Have you ever wondered why, despite giving your best, your YouTube channel’s monetization is getting rejected by YouTube? You have satisfied the condition of acquiring 1000 subscribers and 4000 watch hours by investing your time, resources, and efforts. Still, to your unluck, you are not getting anything from that hefty investment. According to the YouTube words, “If you have many videos that violate our guidelines, monetization may be removed from your entire channel.”

You must now be interested in what factors are hampering the channel’s monetization. Where did I go wrong, and how can I avoid making the same mistake again? The answer to all these questions lies in today’s blog.

Yes, UnityFilms is going to take a dig at all the blunders you commit while making your content. We will guide you comprehensively on what to do and what not to do if you truly hanker after the YouTube partner program.

Wanna explore the tricks to pass the hard-to-satisfy “content test” of YouTube monetization? Scroll down now!

Repetitious Content

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The first and most grave mistake YouTube makes when aspiring to clarify its monetization is using the same content repeatedly. Yeah, repetition of content—or, better yet, content duplication within your own content—can put you in dire straits.

Example of Repititious Content

You are adding the same type of title, description, thumbnails, or even content in all your YouTube videos. You may be getting views and subscribers. You may not even get a copy-right claim because the content being duplicated is your own. Everything may have gone smoothly, but when the much-awaited time of monetization comes, you will realize the error in your approach.

Factors that Make Content Repititious

Majority of Channel’s Content is Same

Though you will see content homogeneity or similarity in the content of established Youtubers, they are experienced in dodging YouTube algorithms. That is why they always tactfully leave differences in their content. Here, it is important to consider that while some differences are tolerable, like in the intro or outro. However, if your content is 80-90% alike, prepare to get a slap from YouTube at the time of monetization. 

Content is AI-Generated

The issue of repetition of the same content mainly occurs with those YouTubers who use artificial intelligence to generate their content. They may be able to generate content in bulk, but that content will be prone to generality and repetition. 

Stance of YouTube on Repititious Content

Now, let’s discuss YouTube’s standpoint on repetitious content. YouTube’s primary concern is to make the viewer’s experience valuable and remarkable. If your channel is going to confuse viewers through a similar type of content, it may prompt them to leave the platform altogether, decreasing the retention of people on their YouTube screen. For that reason, YouTube asserts that:

“Repetitious content refers to channels where the content is so similar; viewers may have trouble spotting the difference between videos on the same channel.“

Reused Content

A second very big mistake most YouTubers commit is reusing other YouTubers’ content. It would not be an overstatement to say this is the breakneck way of demonetizing your channel. Real-life manifestations of it are abound. These days, many novices try to repost other YouTubers’ viral content without including their own commentary, visuals, or edits. Now, what happens is that this content quickly comes to the radar of YouTube algorithms, ultimately getting copy-right claims or strikes to the overall detriment of their channel’s growth and monetization.

Example of Reuse Content

Republish other YouTuber’s commentary, visuals, or clips on your channel without alteration. It can be anything from any channel, like posting clips of popular TV shows or movies, using your favorite song as background audio, or reposting memes without adding your opinion or commentary. 

Stance of YouTube on Reused Content

The stance of YouTube on reused types of content is unequivocal. It maintains that ignorance toward the re-used content undermines the efforts of YouTubers working hard to produce original, valuable, and authentic content. 

“The spirit of this policy is to make sure we’re rewarding creators for original and authentic content that adds value to viewers… We allow reused content if viewers can tell that there’s a meaningful difference between the original video and your video.”

Violation of YouTube Community Guidelines

The third mistake that can result in your monetization request being rejected is non-compliance with YouTube community guidelines. YouTube has provided a list of actions that it considers objectionable. Let’s chalk out some factors that can contribute to community guidelines strike on your channel:

• First of all, you cannot show spam and detective content in your videos that includes fake engagement and impersonation.
• Secondly, sensitive content involving child abuse, nudity, self-harm, and vulgarity is strictly prohibited.
• You may even get demonetized on violent, mis-informational, dangerous, and racist content. Hate speech, derogatory remarks, cyber-bullying, and dangerous or violent graphic content may even result in the complete erasure of your channel. 

Final Thoughts

To succeed on YouTube, you have to give particular consideration to YouTube community guidelines. Otherwise, your channel may get rejected for monetization. Previously, YouTube used to demonetize the channel without warning, but now it has considerably softened its policies. Creators are given 21 days to appeal and get their monetization back. However, in the case of much harsher violations, YouTube doesn’t give the right to appeal.

If you want to make your YouTube monetization journey smooth and trouble-free, contact UnityFilms now for assistance.