Overview

• Effective July 15, YouTube will demonetize videos deemed mass-produced or repetitive, including those with untransformed third-party material, auto-generated narration or templated formats.
• YouTube has published detailed guidelines outlining inauthentic content categories and begun notifying creators of the pending changes.
• Monetization eligibility requirements remain at 1,000 subscribers with 4,000 public watch hours in 12 months or 10 million valid Shorts views in 90 days.
• Channels that continue to upload low-value, automated content risk removal from the YouTube Partner Program after more rigorous originality reviews.
• The crackdown follows the removal of over 9.5 million videos in late 2024 and aims to curb a surge in AI-driven, low-effort uploads.