If you are a fellow YouTuber and you have been uploading videos regularly at least once a week to your channel then — congratulations — you’re probably doing great and seeing some significant growth in audience and views every now and then.
You may be on your best way to join the YouTube Partner Program (YPP) or you are already participating in the YPP and can finally monetize your videos. So what’s next?
The best rule is to simply keep making and posting videos consistently.
I believe this is generally the key to success for most creators as they keep going and improve and experience growth over time.
But what if consistency is a real challenge and life is happening outside of the screen? Possibly YouTube is not your main job and you’re just starting out, so the income is very low and you still have other demands to fulfill. Maybe you feel exhausted by your day to day life and just can’t keep up with producing new content. Or you need to step back for a while and think about your creative journey and what you really want to do next.
So your YouTube Channel will still be there and it will still get views, but unless the algorithm picks one of your videos and pushes it out to viewers there won’t be any peeks like when you upload a new video. The curve of views will remain fairly flat.
YouTube Analytics showing the views for the past 365 days.
Still not ready to make a new video? Don’t be hard on yourself. Unless your living solely depends on YouTube you can get back to making new videos whenever you feel ready. Keep in mind that there is probably never a perfect timing so you have to make a conscious decision to take even small chunks of your time and commit to creating even if it feels difficult at first.
Getting back to do something you haven’t done in a long while is hard.
Whether you went to through some big life changes or needed to find a new creative direction, starting over and getting out of your comfort zone again is difficult at first but definitely worthwhile and possible. That’s also true if days and weeks have suddenly turned into a few months.
So the truth is that I haven’t uploaded anything to my YouTube Channel in six months which shouldn’t be something to be ashamed of. But not doing something you supposedly have to do or could be doing can create shame and anxiety. Especially as we nowadays expect ourself to be productive all the time — not only at work, but also in our free time and while we ride a bus or walk outside looking at our smartphones constantly. This creates a lot of pressure.
I have been checking my YouTube Analytics every single day for the past months, almost anxiously waiting for something to happen. That something is losing the YouTube Partnership that took me so long to obtain.
Does YouTube have a deadline?
In general YouTube doesn’t have a deadline and I think this is what makes this line of work so attractive — creative freedom and the freedom to work at your own time and pace. If you’re not just doing YouTube for fun though but also aim to become and stay monetized while being in the YouTube Partner Program there is a small but very reasonable catch.
If you haven’t uploaded any new video to your Channel for six months you will receive the following message from YouTube:
YouTuber Partner Program Eligibility Requirements
I think that’s very fair and you will still have additional 30 days of time to upload content to your YouTube Channel to meet the Eligibility Requirements for the Partner Program. That being said even if you have very little time on your hands with YouTube Shorts becoming more popular on the platform it has become easier than ever to create a small piece of content with a chance to have a high impact these days.
In the past weeks I had the chance to film a lot of videos as I have been traveling to Japan after it has recently reopened it’s borders to tourists again and plan to add travel content as a new genre to my Channel. I don’t want to put too much pressure or high expectations on myself, but I definitely want to keep my YouTube Partnership going so I will do my best to create a new video however long or short that maybe. Please keep your fingers crossed for me! If you’re are interested in my content, you can find all my social media links below.
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