Request human review of videos marked "Not suitable for most advertisers"

If the content of a video you uploaded is identified every bit not suitable for most advertisers, you lot'll see a yellow dollar sign, next to the video.

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

  • Our automated systems think your content is not suitable for all brands.
    • Note: If you recollect our systems made a mistake, and so yous tin can request homo review. Your review gets sent to an expert and their decisions help our systems become smarter over time. Deleting the video and re-uploading won't help. Videos can only be submitted for review one fourth dimension and the review decision cannot be overturned. Acquire more almost how advertising-friendly reviews piece of work.
  • Our human being experts confirmed that your video does not meet our advertiser-friendly content guidelines.

How to cheque monetization & review status

You lot tin use the checks folio during upload to screen your video for ad suitability and copyright claims before publishing information technology. If your video is marked "Non suitable for most advertisers" and you think we got information technology incorrect, yous can request a human being review.

Annotation: Copyright and advertizing suitability checks results aren't concluding. For example, future

transmission claims

,

copyright strikes

, and

edits to your video settings

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

How monetization status is applied

We use machine learning to decide if information technology meets our advertiser-friendly content guidelines during the upload process. This besides applies to scheduled live streams, where our systems look at the title, clarification, thumbnail, and tags even earlier the stream goes alive.

We know our organisation doesn't e'er become it right, and so if y'all see a yellowish icon and experience our automated systems made a mistake, you tin can appeal. Such reviews will help our systems get smarter over time.

If you're not sure why your video has the yellow icon, review our advertiser-friendly content guidelines, not just against the content of the video, but also the title, description, thumbnail, and tags. Additionally, bare videos or videos without a title or metadata probable don't provide enough context to aid our systems sympathize if the content is suitable for all advertisers, then it may lead to a yellow icon status for the video.

How to appeal

If y'all believe that your video is suitable for all brands, you tin appeal the decision past requesting a man review. We receive many requests to monetize videos every day and review these submissions as rapidly as possible.

You tin can run into your videos that aren't suitable for all advertisers by clicking the drop-downwardly menu next to View in the top right, and then choosing Express or no ads.

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

  1. Sign in to YouTube Studio.
  2. From the left menu, select Content.
  3. Make certain that your content follows our advertiser-friendly content guidelines. Continue in listen that advertisers have a choice nigh where to show their ads.
  4. Go to the video you'd similar to appeal under the Restrictions column, where Ad suitability is listed.
  5. Hover overAdvertisement suitabilityand then clickRequest review and follow the on-screen instructions. Y'all'll merely see this option if your video is eligible for appeal. Once you submit, the text next to the video will update with your entreatment's status.

Note: You can also submit your entreatment using the YouTube Studio app.

How does the appeals process work?

When you request a human review (e.grand. entreatment the electric current monetization status), the video gets looked at by an expert who spends fourth dimension watching the video and reviewing the video'due south content, championship, and metadata against our advertiser-friendly content guidelines.

Go on in mind that the video's icon status may change fifty-fifty later 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 determination has been fabricated on your review when yous get an electronic mail update.

Learn more virtually monetization icon changes between green and yellow.

How long does review take?

We know these reviews are of import to you and your revenue. Human being reviews can take upwardly to seven days. We strive to review as many videos equally humanly possible, and as quickly and accurately as possible. Because nosotros're a platform that has hundreds of millions of videos, we accept to prepare guidelines around which videos get reviewed kickoff. This is to make sure we review those videos that are getting substantial traffic.

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