After 58 days of trying to get my channel reviewed, I received another interesting email, completely shattering my hopes once again. I tried to make a meaningful content on this platform instead of spitting 5 low effort videos per day to make crazy money and I've been punished for it. I've spend more then a year to build my channel and it's gone like that overnight.
This is what youtube is considering inauthentic. Without any warning or time to fix whatever they want (I still don't know for sure) they decided to just demonetize all the channels around youtube.
My vid:
youtube.com/shorts/5a-u_yP3c…
My channel is verified, proved authentic by their other systems...already had a personality through my own animations, mascot and humor and its tied to a personal google account that is very old. Still demonetized... This is how they treat their partners. :)
@TeamYouTube @YouTubeCreators @YouTube
Hello @TeamYouTube
My case [2-8928000040800] was closed, but the issue remains unresolved. Emails are no longer being answered. All of my videos are original, varied, and manually crafted using Adobe Illustrator. It's not repetitive/mass produced.
@YouTube
@YouTubeCreators
Hey @TeamYouTube, I need a human eye here! 🚨
My 8-year-old educational channel was just demonetized.
100% Original: Years of handcrafted 2D animations, infographics, and motion graphics.
The majority of my videos were created long before generative AI even existed. Newer videos only use AI as a tool to enhance my art, the core work is entirely human.
Can we please get a manual review?
I'm a 2D Animation YouTuber since 2018.
For almost 8 years, my record is clean:
Zero strikes.
Zero violations.
But suddenly I got DEMONETIZED last month.
Without warning, YouTube just banned one of their longest partners and took my last month's revenue worth $3,000.
They subjectively accused me of "Inauthentic Content".
But...
✅ I made original illustrations in Adobe Illustrator.
❌ No stock footage.
✅ Manually edited with Adobe Animate.
❌ Not mass produced.
✅ Original scripts and research.
❌ No plagiarism.
✅ Varied topics, varied formats.
❌ Not templated.
✅ Always experimenting with new formats.
❌ Not repetitive.
✅ Upload only once or twice a month.
❌ Not spam.
✅ Distinct visual identity.
❌ Not inauthentic.
However, appeal rejected with 0 views.
@TeamYouTube contacted me a couple of days ago but then disappeared. No solutions. No explanations. No answers.
This is not fair especially for someone who has been a YPP creator for YEARS.
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Nerd Robot retweeted
Wild how YouTube says “this policy was always there” 💀
Then explain THIS:
You let me MONETIZE the SAME content from 2023 → 2026
and suddenly now it’s “Inauthentic”?
I didn’t switch styles,
I didn’t start spamming,
Nothing changed.
So either:
The policy WASN'T enforced properly before
OR the enforcement NOW is INCONSISTENT
And here’s the real question,
If my content is “not original" then why are ads STILL running on it?
So my content is too “bad” for me to earn, but good enough for you?
At least be honest about what changed
Because rn, it just looks random







