YouTube Finally Tells Creators How Much Money They Are Making

One of the biggest problems that YouTube content creators have to contend with the platform these days is the matter monetization. With some videos being demonetized, YouTube stars are baffled by how much money they are losing. Finally, Google decided to throw them a bone by basically putting icons next to the contents that are making ad money.

In a new blog post directed at content creators, YouTube notes how some have still not seen their income return to normal despite recent guideline changes. For creators who are wondering which of their videos are earning revenue and which are not, the platform has developed three icons.

All of the icons are circular and have dollar signs, but the one with a green background indicates that the video is making full revenue. The icon with a brown background means that it could still earn ad revenue, but only in a limited capacity and only on YouTube Red. Then there’s the icon with only a dollar sign and a horizontal slash across to indicate that it is not making money.

“Over the next few weeks, we plan to roll out new icons that will give you a more detailed understanding of how each and every video on your channel (or channels) is monetizing as well as the ability to appeal if you think a video is misclassified,” the blog post reads.

YouTube stressed that the icons do not influence earnings, Engadget reports. Rather, they are simply an indication of which videos are earning.

This also makes it easier for the content creators to appeal to YouTube’s Video Management directly to content the demonetization of their videos. As to whether or not this will actually solve the problem for some creators is the question. After all, the platform’s algorithm for detecting offensive content is not always reliable. There are bound to be collateral damage.