I'm in kind of a funny situation.

I developed a chronic health condition (Long Covid) in 2021 and was not able to do my busy job anymore. During my illness I started a little hobby of making Youtube videos. Late last year the channel become monetised, and I get about 50-100 USD per month.

Currently I'm receiving disability benefit from the country I got sick in. The thing is that I'm supposed to report any income I have in addition to my disability benefit.

But I'm afraid that reporting this income will cause a big mess, especially when it's only 50-100 USD per month, and it comes from a foreign country. It almost seems silly to report it, but I also don't want to break the rules.

So up until now I have not filled in the tax information in Google Adsense. The money is just sitting there in the Youtube account. I have not actually received it in my own bank account yet.

Not sure what to do now. I don't want to create a big pile of messy paper work over such a small amount.

One thing I could say is that I'm actually NOT profiting from this money. I probably spend the same amount of money on this hobby as I earn, or maybe even more.

Any advice?

When I first finished my video on Adobe it was very high quality and looked good. When I uploaded it to Yourube though, it got fuzzier and less refined, (lower fps I think?). I uploaded the video from my phone's camera roll, maybe that's why? Anyway, can anyone tell me how to get my videos clearer on YouTube? Thank you!

So my channel used to be of primarily Roblox content. Now I primarily post call of duty zombies content. To transition I tried to do videos of Roblox games like call of duty zombies. Then I did zombies content and now my views (long form only, shorts are doing decent) are like dead. It used to be around 50-100 per video and it was going up, now its like 20 to barely 50. Should I just wing it post videos and find a new audience or just go back to the old content I was doing

I am stuck on this page.

This page tells me to scan that QR code. I do and the browser shows this same page.

Then, the same page says,

Having trouble? Go to myaccount.google.com/video-verification/submit on your phone’s browser.

This URL again, shows the same page.

I have tried on iOS and macOS, using Google Chrome and Safari.

How I am supposed to do a video verification if I cannot pass this page?

Can someone try the URL or scan the QR code to see the problem?

I don't know how to start this off, but can anyone give me a good username suggestion for a new Microsoft account for Minecraft and my YouTube channel.

So I wanted to start making gaming content mainly focused on Minecraft, survival series, 100 days on Minecraft hardcore, and someday "surviving on Minecraft hardcore horror mods" once I get a PC or laptop, but the one thing that I needed most is a new username for both my Minecraft account and YouTube channel, and I'm having some trouble coming up with one.

I've tried using Gemini AI but it kept giving me usernames that felt like it was randomly guessed and didn't give any effort to think about one, Gemini AI then suggested to use an AI generated website username and I tried them and it gave me the same results as the one Gemini AI gave me.

Here are the things I'm into that could help out on a username:

• Cold winter forest
• Christmas
• color cyan
• Cyan blossom trees
• Minecraft pink blossom trees
• and the word Bloom

I'm mostly into the color cyan that represents the cold weather.

Edit: Thanks for all of the name suggestions I decided to go for Blooms Forge, I'm going to be using it for both my Minecraft account and channel, I was originally going for Pixel forge but it was already taken with many players already having it, and thanks again.

I upload a 5 minutes clip to youtube, and 30 seconds later it has already "been confirmed by manual review as not suitable for most advertisers". How is that, does the youtube staff have access to some extreme gravity modifying devices that allow them to stretch time?

Or is it just another lie, like so many they are feeding us these days? About ads, about their costs and revenues, usage of our data, etc... I'm getting fed up, how about you?

I'm planning to start a YouTube channel and want to create slideshow-style videos with animations, where I add a voiceover to explain my content. I was wondering if I can use images from sources like , Wikimedia, Google, deviant art, and most importantly Pixabay etc

Here are my questions:

1. Do I still need to credit the original creators/photographers, even if the images are from free platforms?

2. Does using multiple images from various sources require detailed credits for all of them?

3. If I transform the images by animating or editing them, does it count as fair use?

4. Does adding my own commentary and voiceover make it okay to use these images?

5. Are there any other websites or platforms where I can find free images that are safe to use for YouTube videos?

I want to avoid copyright issues while keeping my content visually engaging. If you have experience with this or know best practices, I’d really appreciate your advice!

So I just ordered my ZVE-10, which costed me $716 with the kit lens, and I didn't read about this new camera (Fujifilm XM-5) before, which costs only $100 more and shoots 6k with 10-bit and considering how I love the film look- I'm wondering if I should have went for it instead as the price difference isn't much. Now, there's still 30 days free returns on my ZVE-10, it hasn't arrived yet but I can still return it.

For context, I am upgrading from my old Nikon D3200. It's been a long time coming since I got a proper camera for recording my music performance sessions. Goal is to achieve hi-res takes with beautiful bokeh, sharp textures and overall dreamy vintage vibe. I've been told ZVE-10 is great for budget content creators so I went with it.

Now, I still don't know what lens to get. I'm thinking something budget friendly like from TTArtisans or 7Artisans, because ideally I don't want to spend more than 1k- but I also realize, I might need to anyway because I haven't done any investments on lighting yet.

For lighting, I'm thinking of getting LED panels like the GODOX LEDP260C, already got a bunch of softboxes and reflectors in my house. The living room is about 16sqm, gonna be filming myself playing sideways- upright piano is around about 1.5m in length.

Hey guys, I’m curious about what I should say in my email when asking a Youtuber to create a video on a certain topic.

I know youtubers expect to receive brand deals via their emails, but what if i just want them to create a video on a certain topic?

For this instance, I want to reach out to 3 particular ChatGPT youtubers to ask them to create a video about echowriting with ChatGPT, because there is not much info on the topic online, but the word gets thrown around alot by ChatGPT users.

If I tell them that there is a lot of content about echowriting online, but there really isn’t much info on the topic itself, is that a good enough reason for them to create a video about it or should there be a  better reason for them to make a video about it? 

Many thanks..

Hey guys,

I've been publishing one video per week for over a year now, and it's been a bit of a lonely journey because none of my friends or family have done this and can't really relate.

Do you know of any online communities or groups (including this one) where you can meet other YouTubers in person and share ideas?

It's one thing to discuss ideas on Reddit, where we don't know each other and it feels kind of anonymous. I feel it’s much more personal when I can meet people in person (or through online meetings) to share ideas for improvement and get feedback!

So, today I applied for remonetization of my channel which has been demonetized for 6 months and got rejected again. I deleted all the previous videos and started from scratch 3 months ago so there's no issue with past videos being "bad". I honestly have no idea what's wrong with my content, there are many similar channels that do the same type of content and are monetized, I myself have 2 other channels doing basically the same videos that are monetized too. If someone could help me I'd really appreciate it.

My channel name is: Midnight Tales

I've been monetized for quite some time and have 22k subs and over 400 videos. I embed them on my website but they never show ads. I've read that it should happen automatically but its not. Here is a sample page.

https://onlinecomputertips.com/support-categories/windows/pin-files-to-windows-11-taskbar/

I made a channel over 17 years ago way before google took over the site, and it recently got hacked and i have no idea how to get back into it. Someone is posting 18+ content and there are videos of me from when i was in middle school on there playing video games with friends. so now theres 12 year old me plus some random porn on this channel. Theres no google account connected and i dont have access to the old email anymore. is there anything i can do?

I have a niche channel that focuses on restoring and archiving old DJ mixtapes. I’ve been doing this since 2021. Initially I was uploading a new video every day. I did that for about 2 years until it became too much work and settled into posting videos every M/W/F. My channel was growing pretty well. I was getting between 100 - 200 subs a week and my videos were averaging close to 1000 views in a day (which is a lot for me).

This was consistent for a few years up until about 5 months ago. Then suddenly my views dropped by about 75% and my new subscribers slowed to about 50 a week.

Then about two weeks ago Youtube emailed me saying they were limiting some of the more powerful features like pinning comments and adding external links to my descriptions because my channel “doesn’t have sufficient channel history”. My channel is over 15 years old and I only post electronic music - nothing else. I’ve got over 1000 videos on my channel currently and its not monetized.

Does anyone know what happened? Why did everything change suddenly?

Hi all, I got monetised a little while ago and am setting up Adsense. There is a tax question I have no idea about. Thanks!

United Kingdom and the US have a tax treaty. More about tax treaties Are you claiming a reduced rate of withholding under a tax treaty?

US tax law may impose a 30% withholding tax on payments that are considered 'US source' income This tax may be reduced or eliminated for any payee that qualifies under a relevant tax treaty

No, I am not eligible for a reduced withholding rate

Yes, I am eligible for a reduced withholding rate

Graph: https://ibb.co/VqdkDbS

I'm a Long Form Gaming channel playing an online board game and posted a pretty typical graph of my audience retention on a standard video as far as length, views, typicalness etc...

Been doing youtube for about 2 months... and while i'm scouring the internet for all the info I can find on analytics, I like hearing other peoples stories on reddit. Is this graph pretty standard for longer form content? Let me know!

I’ve been making a lot of hot takes online and when I talk to my friends about some of the hot takes I have(AI predictions, politics, economics etc), they always tell me I should be a podcaster or something…and don’t get me wrong I make decent money so I’m not like desperate for money but if I have genuine interest in content plus it can help me get an extra stream of income..like why not.

I am decent looking girl, always get hit on or checked out but I like having anonymity so I don’t wana show my face. But that would also limit my potential in the sense that I can’t do much personal branding and can’t do interviews etc…so that means I gotta hone my video editing skills so they are not just watching a slideshow . So question- any references or examples of video editing style or good format for the topics I mentioned? Also, is it wise to even have different types of topics in one channel? I literally can talk about anything from hot button issues to entrepreneurship to psychology to pop culture…the big selling point is that I’m a late millennial girl with in depth knowledge and unique standpoints on many areas..just not sure how I should format it. So any recommendations would be good!

Another question is, is it possible to make about at least $5k a month by just generating views instead of getting deals? I have a demanding day job and business already so not sure if I wana hustle to find Ad sponsorships but I heard YouTube pays you for views? How does the pay structure work exactly?

I’m considering going to college to learn animation with the goal of starting my own horror animation channel on YouTube. I’ve noticed that channels like Horror Shorts Party and similar ones tend to do really well, and I like the idea of creating high-quality animations without having to show my face on camera.

My plan would be to focus on making unique, well-edited horror animations with good sound design and narration. I think the horror animation niche has a lot of potential if done right, but I also know it takes a lot of time and effort to stand out.

Do you think going to college to learn animation is a good idea for this type of project? Would the investment in learning and equipment pay off? Any advice from people who’ve done something similar or who are in the animation/YouTube space would be really appreciated!

I have a computer related channel with over 400 videos I think. I saw a couple other posts on Reddit but was looking for some more input.

Here is what the email said.

I’m reaching out because RHEI is offering $30M in funds for content creators through our new Data Pro solution, which is training the next generation of AI models, and we're especially interested in Tech Tips videos. I think it would be a great fit for you to earn more from your video library.

For every 1,000 hours of content you have, you could earn up to $100,000. All you have to do is sign up and our team will start putting your video data in front of our platform partners. You won't be licensing your actual videos, only the underlying audiovisual data they contain. The platforms we work with use this information to train their models on things like how movements occur, how objects interact in real-world settings, or what specific scenarios look like.

This is a purely new revenue for your video data and does not give away rights to distribute or monetize your content elsewhere. If this sounds like a no-brainer, let's find a time for a quick 15 minute conversation, or if you just want to get going, you can read our FAQ here and sign up here and we'll followup with next steps.

I am a pretty good minecraft builder if I do say so myself, so I started a youtube channel on the 25th of august this year, and I am about to hit 1k subs, with about 70k views under my belt.(although sitting pretty bad on watch hours lol, <1000)
I started the youtube channel on a whim, I got bored in summer and I tried reviving my ig which failed, so I switched to youtube. I think I'm doing alright for a beginner, definitely learning quite a bit from all of this as well.
My question is "Should I switch to a more profitable niche?"
In the future I'd love to be able to make money from my passion, which is minecraft, but gaming is a pretty bad niche for money right? So I thought about my second passion which is zoology and animals, and there is a youtuber (ExtinctZoo) who has made incredible success and probably money by making documentary style videos about different animals.

Should I keep going with the minecraft channel or make a new one based on animals and talking about them?

I have a Youtube channel. I had a decent run in December of 2023 and January of 2024 getting around 100K views and give or take 300 subs. I haven't posted since April and I am currently at 424 subs and pretty much stagnant. How would I revive my Youtube channel? (Not expecting millions of views, just maybe 10K a month and a slow but constant sub growth.) What should I do?

I'm close to minimization but need more watch time I have some long form I posted a year ago. Got between 1-2k views, but I don't think anything recently. Feedback was positive from those who watched it-- audience is niche- but it has stagnated. I wanna change the thumb and title since I think it might be too dull. Should I just update the thumb, tags, and title, or should I reupload the video again and erase/privatize the original? Not sure if old stuff gets play or not. Thanks for the advice.

I have multiple content creators that I followed for years starting paterons to upload videos on instead and one saying she sees no future in youtube as a job any longer. Is this true? What are they talking about? Have something happened to the money making on youtube?

I was planning on starting a channel soon but they make me feel like it's "over".

Update/Edit:

So what I have learnt

YouTube Channels can both have the same channel main name, it is the handle that is unique (If I own both would YouTube flag as a copy cat? Or is that only when they know people are doing it just steal/copy creator one*? e.g if I use the same email, surely they shouldn't accuse me of copying, I mean there will be different stuff on the second channel but I will have the same logo and banner?)

if you change handles it is possible to use that one on a second channel 14 days later.

If you delete the channel, you have to wait 30 days.

Feel free to correct me if any of that is wrong

Thank you.

Hi

I was wondering can I change the name of my current channel e.g add extras or shorts on the end, then make a new channel with my old name (So without the extra or shorts on the end?).

Basically I want to change what is on my desired channels name BUT I already have loads of uploaded content so I want to change my current name and then create a new channel with my original name. But I don’t know if this is possible or if it will be not possible to use my old name as it would either be locked in by the old channel or deleted/locked out by YouTube.

Thank you

hey yall. i have a small voiceover channel and so far on my channel ive been scraping by with copyright free and royalty free music and sfx for my videos. however its a headache and thought about using an audio library like Epidemic or Artlist since im doing bigish projects on my channel. the question is witch one should i go for. witch one has music and sfx more suited to my needs and what are the pros and cons of each one. i know Epidemic has a 7 day free trial and i may use that to try that out at least but i figured id ask on here?

Hi everyone!

I’ve been creating content for a while, primarily on TikTok, but I’ve posted so many videos that I can't keep track of them all and I don't have the time to download them all at the moment. This got me thinking about YouTube and what creators do to ensure they keep their content safe.

For those of you who’ve been making YouTube videos for a while:

• How do you back up all your videos?
• Do you use external hard drives, cloud storage, or both?
• What’s your process for organizing and accessing older content?

I’m also curious if you have any recommendations on best practices or tools for video backups, especially for creators who are making a lot of short-form content.

Thanks in advance for sharing! I’d love to hear how you handle this, especially since losing videos can feel like losing a piece of your journey as a creator.

I was always taught with Youtube, if you don't own it, dont play it.

I am working on a channel right now where for a second I want to have a reaction sound, the one in question I was thinking of using was the infamous anime wow sound.

( Cant post the link due to reddit bots thinking im self promoting, but look up anime wow sound )

This sound is famous for both reaction videos and even being used by Mr Beast himself...

The problem is... its not theirs, its a copywritten sound effect.

My question is, you cant use a copywritten song and monetize it in a video, but Sound Effects, can they be used?

Does it come down to ' they just didnt get caught ', or ' its less than 3 seconds ' or ?

Help me understand.

I started a stickman edutainment channel and I have been pretty much been putting in my all for the past 2 months and managed to get 30,000 views and 800ish subs. But I’m worried about the future of this genre… is it still going to be alive for another 10 years? Is it rising? Dying? Idk… I don’t want to waste my early twenties building something that hasn’t got promise. what are the future prospects for stickman edutainment. For those that dabble in this genre, I’m sure you’ve heard of Sam’O’Nella Academy (he sort of inspired me)…

I've been on youtube since 2013 and i've seen the platform change quite a lot, back then since the platform was way smaller, making vidoes felt more personal and unique, now I feel like there's just a surplus of everything.

From gaming channels, to vlog and commentary channel and even ASMR, there's just so little place make something unique these days.

I've even seen an explosion of history channels. I could think of an idea, and there's probably 100 people who already did it.

So yeah, my question is just if some of you guys have noticed that ?

Hi! I'm filming art timelapse videos with 2 cameras, one from the side and another one with an arm for an overhead view.
I am currently using my phone zflip 5 in Pro Video mode filming at 60fps, but I'm considering getting a camera since.. well I want to use my phone, I usually record for 4 to 5 hours I just want something that I can keep attached on the arm and not worry about it...
I thought about a GoPro since they are compact "cheap" and can film 4k 60fps, but I heard they heat up quite fast.
What would be best?
Thank you!!!!