Request man review of videos marked "Non suitable for most advertisers"

If the content of a video you uploaded is identified every bit not suitable for most advertisers, you'll run into a xanthous dollar sign, adjacent to the video.

A video will be marked "Not suitable for well-nigh advertisers" if:

  • Our automated systems think your content is not suitable for all brands.
    • Note: If you recall our systems made a mistake, then y'all can asking human review. Your review gets sent to an skillful and their decisions assist our systems go smarter over time. Deleting the video and re-uploading won't help. Videos can but be submitted for review one time and the review decision cannot exist overturned. Acquire more than about how advertizing-friendly reviews work.
  • Our man experts confirmed that your video does not encounter our advertiser-friendly content guidelines.

How to cheque monetization & review status

You lot can employ the checks page during upload to screen your video for advert suitability and copyright claims before publishing information technology. If your video is marked "Not suitable for most advertisers" and you think we got it incorrect, y'all can request a human review.

Notation: Copyright and ad suitability checks results aren't final. For example, future

manual claims

,

copyright strikes

, and

edits to your video settings

may impact your video. If your video'south metadata is changed after publishing and is no longer suitable for ads, new monetization restrictions might be visible in your video list.

How monetization condition is applied

We utilize car learning to determine if it meets our advertiser-friendly content guidelines during the upload process. This also applies to scheduled live streams, where our systems look at the title, description, thumbnail, and tags even before the stream goes live.

Nosotros know our system doesn't always get it right, then if you see a yellow icon and feel our automated systems made a mistake, you can entreatment. Such reviews volition help our systems go smarter over time.

If you lot're non certain why your video has the yellow icon, review our advertiser-friendly content guidelines, not just confronting the content of the video, only also the title, clarification, thumbnail, and tags. Additionally, blank videos or videos without a title or metadata probable don't provide enough context to help our systems understand if the content is suitable for all advertisers, then it may lead to a yellow icon condition for the video.

How to appeal

If you believe that your video is suitable for all brands, y'all can appeal the conclusion by requesting a human being review. We receive many requests to monetize videos every mean solar day and review these submissions as quickly equally possible.

You can see your videos that aren't suitable for all advertisers by clicking the drib-down bill of fare next to View in the top correct, then choosing Limited or no ads.

Follow the steps below to submit your entreatment from your computer:

  1. Sign in to YouTube Studio.
  2. From the left card, select Content.
  3. Brand sure that your content follows our advertiser-friendly content guidelines. Keep in mind that advertisers have a choice about where to show their ads.
  4. Go to the video y'all'd similar to appeal under the Restrictions cavalcade, where Ad suitability is listed.
  5. Hover overAd suitabilitythen clickAsking review and follow the on-screen instructions. You'll simply see this option if your video is eligible for appeal. Once yous submit, the text next to the video volition update with your entreatment's status.

Notation: You tin also submit your appeal using the YouTube Studio app.

How does the appeals process piece of work?

When you request a human review (east.yard. entreatment the current monetization status), the video gets looked at by an adept who spends time watching the video and reviewing the video'due south content, title, and metadata against our advertiser-friendly content guidelines.

Keep in mind that the video'due south icon status may change even after your video is submitted for review. Our systems go on to run their scans until the review has been completed. You'll know when a final decision has been fabricated on your review when you lot get an email update.

Learn more than near monetization icon changes between green and yellow.

How long does review have?

Nosotros know these reviews are important to yous and your revenue. Human reviews tin can have up to vii days. We strive to review as many videos as humanly possible, and as quickly and accurately as possible. Considering nosotros're a platform that has hundreds of millions of videos, we have to prepare guidelines effectually which videos get reviewed first. This is to make sure we review those videos that are getting substantial traffic.

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