In its latest terms of service set to commence from December 10, YouTube could easily delete your account if the channel is not profitable. The section title titled “Account Suspension & Termination” has made content creators very nervous. This also means that creators could lose out on their Gmail, Google Photos and documents if they are no longer profitable on the video platform.
Karachi-based Pakistani tech vlogger Ameer Dagha, founder of ReviewsPK has been awarded a Silver YouTube Play Button for having surpassed 100,000 subscribers. Dagha, who currently has 130,000 subscribers, provides insightful reviews on mobile phones in Urdu. The Silver Play Button won by Dagha makes the channel eligible to apply for the verification badge which just adds more credibility to it.
Ryan, a 7-year-old, who runs a popular toy-review channel on YouTube called Ryan ToysReview makes $22 million per year, making him the highest earning YouTuber of the world. The elementary-school kid jumped from No. 8 to No. 1 from 2017-2018 on Forbes’ annual list of YouTube stars who are making the most money.
As number of users watching original videos on Facebook has reached around 720 million, with 140 million people using the service daily, the social networking website is now looking to compete with YouTube and other rivals. Hence, ad breaks have now been made available in Canada, and support will be added for five more languages — Kannada, Marathi, Punjabi, Swedish and Telugu.