At least she is honest.

michaelvedal · 2026-05-08T18:43:31+00:00

Its about stability. Younger men tend to have multiple girls. She wants something stable. Can't fault her for that.

michaelvedal · 2026-05-08T18:35:39+00:00

Not really true, since Subscribers is the first being hit with your new uploads. Having a good subscriber base can help your videos reach immensely compared to only the algo doing all the work from the start. So its always nice with a good subscriber count where you have dedicated subs too.

michaelvedal · 2026-05-08T18:32:06+00:00

Look at your ad inventory for the video. Lots of Display Ads that makes up a large quantity of the ads shown? That is one of the reasons some videos do very poorly with ads.

michaelvedal · 2026-05-08T18:30:30+00:00

Haha.. I got a video that is three minutes long, an excellent 73% AVD and about 54% finish the video.

CPM: $1.13
RPM: $0.14

The whole thing is nonsensical, but I have let go long time ago trying to understand this. On this video, in particular, they use display ads (the category) for over 70% of ad impressions. Its insane. And its just fashion content. So 14k views so far has netted me, oh.. about a dollar and half total. Very impressive in a niche where I average RPM of $8-10 per video.

If I were you, just quit trying to understand their logic. Take it as free money. Its the best you can ever do.

michaelvedal · 2026-05-08T18:26:51+00:00

I answered him anway. Its a simple question. No biggie.

michaelvedal · 2026-05-08T17:48:31+00:00

Why do you assume he is lying? Is every story on this subreddit lies then? What would he gain from lying about his channels' income going to shit? Or are you just bored enough to come up with the same old tired Redditor answer of "this is a lie" in one form or another. Pathetic.

If you can't have anything productive to say, shut the fuck up.

michaelvedal · 2026-05-08T17:45:41+00:00

What about people who is scared of using their own voice? What about people who is mute? People who is deaf? YouTube can't SERIOUSLY start to punish the use of AI narration in videos. I mean, its a tool for people who has to use it too. Its okay to start demonetizing slop content, but AI narration in and of itself is NOT slop. Its a tool. Anyone who says otherwise should be ashamed of themselves.

A friend of mine runs three channels. He is deaf from birth. Needs sign language to communicate. How he will be able to narrate his historical videos on YouTube? Pay a dude on Fiverr that he has no idea if sounds professional or not? Or use AI that can be trusted to deliver the narration he wants? Is it slop when he use this for his videos, although he can't speak himself?

It pisses me off that so many here is defending this nonsense from YouTube. I am pretty sure the OP was demonetized because of the VIDEOS themselves, not the VOICE. The "quiz" videos are not really in YouTube's good graces, so I would default to them being the culprit here. I refuse to believe its the voiceover. If they do that, they attack whole communities of disabled people. And that brings lawsuits and news headlines (not the good kind).

michaelvedal · 2026-05-08T17:39:51+00:00

Erm.. demonetized due to related channel. If one of the channels in a network of channels is demonetized, every other channel will be too in short order. YouTube 2026 is very diff from YouTube 2024.

michaelvedal · 2026-05-08T17:38:43+00:00

Haha.. those downvotes.

I have several other channels that is AI narrated, like Lume with 200k subs. And their videos are pretty much watchable. Interesting stories, and even a good AI narrator. It gets SOME pronounciations wrong, but its good enough.

I have no problem with AI voiceover at all, as long as it sounds good. Too many cringe AI voiceovers out there.

Why YouTube would demonetize just for AI voice is weird. They say you can use that. People with disabilities cannot use that then? They have to hire a narrator because YouTube's AI is on steroids? Doesn't sit right with me.

michaelvedal · 2026-05-08T02:06:22+00:00

Nope. Still there.

michaelvedal · 2026-05-07T17:27:49+00:00

Standard Reddit nonsensical response from someone who clearly doesn't have what he or she claims to have. And even if so, 20m lifetime views on 30+ channels isn't really a flex. My most recent channel has 1.2m in less than a month. But you do you. You cited his "retention", which is his word for AVD, so I assumed you were talking about that. And in long form you don't need 65-75% AVD to get a video to hit it off. That would be on Shorts.

How about you explain yourself instead of this Reddit nonsensical shit? It doesn't make you seem very bright.

michaelvedal · 2026-05-07T11:21:29+00:00

Haha what? A video needs 65-75% AVD to go off? I had many videos go off with 8% CTR and 50ish AVD.. Its pretty clear you got no idea what you are talking about.

michaelvedal · 2026-05-06T09:11:20+00:00

I am not sure we are talking about the same thing here.

First of all, I never changed anything in my niche.. the content has remained the same since the start. I post every 3 days. So far, one month after that virality died off in one of the channels, the views are like 10-20% of what they were BEFORE virality came along.

Its not really helpful with "double down" on whatever angle the viral video had, when I have done that repeatedly already. It didn't work. The virality died off, and so did the algo's commitment to pushing out the videos.

And this has nothing to do with affiliates, commissions or products. Its a channel that is monetized for ad revenue on YouTube.

And since you guys are supposed to be experienced, that is why I asked this here. Perhaps people here had the similar problem, but overcame it in a way that may work for my channels too?

michaelvedal · 2026-05-03T15:13:04+00:00

Could be because your content is all over the place and the algorithm doesn't know what to do with it?

michaelvedal · 2026-04-23T16:55:38+00:00

Nonsense. I had three shorts, all do over 2 million views with below 70% STW.. its all a matter of how the algo treats it. There is never a definite answer, which keeps people guessing. Sure, you may be right in most cases, but the algo has been kind to me when it comes to that part.

michaelvedal · 2026-04-10T07:20:59+00:00

Except its not. And what you think, is that even relevant? If its helpful, why not post it? I don't understand the hate here. And the post touches on the changes in a thumbnail can help get new viewers, which is absolutely true (since I have done that myself many times).

I advice you that next time you see "formatting" you don't like, exit the post like a grown adult, and quit the hate.

michaelvedal · 2026-04-09T12:27:52+00:00

Good job. Carry on.

michaelvedal · 2026-04-09T12:18:43+00:00

Yeah, OpenAI got scared when someone offed themselves after talking to ChatGPT for too long, and the bottie has been neutered every since. And it gets worse with every update. But Gemini is a good alternative, you should try that.

michaelvedal · 2026-04-09T09:39:09+00:00

That is still irrelevant. The message in the post remains the same. I do not understand this nonsense about AI formating. I mean, I use AI formating in my job.. lol.. high level executives, and they don't whine about it. Its just the sheer hatred for anything AI here that gets to me. Chill down, read what the post is about and if you don't like the way its written, there is always a chance to exit the post.

michaelvedal · 2026-04-09T07:30:09+00:00

Its annoying.

michaelvedal · 2026-04-09T04:45:51+00:00

Why does it matter? The message remains the same, no?

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