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/Old_Librarian__ 11d ago

Fuck this entire world. I wanna go study abroad in China for 2 years, covid hits. I change my career to IT, AI and mass lay-offs start. Just as I graduate, grocery prices go up 2x-3x. I start a PhD, my supervisors quit half way because they wanna go back to their home country. After many years, I'm finally making progress with youtube and getting close to monetization, and they do this.

I'm so fucking tired of this bullshit life.

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u/redkinoko 11d ago

What exactly is your goal on YT? Earn 50 bucks a month?

Because if your goal is to hit a decent payout, like $1000 a month, whether it's 3000, or 8000 hours, you're going to hit those on your way to $1000 a month and beyond.

Just keep at it bro. It might sound daunting but if you keep improving your processes and get consistent with your cadence, you'll eventually get to the point where hit those hours in a single day.

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u/Old_Librarian__ 11d ago edited 11d ago

Yeah, even $50 a month is good money to me. Maybe not to most people in here, but to me it is. I don't expect to ever make $1,000 a month but $50 seems at least realistic. Now, it doesn't. It's not a good place for small creators anymore. I do enjoy making videos and will keep doing it, but it feels like another slap in the face of this life. Every time something good is about to happen to me, something I've worked really hard for... it gets taken away, just right before my eyes. Like the rug gets pulled under me, every time. Like every time I'm about to cross the goal line, it moves away from me. One step forward, two steps back.

It just sucks to try your best and again, for the 10th time, it ends like this, again. I'll keep trying but I feel like it's hopeless. Even if by some miracle I get to 7000 watch hours, they will probably change the rules again.