YouTube is on a purge right now. I had a 100% win rate appeal for...
igorm@yt_igm
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Jul 08, 2025
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YouTube is on a purge right now.
I had a 100% win rate appeal for transformative podcast channels, but it was denied for the first time in March.
After that, 4 more channels used it and only 1 passed.
These channels used 60-80% B-Roll and were deemed as perfectly monetizable as that style of editing has been fine for over 2 years.
That was a sign.
Over the last few months, more and more podcast channels got demonetized.
However, most of them lacked B-Roll on a very small portion of videos which made us believe that podcast channels were still 'safe'.
Until today.
Some big creators pulling in 9 figure months have been wiped out under 're-used content'.
It seems to be going in the order of most recently monetized to oldest.
But this means that podcast Shorts channels are no longer safe.
Unless you add voiceover.
The funny thing is with YouTube Shorts...
You can spend hours editing a video, searching for B-Roll, adding fancy cuts and effects - but all of that is still deemed as less transformative than just adding 3 seconds of voiceover.
Game is the game though.
If you run a podcast channel without voiceover, I suggest you mentally prepare yourself for getting demonetized.
Take your skills and adapt.
I had a 100% win rate appeal for transformative podcast channels, but it was denied for the first time in March.
After that, 4 more channels used it and only 1 passed.
These channels used 60-80% B-Roll and were deemed as perfectly monetizable as that style of editing has been fine for over 2 years.
That was a sign.
Over the last few months, more and more podcast channels got demonetized.
However, most of them lacked B-Roll on a very small portion of videos which made us believe that podcast channels were still 'safe'.
Until today.
Some big creators pulling in 9 figure months have been wiped out under 're-used content'.
It seems to be going in the order of most recently monetized to oldest.
But this means that podcast Shorts channels are no longer safe.
Unless you add voiceover.
The funny thing is with YouTube Shorts...
You can spend hours editing a video, searching for B-Roll, adding fancy cuts and effects - but all of that is still deemed as less transformative than just adding 3 seconds of voiceover.
Game is the game though.
If you run a podcast channel without voiceover, I suggest you mentally prepare yourself for getting demonetized.
Take your skills and adapt.
