YouTubers only get money for uploads when the channel has ten thousand views

YouTube has made a change to its Partner Program, which allows uploaders to monetize their videos. From now on, monetization of videos is only possible for channels with more than ten thousand views.

It is a lifetime limit, it does not matter in which period the ten thousand views have been achieved and how often individual videos have been viewed. Previously, there was no limit and new users could immediately have advertisements displayed with their videos. With the new rule, YouTube wants to prevent abuse of users who, for example, re-upload videos from other channels themselves and try to earn money with it.

If a channel has been viewed 10,000 times, YouTube believes it can estimate whether the user is adhering to the Community Guidelines and Advertiser Policies. YouTube says it will also come up with a new review process in a few weeks for new uploaders who sign up for the advertising program. Once users reach 10,000 channel views and sign up, YouTube will review their activity and assess the user’s compliance. After approval, ads will be displayed that allow the uploader to earn money.

Last month there was a fuss about ads on YouTube that were automatically placed with hate speech and extremist videos. Several large advertisers have therefore temporarily stopped their advertisements on the video platform. With the new rules, Google can prevent such scenarios, because there is more control before ads are shown with videos.