YouTube Video Monetization: As of July 15, 2025, YouTube will update its policies on how manufacturers can earn money on the platform. The YouTube Partner Program (YPP) repeats materials with minimal human participation, low existence, or generates specially AI-driven or AI-generated videos. The channels produced on automation or temporary uploads must undergo strict examination, and the risk will be removed from demon detection. This change marks a clear step to prioritize originality, real storytelling, and manufacturer-led -led YouTube content that provides fair value to the public.
New YouTube Monetization Policy Explained: What Creators Need to Know in 2025
- Low-effort uploads
- AI-generated content with no human touch
- Repetitive formats and recycled templates
The new focus? Real creators. Real creativity. Real value.
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What Will No Longer Be Monetized
If your content falls into any of the below buckets, it risks demonetization or removal from the YouTube Partner Program:
1. AI Narration Without Human Context
Videos narrated by synthetic voices, without commentary, insight, or personality.
2. Copy-Paste Templates
Uploading the same video structure (titles, clips, visuals) across dozens of videos with little change.
3. Low-Edit Remixes or Compilations
Reposting other creators’ content with minor edits (filters, speed changes, cropping) but no transformation or commentary.
4. Faceless, Mass-Generated Content
Channels that churn out dozens of videos per week using automation tools or ghost production, without a human touch.
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What Type of Content Will Still Earn?
YouTube now wants to reward creators who create. Your content is safe (and monetizable) if it includes:
1. Your Voice or Presence
Even if you’re not on camera, your opinion, storytelling, or commentary matters.
2. Original Educational Value
Tutorials, explainers, reviews, or insights that teach or inform, with original wording and research.
3. Entertainment with Personality
Skits, vlogs, haul videos, reactions — as long as you add your twist or style.
4. AI + Human = Okay
Using AI tools is not banned. However, your final content must include your analysis, editing, narration, or creative input.
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Why Is YouTube Doing This?
Because the internet is drowning in:
- “Faceless” channels that clone trends
- AI bots mass-producing videos with no heart
- Tutorials on how to “monetize without making content”
YouTube wants to clean up its platform — and bring power back to real creators like you.
Updated Monetization Requirements (As of July 15, 2025)
To join or stay in the YouTube Partner Program (YPP), your channel must:
- Have 1,000 subscribers, plus
- Either:
4,000 watch hours (past 12 months)
OR 10 million short views (past 90 days)
- Follow the new originality and authenticity policies
All channels will undergo manual review for originality and value.
