ad spend on the times that would be most likely to get views, then turn it on so the drip of ad spend can treat the videos like problem children.
  - wybiral 9y ago
    I'm more inclined to think that the algorithms are just a bit naive at this point. Surely some advertisers out there do want to target that market. The notice on my videos is: Limited or no ads due to content identified as not suitable for most advertisers[1]. Your video remains fully playable and is eligible to earn subscription revenue from YouTube Red. [1] https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6162278?hl=en https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6162278?hl=en
    - mitchty 9y ago
      Sure, just curious that the videos would be monetized after the first few days. From what I've heard the first few days of a video basically makes/breaks a lot of videos as far as monetization goes.
      - mintplant 9y ago
        My guess is at this early stage of deployment, videos flagged by the algorithm to be demonetized (or a sample thereof) are automatically put into some manual review queue, for training and validation, which takes a few days to process through the volume.
  - nym 9y ago
    Udemy does a lot of advertising.
  - scottlocklin 9y ago
    Keep your eye on their 10Q statements next quarter. If it is what you say, it should turn up in the financials.
- bcoates 9y ago
  If I had to guess, videos consisting of mostly text (screencasts/slide shows) are considered likely to be bad videos (spammy junk and make-money-fast scams) and programming stuff is getting caught in the crossfire

wybiral 9y ago

Interesting. Maybe YouTube needs to adjust their algorithm for that category or something.

mitchty 9y ago
I'd bet this behavior is their algorithm "working as intended". Aka, advertisers saying they don't want to waste ad spend on worthless programming videos. So they get demonetized for the first few days to reduce the impact of any ad spend on the times that would be most likely to get views, then turn it on so the drip of ad spend can treat the videos like problem children.
- wybiral 9y ago
  I'm more inclined to think that the algorithms are just a bit naive at this point. Surely some advertisers out there do want to target that market. The notice on my videos is: Limited or no ads due to content identified as not suitable for most advertisers[1]. Your video remains fully playable and is eligible to earn subscription revenue from YouTube Red. [1] https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6162278?hl=en https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/6162278?hl=en
  - mitchty 9y ago
    Sure, just curious that the videos would be monetized after the first few days. From what I've heard the first few days of a video basically makes/breaks a lot of videos as far as monetization goes.
    - mintplant 9y ago
      My guess is at this early stage of deployment, videos flagged by the algorithm to be demonetized (or a sample thereof) are automatically put into some manual review queue, for training and validation, which takes a few days to process through the volume.
- nym 9y ago
  Udemy does a lot of advertising.
- scottlocklin 9y ago
  Keep your eye on their 10Q statements next quarter. If it is what you say, it should turn up in the financials.
bcoates 9y ago
If I had to guess, videos consisting of mostly text (screencasts/slide shows) are considered likely to be bad videos (spammy junk and make-money-fast scams) and programming stuff is getting caught in the crossfire