Ever since YouTube made the recent change to count views differently my numbers, exposure and revenue have cratered. Usually, I would ride a wave of views from YouTube recommendations. I would see a “gradual” falloff of views and the monetization would dwindle over 3-4 months. Now, I am getting even higher views to start off with but after a month but there is a sharp decline - immediately - after 30 days. Has any one else seen this happen lately?

Anyone else's videos getting stuck at the "Checks are still running" step today? Normally checks on my videos are done in 5-10 minutes tops, so this is the first time I've ever seen this still going over an hour later. I've uploaded the video more than 24 hours in advance, but I'm a little worried that the checks won't be complete by the time the video is scheduled to go live.

I recently passed 100,000 subscribers and was waiting for my Silver Creator Award review. Then YouTube removed a new video for an alleged Community Guidelines violation. It was my first issue, so I received a warning, not a strike. My appeal was rejected, though Creator Support has sent it for another review.

Does a warning alone affect award eligibility under the 365-day rule? Has anyone received the Silver Award while they had a warning?

I recently released a video to alright viewership for my standard. And I turned on a A/B test after 4 days of release.

Is it optimal, if you are going to A/B test, to do it at the very start. And doing it at this stage (4 days post-release), can it be damaging?

I am concerned over algorithm mix up I have heard of if you switch thumbnails/titles too much. What about just switching the thumbnail once (not an A/B) test after a couple days?

ANYWAY..how do you manage these things?

I screenshotted my revenue tonight three times within three different numbers. From this morning to now my revenue went up $80, but the revenue chart on the summary tab only shows a $40 increase for today. It doesn’t add up. Anyone else notice this tonight?

Let's say I upload a video with five different songs. They are all automatically detected. I dispute the claims, and win maybe two or three but not the others. What happens then?

Or what if one has to go to an appeal? Do I lose the money the video generates in that time?

I am curious. If so, have you seen a difference?

Hi everyone,

I'm facing a frustrating issue with YouTube Studio recently, and I wanted to check if anyone else is experiencing the same thing or has found a fix.

For the past several videos, I keep getting the "No mid-roll ads added" warning.

No matter how carefully I place mid-roll ads manually with precise timestamps, or even if I leave it to YouTube's automatic/AI placement, they simply don't stick or show up after publishing/processing.

Is this a known bug in YouTube Studio right now? If you've faced this issue, how did you resolve it? Any advice or insights would be greatly appreciated!

Thanks in advance!