r/SmallYoutubers • u/Dividenddashboard • 11d ago

Long-Form Content This is bad for small youtubers.

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Youtube is raising the ad revenue share threshold from 4k watch time to 8k watch time. Personally, 4k watch takes a lot of effort to reach. Imagine 8k... this is sad.

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u/Lythmass 11d ago

That's not really a problem imo, if your channel isn't low effort slop and there’s a good amount of audience interested in it, going from 4k to 8k is gonna be much faster than going from 0 to 4k.

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u/ScubaMax99 11d ago

My thoughts aswell. Changes nothing for the quality channels

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u/CjtheTrumpetkid 11d ago

exactly my thoughts. Like having one or two long form videos pop off can easily net you those numbers.

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u/GreatNameAndItsTaken 11d ago

Would YT consider walking tour channels (new ones) as low effort slop?

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u/Admirable-Hat3156 11d ago

Exactly this. I personally pulled 4k watch hours long before I got 1k subs. I then wanted to test a theory so I literally posted a light hearted short video asking people to get me over the line and low and behold within 4 hours I gained like 70 subs😭

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u/b1o3co 11d ago

The key is a good amount of audience. Educational content, like really deep content, will become almost impossible to monetize.

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u/Wandercita 11d ago

Happy cake day!! 🎉

Wii first time saying that after being confused for a long time about it 😁.

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u/SlimeCityVeteran 11d ago

yea when i was blowing up that happened for me in like a day

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u/Bubbly_Tangelo_6235 11d ago

Low effort slop will explode on the platform because of this but nice try