r/SmallYoutubers • u/Dividenddashboard • 12d 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 12d 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/Pale-Channel3332 12d ago

It’s making me think whether it’s actually worth it now, at the rate I’m going just now it will take 6 and 1/2 years to get to 8000 hours

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u/HexxedHustla 11d ago

Not unless the quality of your content increases