adpocalypse

• YouTube removes the guesswork by expanding monetization for controversial content
• Some advertisers seem to be avoiding Dr. Pimple Popper. Are her videos safe for brands?

  Dr. Sandra Lee of the Dr. Pimple Popper channel has had issues with advertisers. Are her cyst and blackhead videos brand-safe?

  
• David Dobrik Says He Hasn’t Made Any YouTube Ad Money In Roughly Four Years

  In a recent episode of his podcast, Views, David Dobrik made a telling admission about his YouTube ad earnings. The 25-year-old, who counts 18 million subscribers and has been nabbing 35 million monthly views, says, "I haven’t made a dollar off YouTube in like three to four years.”

  
• YouTube Test Matching “Edgy” Creators And Advertisers Has Resulted In Hundreds Of Thousands In Ad Dollars

  YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki has published today her fourth quarterly update letter to creators, where she: teased a new policy that will help differentiate between restrictions placed on real-life violence and video game violence, addressed concerns surrounding creator burnout, and discussed improvements made to Article 17 legislation, which places a massive copyright burden on YouTube in the U.K.

  
• David Dobrik Says Monthly YouTube Ad Earnings Went From $275,000 To $2,000 In Two Years
• Is A YouTube COPPAcalypse Coming? FTC Rules Could Start Demonetizing Creators In 2020
• Bart Baker Says He’s Quitting YouTube, Moving To China To Pursue Social Superstardom
• YouTube Creator Group Teams With Europe’s Largest Trade Union To Launch ‘FairTube’ Initiative
• Susan Wojcicki On YouTube’s Fight Against Grotesque Content: “I Own This Problem, And I’m Going To Fix It”
• YouTube Disables Comments On Tens Of Millions Of Videos Featuring Kids In Effort To Prevent Adpocalypse 2.0
• FBE (née Fine Brothers Entertainment) Acquires YouTuber Merch Startup Officially Pinned (Exclusive)
• After Child Video Scandal, YouTube Says Ad-Friendly Videos Can Be Demonetized For Inappropriate Comments