It has to be last 12 months tho if you have 240,000 minutes then you should be ok. Even if you are 1000 minutes under YT will not accept you.
1 i dont feel like doing the math and 2 i clearly meet that aswell.
I can apply also. You have to apply again through Youtube. You may find that you were slightly out when it was removed.1 i dont feel like doing the math and 2 i clearly meet that aswell.
Also youtube says i'm eligible for monetization
It because of spam channels inappropriate content. Look at this way when you do get back in you will be earning a lot more revenue as there will be more ads to go around the creators who do qualify!
I know how you feel.
Because they like to be annoying
As far as I know the reason was to crack down on spam channels and give them much more control of who advertisers can put their channel ads on. Something like 80-90% of all YouTube channels have been demonetized yesterday. As Mike said the one positive thing is that advertisers are likely to spend more on CPM now that they know their ads are being shown on regulated channels. If you haven't reached the 4k mark I'm sure you are very close to it though.
It does make sense. They can serve ads for more money now by being able to control what content the ads are running on. This gives advertisers security and trust in YouTube which has been lost with them running ads on any channel that came along.
Google doesn't care about the small communities. Advertisers on the other hand will get slightly less advertisements served but are sure they won't be served on terrorism content and spam. That lets them position their brand on positive videos which will make anyone's brain associate the brand to something positive.
Another reason is because people were stealing other creators content and uploading it to their channel and monetizing it and making money from not their own work.
