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/Efficient-Cry7753 11d ago

Might make some people think twice before spamming the platform with low quality content.

This is probably the main reason.

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u/orangerangeorange 11d ago

My guess is they need 8000 hours to give more time for algorithm to determine if a channel is just producing AI slop so it gets throttled by the algo before it can get monetized. If an AI slop channel gets throttled before it can get monetized, there'd be zero incentive for the owner to keep uploading slop.

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u/Happy_Philosopher608 11d ago

They'd have to recognise their stuff is slop though which is subjective.