In an unannounced move, it appears that YouTube has pulled all ads from gun related videos.
It seemsthat all gun related videos on YouTube have been flagged as restricted material. That means that either YouTube’s algorithmor users have flagged them as inappropriate for one reason or another. Once a video is flagged it is no longer eligible for monetization.
Having my own gun and hunting related Youtube channel I can confirm that this is definitely the case. Videos that have had over 500,000 views are no longer making revenue.
I have spoken with several other YouTubers in the gun community and all of them are reporting the same thing we are seeing. There is no indication from YouTube if this is a temporary change or a permanent one at this time. We are still waiting on YouTube to respond to our request for comment.
In recent months several YouTube channels have been pulled by the content provider then later restored. though the apparent widespread monetization war is a new development.
The news comes just weeks after Motherboard ran an extensive piece that declared the current crop of YouTube-based gun reviewers such as IV8888 and The Military Arms Channel– which have millions of subscribers and some content with tens of millions of views– as the “‘Guns and Ammo’ of the Internet Age.”
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