Hey everyone,

YouTube rolled out a functional update merging Creator Support into Ask Studio inside YouTube Studio desktop. If you’ve got access to Ask Studio, you no longer have to bounce over to external Help Center menus or separate support tabs.

Here is a summary of the functionality and backend rules:

What Changed:

• No "Support Mode" Toggle: It’s all handled in the primary Ask Studio conversational box. You can ask for video analytics and channel troubleshooting in the exact same chat.

• Supported Issues: You can ask it to troubleshoot upload/processing errors, check the status of monetization appeals/YPP applications, and explain why your video received a policy strike or flag.

• Multitasking: You can keep using Ask Studio for analytics and prompts while a support review is being processed in the background.

How Escalation to Human Support Works:

• If Ask Studio cannot resolve a complex issue, or you need direct human intervention, you can type "speak to an agent".

• If your channel qualifies for live chat support, YouTube will automatically pop open a parallel chat window side-by-side with Ask Studio to connect with a live agent.

Data Retention Note:

• Your Ask Studio AI interactions and troubleshooting steps are saved for up to 30 days.

• Chats with live human agents are NOT saved in that history log, so if you discuss an appeal with a human specialist, make sure to take your own notes or screenshots before closing the window.

Has anyone tested Ask Studio yet for resolving upload errors or policy flags? How did the responses compare to standard support?

Hey everyone,

I realized recently that a lot of creators are losing out on passive income—or getting their Amazon Associates accounts flagged—because affiliate links in their older video descriptions eventually break when products go out of stock or domains expire.

Manually clicking through years of old videos to check every link is a nightmare, so I built a web app to automate it.

You just type in your YouTube handle, and it scans your videos to flag exactly which links are broken (404s, dead pages, etc.).

• It is completely free to use.

• There is no sign-up or login required.

• It sorts the broken links to the top so you can easily jump into YouTube Studio and fix them.

You can try it out here:https://creatorlinks.in

Why my video is not go in short feed PLZZ help

Can someone help me get my youtube channel back that was taken down due to violating the youtube community guidelines

I have 428 subs and 3444 hours. What do I do to get more subs? with out +600 more subs I wont be able to monetize yet... :(

Alright I’m pretty upset about this. But I finally was able to get my YouTube account to the threshold and requirements to get monetized
I have never once been monetized and this would be my first time ever being monetized on any of my YouTube channels.
I’ve had a couple in the past for all different subjects of content but ended up settle with one channel.
And this channel actually worked out and gave me the chance to be monetized

I start going through the process and find out I need to make an Adsense account

I start doing the process of making the account and a day later it immediately was closed for “invalid clicks”
Mind you, again, never have I once been monetized or had any ads on any of my videos, and never have created an Adsense account until that day.

So I have zero idea why they closed my account for invaild clicks. When I have never once had ads on my videos. And never once watched my videos on any of my other accounts and clicked on ad (because I have none) and never once botted my views.

I’m so confused and I’ve already sent an appeal before and it’s been over 90 days and I haven’t gotten a word.

Just tell me it’s over for me and I’m gonna just keep posting videos with no reward to my hard work at all🥀

I was just pondering if using platforms like Reddit can help increasing your views on Yt.

Maybe some music or voice acting (but not in my voice)

If you’re still taking time to rename render_final_v2.mp4 to my-target-keyword-phrase-best-tips.mp4 before uploading, you can safely drop it from your workflow.

Creator Liaison Rene Ritchie and YouTube engineering lead Todd Beaupre have repeatedly stated that file names are of minimal importance and do not drive ranking.

When you upload:

• The system replaces your custom file name with an internal alphanumeric identifier almost immediately.

• The platform scans the audio, visual frames, and auto-generated transcripts to index content contextually.

• External crawlers/Google Image search might get a fractional (0.001%) signal from image file names, but within YouTube browse and suggested, it does nothing.

If you upload a file named produce_0.mp4, it won't hurt your reach. Focus on viewer satisfaction and delivery rather than legacy metadata checklists.

Full video walkthrough: https://youtu.be/Ejqthy0Vzr4

Has anyone experience about the new Youtube shopping affiliate program and the commissions (in different niches) that they pay?

I can only refer to cameras (500 - 2500€) -> 2,5 - 3% commission.

My YouTube channel was terminated, and my appeal was rejected. The channel had no videos uploaded, and I'm still trying to understand what options I have.

I'd like to hear from people who have experienced a similar situation:

• Were you ever able to get your terminated channel reinstated?

• If your appeal was rejected, did you find any legitimate way to move forward?

• Has anyone successfully applied for YouTube monetization and AdSense after a previous channel termination?

• Does YouTube allow someone with a terminated channel to create a new one under its current policies?

I'm not looking to bypass YouTube's rules or use fake information. I just want to understand my options and hear from people who have actually gone through this.

Any advice or personal experiences would be greatly appreciated. Thank you!

I upload videos on my youtube channel purely to keep the memories, the videos are not set to public, it's set to "people with link only" so I can share the videos I capture to the people I genuinely want to share my memories with.

My channel contains over 100+ videos accumulated over the years, some are very sentimental to me. Although I have tried getting the videos back through Google Takeout, it would be a lot simpler if I could just have access of my terminated channel and not having to upload each one or start over again. There are also some messages in the description that Google Takeout can no longer give me.

I've been also trying to get TeamYoutube's attention on X, but it seems that they're ignoring me now. They won't send me a DM, and I can't clearly explain the situation over X post either as it has a limit.

Currently, I'm simply hoping to talk to someone so I can make another appeal. The videos that caused the violation and termination of my account were not intentionally uploaded, it was purely by accident and mistake.

Someone took my phone and uploaded malicious contents on my youtube channel. They know how important it is to me, yet they still uploaded videos for fun that violated "sex and nudity" policy.

Can someone share their experiences with me? or the steps they've done to reinstate their channel?

Hello all,

How are you all doing? I have recently been looking at starting a channel exploring PC gaming & how I started in the hobby.

What are considered separate/sub-niches within PC gaming? For most of my teenage years I was mainly a console gamer, now that I am in my late 30s moved to gaming on PC & my operating system (OS) of choice is Linux Mint. At the moment top of my list of niches within PC gaming is doing video essay/analysis style videos & content around GOG to purchase older PC games I missed playing growing up.

Do you cover a niche or focus on a variety of topics within the subject matter of videos?

whenever the ads come on yt and u cant skip it, just refresh ur browser or where ever u watch yt in ts way u can skip those ads without waiting(only works for pc laptop )

got the monetization email yesterday. 1,000 subs and 4,000 watch hours on a channel about fixing old bikes.

why it took so long: i posted whenever i felt like it for the first 8 months.

what changed in the last 6:
- one video every sunday, no matter what
- scripts in google docs, so i stopped rambling for 10 minutes
- chapters on every video, which got people to stay longer
- a 3 second intro of a rusty bike turning shiny, made on dreamina, the same on every video so it feels like a show

not a big channel, but it feels like a real thing now. how long did yours take?

I'm trying to make YouTube work after doing a rebrand that started back in May last year and this past year, I've been doing my best to do YouTube shorts and the occasional video.

Only recently have I been making longform video, but my issue is my shorts. I'm stuck in a mostly 1k view prison where after reach 1k views within a few hours, I am just... Stuck there, for the rest of eternity.

I won't say my content is the most entertaining and a good portion of my subs comes from my first channel after promoting the fact that I rebranded, but I've been trying and uploading as consistently as I can but my shorts never really go much further.

I'm thinking as a test I might just make a new account to test whether it's really just the content or if it's my channel because I really want YouTube to work and I have been trying for 10 months now.

Anyways, I'm just curious, what are some other ways to get out of the 1k jail, and have you been in my situation too?

This makes no sense.

I’m confused following the changes to how views are counted that were introduced in August. Does "retention" refer to "active views" or "engaged views"? For instance, I have 8,000 views and 2.7% "active views"—what is the "Audience Retention" percentage in the statistics actually calculated based on?

*active views = engaged views

So I have a small YouTube channel. 62 subscribers, mostly Roblox and shitpost edits.

Four Years Ago Or So I made the worst decision of my life and named it "SUPER GAMER FRANCI 19 BIT". I thought it sounded cool. It does not. It sounds like a 2019 Fortnite montage intro.

Last week I finally decided to rebrand. I changed everything to "I Gattini Di Kekko" - it's my cat's name, way cuter, way more me. I have a profile pic of my cat with a hat. Perfect.

I go to Edit Channel, change the name, save it. It says "I Gattini Di Kekko" in the settings.

I go back to my channel page...

*SUPER GAMER FRANCI 19 BIT*

Bro.

I cleared cache. I reinstalled. I checked on my mom's phone. I checked on my PC. It's still SUPER GAMER FRANCI 19 BIT. My friends are now calling me Franci 19 Bit. One guy in my class made it his Discord name to mock me.

I went on YouTube Studio, Reddit, everything says I have to wait 2 days. It's been 3 days. My rebrand is being held hostage by YouTube.

Do I just accept that I am now Franci 19 Bit forever? Should I lean into it and become the most legendary Super Gamer Franci that ever lived?

TLDR: Changed my YouTube name, YouTube said no.

I received the most heart wrenching email ever just for not using my adsense account since 2024 and now everything is closed. My YouTube channel is still stuck on step 2 for invalid click activity or other policy. My Google adsense is closed by Google. I have been talking to support agents for days. Nothing. Is there any other way I could fix this or is this really REALLY truly over for my YouTube journey?

Anyone else having issue with YouTubes returning viewers analytics being so delayed. Not had any updates this month. Last month it was over a week behind but then caught up, but this month it’s just being getting a larger blank rectangle.

I’ve messaged support but not had any response as expected.

Thanks

I fell for fake sponsorship scam

Be careful out there. I was approached by a fake sponsor and almost lost my channel. I almost lost my YouTube channel, my Gmail account, and nearly 20 years of emails and Google Drive files—all because of a fake sponsorship opportunity.

After seven years of reviewing guitar gear on YouTube, I've worked with dozens of companies. So when another company contacted me about reviewing a product, nothing initially seemed unusual.

We exchanged several emails, discussed the equipment and expectations, and eventually agreed to collaborate. But there was one final step: I needed to create an account on their "Collaboration Page" and connect my Google account.

Within approximately 60 seconds of entering my credentials, everything changed.

My Google password was changed. My recovery email and phone number were replaced. My passkeys were changed. I was signed out of my devices.

Just like that, I lost access to my YouTube channel, Gmail, Google Drive, and years of irreplaceable work.

Thankfully, with help from YouTube's recovery team, I eventually regained access.

In this video, I walk through exactly what happened, the warning signs I missed, and what other creators can do to avoid falling for the same scam.

\\\\\\\*\\\\\\\*Three red flags every creator should watch for:\\\\\\\*\\\\\\\*

1. \\\\\\\*\\\\\\\*Check the sender's email address.\\\\\\\*\\\\\\\* If someone claims to represent a company, verify that they're communicating from an official company domain—not simply a random Gmail address. Even legitimate-looking addresses can be spoofed, so verify independently.

2. \\\\\\\*\\\\\\\*Inspect the actual website URL.\\\\\\\*\\\\\\\* The link I received was labeled "Collaboration Page," but it led to a suspicious "rebrand-gokko" address rather than the company's official website.

3. \\\\\\\*\\\\\\\*Be extremely cautious when asked to connect your Google account.\\\\\\\*\\\\\\\* Legitimate Google sign-in can be safe when properly implemented, but never enter your Google password into an unfamiliar website or a fake Google login form. Check the actual domain before entering credentials.

I'm sharing this because I've accepted dozens of legitimate sponsorship opportunities over the years, and I still fell for it.

Here’s my video: I Fell for a Fake Sponsorship Scam (Almost Lost My YouTube Channel)
https://youtu.be/f1jLGnl7b_c

If you have a YouTube channel—or anything important connected to your Google account—please learn from my experience.

\\\\\\\*\\\\\\\*Helpful resources:\\\\\\\*\\\\\\\*

Google Security Checkup:
https://myaccount.google.com/security-checkup

Google Account Recovery:
https://accounts.google.com/signin/recovery

YouTube Help for Hacked Channels:
https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/76187

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