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I don’t understand what the term “demonetization” means in this context. When a video is flagged for “demonetization” what are the immediate consequences? I’ve

I don’t understand what the term “demonetization” means in this context. When a video is flagged for “demonetization” what are the immediate consequences? I’ve never actually met anyone who got paid for something that happened on YouTube, so I just don’t understand how the business side of YouTube even works. For the life of me, all I’ve ever directly witnessed is the occassional friend who received a DMCA notice, because they uploaded an audio rip of an album they wanted to listen to from a work computer, as a public video.

rsynnott 9y ago
Ads taken off, I think.
wmf 9y ago
It means the video won't have ads and thus the creator won't earn any money from ads. It's very difficult to make a lot of money from YouTube ads, but some people are doing it and getting "demonetized" really hurts them.
- clouddrover 9y ago
  > It's very difficult to make a lot of money from YouTube ads Like anything else, I think you have to find your audience. A 6 year old apparently made $11 million this year off his YouTube channel: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/12/11/6-year-old-made-11-million-in-one-year-reviewing-toys-on-you-tube/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/12/1...
  - shak77 9y ago
    That's news precisely because it's rare.
    - kthejoker2 9y ago
      Not rare, just extreme. If you see a YouTube channel with 250,000 subscribers or more, they are probably taking in around $10,000 a month from YouTube (assuming they post regularly.)
- discreditable 9y ago
  Some others have speculated that demonitized videos tend to not show up in the recommended videos, which leads to fewer views.
- deleted 9y ago
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notatoad 9y ago
once your channel has a certain number of subscribers (1000, maybe? it's a fairly low number), youtube starts paying you per view. demonetized videos don't count towards your viewcount so you don't get paid for them. This makes youtubers very angry.

rsynnott 9y ago

Ads taken off, I think.

wmf 9y ago

It means the video won't have ads and thus the creator won't earn any money from ads. It's very difficult to make a lot of money from YouTube ads, but some people are doing it and getting "demonetized" really hurts them.

clouddrover 9y ago
> It's very difficult to make a lot of money from YouTube ads Like anything else, I think you have to find your audience. A 6 year old apparently made $11 million this year off his YouTube channel: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/12/11/6-year-old-made-11-million-in-one-year-reviewing-toys-on-you-tube/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2017/12/1...
- shak77 9y ago
  That's news precisely because it's rare.
  - kthejoker2 9y ago
    Not rare, just extreme. If you see a YouTube channel with 250,000 subscribers or more, they are probably taking in around $10,000 a month from YouTube (assuming they post regularly.)
discreditable 9y ago
Some others have speculated that demonitized videos tend to not show up in the recommended videos, which leads to fewer views.
deleted 9y ago
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notatoad 9y ago

once your channel has a certain number of subscribers (1000, maybe? it's a fairly low number), youtube starts paying you per view. demonetized videos don't count towards your viewcount so you don't get paid for them. This makes youtubers very angry.