{"id":49212,"date":"2025-10-19T18:24:13","date_gmt":"2025-10-19T18:24:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bytecosmico.com\/?p=49212"},"modified":"2025-10-19T18:24:15","modified_gmt":"2025-10-19T18:24:15","slug":"youtube-updates-monetization-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bytecosmico.com\/en\/youtube-updates-monetization-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"YouTube Updates Monetization Policy to Combat \"Mass-Produced\" Content"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>Google has announced a significant update to the YouTube Partner Program (YPP) monetization policies, which went into effect on July 15, 2025. This change directly targets what YouTube deems &#8220;mass-produced&#8221; and &#8220;repetitious&#8221; content, a move that could demonetize thousands of low-effort channels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In an update on its official support website, YouTube explained the change: &#8220;In order to monetize as part of the YouTube Partner Program (YPP), YouTube has always required creators to upload &#8216;original&#8217; and &#8216;authentic&#8217; content. On July 15, 2025, YouTube is updating our guidelines to better identify mass-produced and repetitious content.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Who is This New Policy Targeting?<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"gb-element-e9c870f5\">\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"505\" class=\"gb-media-53f0e3cd\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/bytecosmico.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image1-768x505.png\" title=\"image1\" srcset=\"https:\/\/bytecosmico.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image1-768x505.png 768w, https:\/\/bytecosmico.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image1-300x197.png 300w, https:\/\/bytecosmico.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image1-1024x673.png 1024w, https:\/\/bytecosmico.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image1-18x12.png 18w, https:\/\/bytecosmico.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/image1.png 1415w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:16px\">Image: Unsplash<\/p>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>This new policy is a direct response to the explosion of low-effort content, often facilitated by AI tools and copy-paste tactics. Channels most at risk of demonetization include:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>AI-Generated Videos:<\/strong> Channels that bulk-upload videos created entirely by AI with little to no human modification or commentary.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Copy-Paste\/Template Content:<\/strong> Videos that are nearly identical, using the same templates or assets with only minor changes (e.g., text-to-speech &#8220;top 10&#8221; lists or repurposed trivia content).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong>Low-Effort Reaction Content:<\/strong> While not all reaction content is affected, the policy likely targets channels where the creator adds minimal commentary or simply re-uploads another person&#8217;s content with their face in the corner, adding no significant transformative value.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>While YouTube did not detail every scenario, the update aims to differentiate between authentic creation and low-quality &#8220;content farming.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This policy tightening follows another recent update to YouTube&#8217;s live-streaming rules, which restricted users under the age of 16 from streaming live on the platform alone, requiring an adult to be present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/support.google.com\/youtube\/answer\/1311392\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><mark style=\"background-color:rgba(0, 0, 0, 0)\" class=\"has-inline-color has-accent-color\">YouTube Partner Program policies &#8211; Google Support<\/mark><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>O Google anunciou uma atualiza\u00e7\u00e3o significativa nas pol\u00edticas de monetiza\u00e7\u00e3o do Programa de Parcerias do YouTube (YPP), que entrou em vigor em 15 de julho de 2025. Esta mudan\u00e7a visa diretamente o que o YouTube considera conte\u00fado &#8220;produzido em massa&#8221; e &#8220;repetitivo&#8221;, uma medida que pode desmonetizar milhares de canais de baixo esfor\u00e7o. Em uma &#8230; <a title=\"YouTube Atualiza Pol\u00edtica de Monetiza\u00e7\u00e3o para Combater Conte\u00fado &#8220;Produzido em Massa&#8221;\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/bytecosmico.com\/en\/youtube-updates-monetization-policy\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about YouTube Atualiza Pol\u00edtica de Monetiza\u00e7\u00e3o para Combater Conte\u00fado &#8220;Produzido em Massa&#8221;\">Read more<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49215,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[36],"class_list":["post-49212","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-tecnologia","tag-youtube"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/bytecosmico.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49212","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/bytecosmico.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/bytecosmico.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bytecosmico.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bytecosmico.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=49212"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/bytecosmico.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49212\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49218,"href":"https:\/\/bytecosmico.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49212\/revisions\/49218"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bytecosmico.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/49215"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/bytecosmico.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=49212"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bytecosmico.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=49212"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/bytecosmico.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=49212"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}