How to label AI content on YouTube
Tick altered/synthetic at upload. Shorts get an overlay; long-form sits below the player.
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Two-word karaoke caption timing
Two-word timed families keep karaoke hooks readable at a glance. Longer lines lose the beat on mute.
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Long-form hours ignore Shorts feed
Shorts feed watch does not fill qualified watch hours. Mixing the clocks is how channels stall both paths.
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One CTA per Short
One ask at the end. Three asks in thirty seconds teach viewers to ignore you.
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Hit Shorts monetization milestones
Plan YouTube Shorts monetization: 1k subs plus 10M Shorts views in 90 days, or watch hours. Track engaged views, not first-frame vanity.
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Thumbnail text vs burned hook
Thumbnail text sells the click. Burned hook sells the stay. They can disagree, carefully.
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YouTube Shorts Are Not Qualified Watch Hours
Shorts-feed views do not count as qualified watch hours and do not convert. Long-form hours and Shorts views stay separate, at 4,000 hours or at 8,000.
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YouTube YPP thresholds for AI channels
You need 1,000 subs plus 4,000 watch hours or 10M Shorts views. Shorts-feed views never count toward watch hours.
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