Asking human being review of videos marked "Non suitable for most advertisers"

If the content of a video you uploaded is identified as not suitable for about advertisers, you'll see a yellow dollar sign, adjacent to the video.

A video will be marked "Non suitable for near advertisers" if:

  • Our automated systems think your content is non suitable for all brands.
    • Note: If you think our systems fabricated a mistake, and then you lot tin can request man review. Your review gets sent to an expert and their decisions assistance our systems get smarter over time. Deleting the video and re-uploading won't help. Videos tin can merely exist submitted for review one time and the review decision cannot be overturned. Larn more than near how advertizing-friendly reviews piece of work.
  • Our human experts confirmed that your video does not meet our advertiser-friendly content guidelines.

How to check monetization & review status

Y'all can use the checks folio during upload to screen your video for ad suitability and copyright claims before publishing it. If your video is marked "Not suitable for about advertisers" and you remember we got it incorrect, you lot can request a human review.

Note: Copyright and ad suitability checks results aren't final. For case, future

transmission claims

,

copyright strikes

, and

edits to your video settings

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

How monetization status is applied

We use machine learning to make up one's mind if it meets our advertiser-friendly content guidelines during the upload process. This as well applies to scheduled live streams, where our systems expect at the title, description, thumbnail, and tags even before the stream goes live.

We know our organization doesn't always go information technology right, and so if you see a yellow icon and feel our automated systems made a mistake, you can appeal. Such reviews will aid our systems become smarter over time.

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

How to appeal

If you believe that your video is suitable for all brands, you lot can appeal the determination by requesting a human review. We receive many requests to monetize videos every 24-hour interval and review these submissions as quickly equally possible.

Y'all can run into your videos that aren't suitable for all advertisers past clicking the drop-down card next to View in the summit right, then choosing Limited or no ads.

Follow the steps beneath to submit your appeal from your computer:

  1. Sign in to YouTube Studio.
  2. From the left menu, select Content.
  3. Make sure that your content follows our advertiser-friendly content guidelines. Continue in mind that advertisers have a pick about where to evidence their ads.
  4. Become to the video you'd like to appeal under the Restrictions column, where Ad suitability is listed.
  5. Hover overAd suitabilitythen clickAsking review and follow the on-screen instructions. You lot'll merely see this option if your video is eligible for entreatment. Once you lot submit, the text next to the video will update with your entreatment's status.

Note: You tin likewise submit your appeal using the YouTube Studio app.

How does the appeals process work?

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

Go on in mind that the video'southward icon condition may alter even afterward your video is submitted for review. Our systems proceed to run their scans until the review has been completed. You'll know when a final decision has been made on your review when you get an email update.

Larn more than virtually monetization icon changes between green and yellow.

How long does review have?

We know these reviews are important to you and your revenue. Human reviews tin can accept up to 7 days. Nosotros strive to review as many videos as humanly possible, and as quickly and accurately as possible. Because nosotros're a platform that has hundreds of millions of videos, nosotros have to gear up guidelines effectually which videos get reviewed offset. This is to make sure we review those videos that are getting substantial traffic.

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