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My YouTube Monetization Struggle: From 4,000 Watch Hours to Channel Termination

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  Page 5 – 2024–2026: Monetization and Lessons Learned πŸ’°⚠ By 2024, I had completed over 4,000 watch hours, yet my AdSense application was still not approved. The reason was some previous mistakes I had made while setting up my account. A friend suggested creating an AdSense account under my brother's name, which allowed me to monetize my channel. I earned small amounts ($5–$16) in the beginning. Later, I joined a WhatsApp group where members watched each other’s videos to increase earnings. After some time, one person left the group, created another smaller group, and tried to manage my channel to increase my dollars. I realized greed can be dangerous and eventually handled my own channel independently. Despite all efforts, my first channel was terminated by YouTube, which erased years of hard work. In 2025, I created a new channel: 3,018 subscribers 4,000+ watch hours Even then, AdSense verification had issues, a problem common in Pakistan and India. πŸ’‘ Final Lesson: Dreams face ...

Restarting YouTube & Gaining Knowledge: 2022–2023 | Learning SEO & Editing

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Page 4 – 2022–2023: Restarting and Learning 🌐 In 2022, I shifted to Khuzdar city, where internet access was almost nonexistent, working only with calls. I spent almost a year away from YouTube. In 2023, I returned to my area and restarted YouTube. By this time, I had learned a lot: SEO techniques Tag usage Thumbnail creation Full video editing As I continued uploading videos, my viewers started growing again, and I had gained sufficient knowledge of how YouTube works. πŸ‘‰Next Page → 2024–2026 (Click Here)

Challenges and Progress on YouTube: 2020–2021 | Growing Despite Hardships

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 Page 3 – 2020–2021: Challenges and Progress πŸ’ͺ By 2020, I had returned to Jhal Magsi and continued working on my channel. My subscriber count grew to over 1,000, even though I did not know about the 4,000 hours watch time requirement for monetization. I kept learning and experimenting: Editing backgrounds Proper video sizing Making videos visually appealing While my friends had left YouTube, I continued working persistently. In 2021, my father passed away, leaving the responsibility of the household on me. A month later, I became seriously ill and had to stop YouTube temporarily. πŸ‘‰ Next Page → 2022–2023 (Click Here)

Taking the First Steps on YouTube: 2019 | Learning & Uploading Videos

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  Page 2 – 2019: The First Steps πŸ”₯ In 2019, a spark of passion grew in me. I decided to start my own YouTube channel, naming it “Noor Ahmed Baloch”. I began uploading videos that provided information about new apps. I learned by observing how other YouTubers created their content. At that time, whenever I got a mobile phone from friends, I would search for my channel and ask them to subscribe. Slowly, I started getting 10–20 viewers per video and 10–50 subscribers. While doing this, I noticed that YouTubers used backgrounds in their videos. I tried making backgrounds for my videos but did not know the exact size. I kept adjusting until I finally got it right. Eventually, I successfully added backgrounds and uploaded several videos to my channel. πŸ‘‰ Next Page → 2018–2019 (Click Here)

My YouTube Journey Begins: 2016–2017 | Noor Ahmed’s First Steps

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2016: The Beginning of My YouTube Journey 🎬🌱 P age 1 – 2016–2017: The Beginning 🎬🌱 My name is Noor Ahmed, and I am from Jhal Magsi, Balochistan. In 2016, I started my journey on YouTube. I created my first Gmail account and opened a YouTube channel at the same time. At that point, I did not know that Gmail is actually a passport to the world of the internet. After opening YouTube, I started watching videos, mainly for application-related information, checking who was saying what. I had no idea what YouTube really was. I did not understand how monetization works or how people earn money. In 2017, a personal incident happened that caused me to leave my hometown, Jhal Magsi, and move to Quetta. Even after moving, I still used YouTube only to gather information and did not know that one could earn from uploading videos. I had a video that was similar to TikTok, and I uploaded it randomly without knowing the difference between short videos and long videos. Then, in 2018, I saw a video ...