Hi everyone,

I have some bad news for those using YouTube.

The YouTube monetisation requirements have changed.

The previous requirements were 10000 views, but they have now changed it to 4000 HOURS watch time (Edit: OVER THE LAST TWELVE MONTHS) and 1000 subs. That is 4000 HOURS in twelve months.

Any channels that are monetised but don't meet that requirement will be demonetised in February and it applies to any new channels.

I mostly posted this to let people know if they haven't heard already, but I will be honest, I am pissed off. The channels causing the most strife for YouTube in this regard meet these requirements already, so making it hard for the little channel is unfair and isn't even addressing the problem at hand. It doesn't help and it hinders a lot of people.

That said, I guess we just have to keep on going and this is also where diversification of income comes in. I've made more on Steemit so far than YouTube and what I made on YouTube wasn't enough to get in my bank, whereas I have actually received money from Steemit. It would be unwise to rely on only one income source, regardless of what it is though, so we all should be diversifying our income sources and not relying on one thing, regardless of whether it is ad revenue, Steemit or whatever, but all we can do is keep going.

Sorry to be the bearer of bad news to those whom this affects. I am very annoyed by this myself. But good luck to you in what you do and hopefully all of us on YouTube can reach these requirements and / or also do well in other ways.

Good luck to everyone.