I followed the advice of one of these TH-cam Gurus on making a relaxation channel. Did all that work only to be knocked back by TH-cam for monetisation due to lack of originality. So, I scraped those videos, took 100% original video myself and images, put them together with the music and sounds, and a month later, bang, monetised. The lesson? To get monetised for a channel like that, use 100% original images and videos.
@@rickytv7877 just type in “buy meditation music for commercial use” and a whole list of sites will come up. The best ones to use are the ones you pay for as they are generally not over used like the free ones usually are. For guided meditation, you can easily find many of them by searching Google but again, be prepared to pay something for them. Or, buy some guided meditation scripts and record your own with some background music. However, be prepared to do the work as this genre on TH-cam is not an easy one. I hope this helps you Ricky to get started.
I can understand the desire to earn a living from TH-cam content. What I think some people don't realize is that if you are just a video machine, you don't always establish a personal connection with your audience. I personally feel that's very important. I have a genuine desire to help people. I also help myself with the content I create. I get in that realm when I create the video and I can listen to it when I need that particular type of content. Establishing genuine trust with your followers is at the top of my list. If my channel never becomes eligible for monetization that's ok as long as TH-cam continues to permit me to use their platform to reach out and help people ,I will continue to do so. I just won't quit my day job😊
I like that you said the truth. I listened to TH-cam gurus and created a channel based on this niche but I hardly got views. I kept on researching to find out what I was doing wrong till I stumbled on your channel. I am glad to know the problem is that the niche is saturated and its just not as easy to make money as does promoting faceless TH-cam channels told us it was.
Yes. I recently got interested in affiliate marketing and ran across this scheme, which is making the rounds in the money making niche. I was thinking "bulls....". They just saw a channel had a lot of views and said you can automatically have the same success just doing the same thing. Anytime anyone says this type of thing you're too late... Take that to the bank. It seems like the best way to make money is to just come up with a bunch of fake schemes and then sell someone a course, which upsells them a more expensive course.
I’m just starting out, but I create my own sounds. And I’ve started to use a paid AI art subscription to create original thumbnails. As I focus on sleep music and sounds, I have most of my videos fade to black. I think Using as much original sounds and images is the key to standing out from the crowd. I record all my own music using Logic Pro , so I will not get flagged for reused content. I just think that most of the free content available today has been so recycled that it’s just not worth trying to use it. You could maybe try and pay a music producer on fivver to create something for you, and try and create your own imagery, if you don’t have the skills to produce your own.
What happened to my relaxing sounds channel SIX MONTHS later? 🎥th-cam.com/video/SWQtE0ebfgY/w-d-xo.html PS. try VEED to create your own meditation videos 👉 veed.video/468d7Ef
I absolutely appreciate your analysis of the meditation music videos. It is not easy to make money through meditation channels. The only thing that intrigues is the financial performance of some channels that are showing one still picture for 10 Hrs and probably the same music over and over again. I think it's not about the music. It is all about how to do business. So much for the time being. Will follow this video.
I feel like your thumbnails could’ve been stronger, like the fonts and the pictures used, could’ve been more appealing or more accurately representing the sounds. The titles were pretty good but also could’ve been modified to be slightly stronger for example using key words like stress and peace, letting the thumbnails also reflect that. This was a really good insightful video ! Those watch hours are actually very good🙌🏾🎶
Good advice thank you! I clicked on some of those videos you made I think you can exponentially increase your viewer and subscriber number if the calming images change frequently rather than being completely static and uninteresting to be honest. Personally I like putting relaxing music in the background but with changing images so that whenever I look, there's something interesting/beautiful to look at while listening
Simple truth is, if it isn't original then it wont do too well, and if it's from stock photos or videos and the audio isn;t original, then it most likely wont be monetized either. channels that do the best with this usually have their own content.
I enjoyed this, finely someone real and not just fake waiting for click bait. I'm gonna be subriber number 7 for the music channel just because you're actually hilarious and show real content
This is amazing!! Someone showed us the reality without hiding anything. Thanks to you brother. I saw your replies in earlier comments regarding original content (audio/video both) upload. Did you figure it out whether it will work or not? As i am composer i am very keen to learn that. Thanks again in advance if you chose to reply to this!
I read a comment here that TH-cam does NOT monetise mediation type channels since 2019. I can tell you from experience, that is NOT the case. My meditation/relaxation channel was monetised in early 2022. If you write your own music, maybe even shoot your own video, you should have no problems in getting monetised. But obviously, its up to the gods at TH-cam ultimately.
@@zengagemotivational Exactly! That is why I am now a specialized Nature videographer that provides Original & exclusive sounds and videos to TH-cam creators in the niche of meditation / relaxation. I have been doing it for 1 year and I am so happy to help people monetize their channels by choosing original content. Contact me if you need original footage!
If you look at some of the older threads where people questioned why their meditation/relaxation videos got taken down, you will see that Google said it was reused content, repetitive, looping videos and they used to monetize those, but have stopped, because like you said they are over the top with that many of the same thing. Plus if you look, you will see that none of them have ads, but what they do on some is have an affiliate links of sorts to Spotify or their website where I am assuming the music is from. I wouldn't waste my time with this. Also Social Blade is just showing an estimate of what a channel could potential earn, not what it does. So, rather misleading.
It's crazy to me that people are showing what they want to watch and TH-cam is refusing to monetize. Insane. These people watch these videos over and over
This was so funny 😂. I saw these gurus almost telling people to copy, but I didn’t want to make a negative comment because allot people were buying in to it.
It's not my meditation , relaxing music channel has been up for 2 yrs at 28 subs and 500 watch hours. I gave up but now am going back to fix it up and add more videos.. cannot even find my channel except through my 1st channel being subscribed it's so not on radar.. 😅 Thank you for this advice video , very helpful
Somebody is lying bc I went to a monetizer checker and checked Rain channels that were less than a yr old and they were monetized and nothing seemed to original from what I seen.
youtube is looking at the videodiscription and if there only a bunch of keywords they don´t push the content.... it seems that suggestions are more important... and finaly.... the succsesfull chanels have always something special and unique in their sounds.... its mostly not a simple copy from a free library. i´m curious how your chanel will perform in the long term
That is potentially true, although a lot of big youtubers still use non sensical keyword sentences in their descriptions. You are correct though, recommended videos are very important - but you sometimes need keywords to get in there
I've been publishing videogame/anime/TV series/movies relaxing videos for almost two years, completely aware that this type of content creation cannot be monetized. It's a pity but I quite enjoy making them, and I pour a lot of hours and passion into making them. My only aim for possible income is my donation link. I've not received a single penny so far, but perhaps in the future when my channel has grown large enough. Thanks for the video.
OMG.. your video is so true. I have a relaxing music channel and compose my own music.. getting subscribers is not easy at all. After two years, I only got 282 subscribers. I don’t know if I will ever get to 1000 subscribers and 4000 hours. I agree with you.. it’s almost impossible to monetize with relaxing music. Thanks for putting together the video .. I appreciate it.
What's your channel? I would sub. I want to avoid making the same mistakes if possible. I don't really care about the money but considering I've gotten hundreds of thousands of views on other types of vids I've made and not as much on these.. just want to see what others have done.
@@Aditixlifts if it were good perhaps. I have multiple channels most of them have a million + views. It's odd though looking at your channel it had 1.5k subs which is pretty good yet only 4 videos with basically no views - am I looking at the right channel?
@@PositiveVibesVids that's the reason why I am selling this channel, i randomly uploaded 1 Shorts video of k pop artists and that video wet viral 209k views, i didn't thought that but the problem is now I am uploading videos and have almost no views, i thought I can make this channel successful by giving it good niche. But the result is in front of you, i am totally confused 😕.
Thank you for this video. I believed it would be just that easy. However, I was toying with the relaxing sound idea or another one and I believe I will go to the more fun option for me.
Good lord. My brother really wanted to try this, but some comments from the comments section from the videos of those "gurus" you mentioned were all like, "Nope. It's actually NOT that simple". *siiiiiiiigh*😞 I figured. I'll still work with some vids to see, but thank you so much for clearing some info up for me😅
Glad to help! Unfortunately, many creators make these videos about "easy money making channels" based on other videos on the same topic - they don't actually try it themselves
@@VEEDCREATORS Thanks for the quick reply! Question: let's say, hypothetically, I create an "Ambient Video" with my own OG photo & audio, and I reach the quoted number of subs & hours litened to to "make it rain" 🌧 🤑 Would TH-cam count that as content acceptable for monetization??? Thanks! Sorry for the bother😅
@@galacticarchangel No bother at all! It's a hard question to answer, because I don't know how TH-cam sees it - but to me, it seems more likely that this would get you monetised because it's fully original content
Thank you for showing the reality! There are way too many people online telling others how to make money online without doing it themselves. One thing though: There is a big difference between a meditation and a relaxing sound video. That's why the videos you showed as examples didn't claim to be mediation videos.
Thank you for sharing this. I was not so wrong when I hear so many music meditation/relaxation channels, the music is soulless and copy pasted. I was right. Nothing against the creators that do this to make money only. I love music and as music composer and music meditation instructor I will go to create original soulfull (and simple) music too. Maybe not everybody will feel the difference but those who can feel it will be truly healed :) Finding the balance of serving, really helping people in the middle of the chaotic world+making tons of money as a result.
What u need is to make your own meditation music. Do u have your own studio to make your own music or know any musicians? When I search on youtube for meditation music see folks copy the same music which is not original some may be original not all of them. My plan is to partner with someone that has their own studio and is also a musician let that digest in your head.
I really think that's why he's not successful in this niche. He seems to have no knowledge of creating his own sound. Copying or using loops that everyone has will alert TH-cams algorithm that it's copied and not original. He needs a true passion in this niche to successful. Copying and pasting isn't what it's about, it's about creating your own sound that is unique. Every sound and tone with my sleep music is 100% original. I started doing this recently, and can see some light through the tunnel. But I have 28 years experience recording sound and truly have a passion for these type of videos. I will listen to a new track I created for a few nights while sleeping to test out its effectiveness and make changes so that it is perfect before uploading. When something is ingenious, the viewers will take notice.
I've read from google forum itself, that relaxing and meditation music video can no longer be monetized since late of 2019. They said it's because TH-cam doesn't want advertiser money get wasted on videos where people just open to hear, and instead of watching the content...because you know, those who don't watch the video are not ads audiences for obvious reason. In my opinion, that move of TH-cam is make perfect sense. I wonder though, why the hell did i still see ads whenever i open meditation and relaxing music video now in 2022. Did TH-cam let some older channels go continue monetizing their sound only videos, or did TH-cam continue on monetizing those vids without giving those channel a share of the ads profit??
You are exactly right - if channels were monetized before 2019 (like Relaxing White Noise for example), they can continue to earn adsense from their videos. Could you please send me the link to that Google forum? It would be interesting to read
Actually I read an article from TH-cam management that they can put ads even ur channel still not monetize yet..so proba bly it's possible 😔, they can run ads they can on ur vid without u earning..
Nothing happens over night (30 days). You have to post for months and years to accumulate the momentum needed to make the money. What you put in the universe is what you get out. Great video!
they make it easier said than done but i feel with a bit of work you could definitely carve a niche. with your channel, the thumbnails were inconsistent. the good ones performed much better than the half-done black photo with text. all the videos are also random. i've noticed the largest channels have been around for close to 10 years and caught on the trend early. the newer ones that are succeeding look very calculated and do things a specific way. the videos are certain lengths ('angel numbers like 11:11:11 etc), thumbnails done certain way, they even run bots to leave positive affirmations in the comments (including some from "doctors"). stuff like that is important because most people watching these videos struggle in mental health and genuinely feel good seeing things of that sort. i think most people's problem is they are simply looking out for themselves (how can i make money quick) instead of focusing on who they are serving. they want to put in minimum work and get a result. after a month of posting you should have a base to study and figure out where to go from there, not quit. now obviously the original content and demonization is something to worry about, but i'm sure there's way around it (actually putting in effort)
recently started a channel, i am new to it and i honestly do not care if it will go or it wont, good luck to all of you who is starting a channel with me!
@@VEEDCREATORS No my current channel lol. It took me way over a month to get close to being monetized. I dont know of much channels who get monetized in one month. its rare.
what i studied about these channels is that they are tik tok accounts and before starting youtube channel they started tik tok account and start posting content there and as you all know getting followers and views on tik tok is much easier as compared to youtube and once they have 1k followers you can add your link and than the rest is passive traffic follow flowing from tik tok to your youtube channel
@@VEEDCREATORS no they are not what they are doing and what i am doing for the past two weeks is compiling stocks images and videos from pixaby and instagram and than rewire the content twist it around so that tik tok algorithm wont detect the same thing
ok so.. Fist of all i see the point.. "TH-cam doesn't recognise this type of content as original content (whatever that means)". Are there people judging or it's the algorythm? what are the criteria of "original content" What if the whole creative approach / purpose of the channel is different though? Let's say that::: I am an audio engineer who loves capturing / recording nature or ambiance in unique (or not) situations / places.. The concept includes me getting my a$$ out there, hunting the 'real thing' by using creative, recording techniques in the process (see it as photo/videography). Editing will take part as little as possible.. That means that as long as the video lasts, it's me somewhere there feeding battery to my devices.. I also use unique, professional gear that makes me competitive in my field. Both in audio and video scenarios. Of course that doesn't have to mean anythng to "success".. but at least i can indeed provide a different experience quality / creative wise to the listener. The approach is not about getting a quick buck doing as little as possible.. nor tries to fit into any generic af niche of this kind.. This is for people that can benefit from these sounds / imageries in many ways, and would appreciate quality, realism, and the work put in behind it.. For sure the best move i can think of is to use that as a second channel and not as your main focus.. How about that? Does that make any sense? Can this approach be interesting for people AND / OR can it be monitized at all?
@@VEEDCREATORS i'm sorry but i'm as confused as before. I mean.. with all the rescpect you answered almost non of my questions. I was expecting you will elaborate a little bit further but anyways.. P.s: In another video of the same topic you say that by using your own sounds and/or creative techniques "can guarantee" safety.. What if i show my face, have an intro with dialog and/or text explaning things..? In other words.. WTF can i do to guarantee monitization??
Everything I have to say on this topic is in the video - there's no way to guarantee monetisation. I don't have access to what TH-cam thinks, therefore all I can tell you is that many users with relaxing sound channels do not get monetised in 2022. In my opinion, having an intro with dialogue/text etc sounds like it COULD be more possible - but again, I CANNOT give you a guarantee!
This is awesome!! Can’t wait to watch your other vids. You totally confirmed my skepticism of all the “$1000 a day” TH-camr claims out there. One question though, how did you post 10 hour videos without being verified at that time and not having 100K subs? I thought startups are limited to 15min uploads until they reach 100K subs? 🤷🏻♂️ thanks!
I don't know if there's a limit before the 10 hour mark, but I recently started a channel with 1 hour long videos, and I had no problems uploading them.
I checked out that channel you made, and maybe it's the thumbnails? In my experience they weren't "clickable" enough for what the video was. Maybe that's the thing?
You definitely can't use the same things other people are using for sure and it's a long haul period especially if you are new! Hopefully, you use all free tools and don't spend a fortune on tools and then don't make a dime!
did you add ad-sense to your meditation videos ? thanks for the video its really good and truth comes from it.. and if you do not make money in 2 years from now we know the truth its all about sending you to the course at the end. Hype is Everywhere now everyone's posting hype to get you to click on there links to make them referrals however your TH-cam channel will be on top even more now talking about money methods..
Can someone help me with this question please? I'm working on a second channel where I specifically make music on my own and would like to have it where the screen fades to black in like 10 seconds and then have it run for 10 hours. Since I'm making the music on my own by playing on my keyboard and recording it into audacity and editing it together putting it to a specific Hertz or whatever, do you think I will get monetized? I understand lack of originality visually, but that's only because I don't want light emitting from people's phones, laptops, etc so that they can fall asleep. TH-cam's response might be that if people are falling asleep, why should there be ads on a video that people aren't going to be awake to see, and my response to that would be well don't put ads in between the videos, put it at the start of the video and then the person could skip the ad and fall asleep to the music, or if people don't click the ad, then don't charge the advertiser unless an ad is clicked. But I'm pretty sure with my creative music skills, I can get to a thousand subscribers and 4,000 hours worth of watch time eventually, and would like to make money off of it, but if all else fails, I still really do care about helping people fall asleep, which is a big goal for me, and I would like to put a smile on one person's face if I can, and that would mean I won, but it would also be nice to get paid for that hard work so if I don't get monetized, I could still technically put a GoFundMe page or something in the description and say hey, would you mind funding my hard work? Because my main goal is to get rich so I can then help homeless people and sick people etc, and I would like to make passive income doing the things I love like music and acting etc but currently have my main channel and also trying to make the second channel as well as working for cryptocurrencies doing marketing like CDS, which I invested a lot of money into because I have a lot of faith into it and believe that that will be my main source of being rich. But other passive income like the second TH-cam channel would be nice, but I feel like I'm putting so much work into making these tracks, I would feel really bummed if they don't monetize me even though I made the music myself, cuz then for that matter I would just film myself playing the background tracks, and then instead of black screen it would be me playing it for 10 hours straight by looping myself or whatever and then it would be completely original right in terms of both audio and visuals and there you go, but I'll have to figure that out when I get there as I would like to have at least 50 tracks or 50 videos before I even create the channel. Thank you everyone and I love you all and good luck with your channel and I hope you all get amazing success, let's help rebuild this world together
I'm a professional music producer and video producer, I created a relaxation content brand because I enjoy producing ambient stuff, I didn't launch it I had to park it for a while because I had so much client work, but now its ready to launch I want to abandon the brand because I feel like labelling my work as relaxation content actually tarnishes it because of how much garbage there is on youtube in that niche. People auto generating music, get rich quick passive income making meditation videos blah blah, i'll sell you 10 youtube mediation videos for a hundred bucks etc. Its all just garbage. After doing so much research in this area if I wanted to listen to ambient music on youtube I would never click on a relaxation content vid because the expectation is its going to be awful. I've noted that the big players in this game when I first started looking at it don't seem to get many views on new vids. The ones where its all like 1 million or 2 or 5 million are all from 5 or 10 years ago. So it seems like there is a correlation between the influx of generic crap courtesy of the i'll teach you how to make 6 figures a month in passive income cretins, and the reduction of views for many of the big players who lets face it weren't making particularly inspiring stuff. For me the idea I had was always well if this person is getting 10 million views on a vid and their music is crap why don't I just make something good? But now it's so saturated with garbage I don't even want to label my stuff as the same thing. And there is no way you can get a channel like you've done in this vid monetized now. You can just get an AI synth to endlessly generate drones etc and youtube becomes a swamp of crap so absolutely they should be filtering this stuff out. I think youtube might be making a shift away from generic relaxation brands and becoming more favorable towards actual real individual artists potentially. Because actual music producers like my self are catching on to this now so we can then saturate it with good stuff rather than these admin monkeys trying to make a fast buck clogging it up with shit. Thats how I think it might be going but I can't be certain.
Very informative video, thank you. I'm wondering, how do some channels get monetized if TH-cam doesn't play ads in their videos ? (ads get in the way of the relaxing experience)
Awesome vid. I'm gonna make a video just like this... I am 1 month in.. I've done quadruple better than your channel over that time yet that's not saying much and also my lady is my number one fan. And I'm a big fan of myself too lol .. I actually enjoy making these types of videos and am not doing it for the money. It kills me to see some of my other vids in the hundreds of thousands of views of me skateboarding yet not even a fraction on starting this out. Yet I've learned so much more from TH-cam than I ever did from my skate videos because I mean I literally don't even remember the password for my old account. I did try a few tech videos out but did not find them to be enjoyable. I like actual music more than white noise and such though I am trying out everything. I want to see your channel but I don't see anything did you delete it?
Thanks for the comment and congrats on your channel. You can see how well my channel is doing by watching this updated video: th-cam.com/video/SWQtE0ebfgY/w-d-xo.html
Thats to much. Use stream builder. loop the video, and sound, then set to end it in 10 hours. basicly let youtube make the video using livestream.... much easier.... and yes, after many long hours, and loads of work. it will make money. but it wont be fast nor easy... 30 days.. rofl... try a few years...
maybe if you didn't make all of your videos 10 hours long they would have gotten more views? Doesn't seem optimal for the algorithm, especially a new channel
Hello! I just watched the video and i really appreciate you honesty and the way you present the video I have this channel that was previously a gaming channel but duo to university and other work i don’t find time for it,do you think turning this channel to a mediation video channel would be a good idea? i have 40K subs in this channel and this year i have 2000 hours of watching to this year so what do you think? Thank you for your amazing content
It’s because none of the content is yours. No one really makes money or gains success from just using content that isn’t original. They all say they do but the original content that they all actually make money on is the videos (like this one) where they just talk about it.
I think than you need work on it few years constently. And after few years it should be better. I have also similiar type of project, but all original from me, no free sounds, no royalty free videos/pictures. So good luck. All thise guru what you mention are working on niche “how to make money online” - and it is hot niche, bcs everybody need money
I followed the advice of one of these TH-cam Gurus on making a relaxation channel. Did all that work only to be knocked back by TH-cam for monetisation due to lack of originality. So, I scraped those videos, took 100% original video myself and images, put them together with the music and sounds, and a month later, bang, monetised. The lesson? To get monetised for a channel like that, use 100% original images and videos.
What is the name of your TH-cam channel
Where did you get the sound
@@Sunny-jc9hh Zengage Motivational and Guided Meditation
@@zengagemotivational would you like to show me what websites can i visit for this meditation music?
@@rickytv7877 just type in “buy meditation music for commercial use” and a whole list of sites will come up. The best ones to use are the ones you pay for as they are generally not over used like the free ones usually are. For guided meditation, you can easily find many of them by searching Google
but again, be prepared to pay something for them. Or, buy some guided meditation scripts and record your own with some background music. However, be prepared to do the work as this genre on TH-cam is not an easy one. I hope this helps you Ricky to get started.
Dang, thank you! Appreciate you saving me the leg work i can't believe those stats over 30 days that's absolutely ludicrous!!! Great work bro!
No problem!
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I can understand the desire to earn a living from TH-cam content. What I think some people don't realize is that if you are just a video machine, you don't always establish a personal connection with your audience.
I personally feel that's very important. I have a genuine desire to help people. I also help myself with the content I create. I get in that realm when I create the video and I can listen to it when I need that particular type of content.
Establishing genuine trust with your followers is at the top of my list.
If my channel never becomes eligible for monetization that's ok as long as TH-cam continues to permit me to use their platform to reach out and help people ,I will continue to do so.
I just won't quit my day job😊
I like that you said the truth. I listened to TH-cam gurus and created a channel based on this niche but I hardly got views. I kept on researching to find out what I was doing wrong till I stumbled on your channel. I am glad to know the problem is that the niche is saturated and its just not as easy to make money as does promoting faceless TH-cam channels told us it was.
What do YOU think is the best way to 'make it rain' on TH-cam? 💰
i dont know
Yes. I recently got interested in affiliate marketing and ran across this scheme, which is making the rounds in the money making niche. I was thinking "bulls....". They just saw a channel had a lot of views and said you can automatically have the same success just doing the same thing.
Anytime anyone says this type of thing you're too late... Take that to the bank.
It seems like the best way to make money is to just come up with a bunch of fake schemes and then sell someone a course, which upsells them a more expensive course.
Gave you a sub for being honest. Don't lose that
@@NicholasLaDieu Thanks!
I subscribed and supported you.
I’m just starting out, but I create my own sounds. And I’ve started to use a paid AI art subscription to create original thumbnails. As I focus on sleep music and sounds, I have most of my videos fade to black. I think Using as much original sounds and images is the key to standing out from the crowd.
I record all my own music using Logic Pro , so I will not get flagged for reused content. I just think that most of the free content available today has been so recycled that it’s just not worth trying to use it. You could maybe try and pay a music producer on fivver to create something for you, and try and create your own imagery, if you don’t have the skills to produce your own.
As a fellow TH-camr myself your editing is spot on! Only missing a green screen and a cool background!
Thanks William!
Your honesty got you a new sub and I’m binging your videos now. Just goes to show, if you’re in for the right reasons, the rest will follow. 😊
Thanks so much!
@@VEEDCREATORS Deserved ✅
What happened to my relaxing sounds channel SIX MONTHS later? 🎥th-cam.com/video/SWQtE0ebfgY/w-d-xo.html
PS. try VEED to create your own meditation videos 👉 veed.video/468d7Ef
some girl started youtube in 2023 and already beat you in subs which is so surprising
@@NotAubreyRobloxx lol. I have a fairly good idea why that would be 🙂
I absolutely appreciate your analysis of the meditation music videos.
It is not easy to make money through meditation channels. The only thing that intrigues is the financial performance of some channels that are showing one still picture for 10 Hrs and probably the same music over and over again.
I think it's not about the music. It is all about how to do business. So much for the time being. Will follow this video.
Like you said yourself, #TH-cam is a long term project. Keep grinding 💪 💯
For sure!
I feel like your thumbnails could’ve been stronger, like the fonts and the pictures used, could’ve been more appealing or more accurately representing the sounds. The titles were pretty good but also could’ve been modified to be slightly stronger for example using key words like stress and peace, letting the thumbnails also reflect that.
This was a really good insightful video ! Those watch hours are actually very good🙌🏾🎶
Good advice thank you! I clicked on some of those videos you made I think you can exponentially increase your viewer and subscriber number if the calming images change frequently rather than being completely static and uninteresting to be honest. Personally I like putting relaxing music in the background but with changing images so that whenever I look, there's something interesting/beautiful to look at while listening
I totally agree with you on that
Oh wow this made my cry within 5 seconds. I miss you Michael, will forever promise to spread your message. HEAL THE WORLD 🌎 😭❤️
Simple truth is, if it isn't original then it wont do too well, and if it's from stock photos or videos and the audio isn;t original, then it most likely wont be monetized either. channels that do the best with this usually have their own content.
Truth
If it takes 160 uploads on average, why did you stop after only 30?
i think this was about testing the promise of a shortcut
I enjoyed this, finely someone real and not just fake waiting for click bait. I'm gonna be subriber number 7 for the music channel just because you're actually hilarious and show real content
Just started my channel, still learning too...thanks for sharing this information!
This is amazing!! Someone showed us the reality without hiding anything. Thanks to you brother.
I saw your replies in earlier comments regarding original content (audio/video both) upload.
Did you figure it out whether it will work or not?
As i am composer i am very keen to learn that.
Thanks again in advance if you chose to reply to this!
I read a comment here that TH-cam does NOT monetise mediation type channels since 2019. I can tell you from experience, that is NOT the case. My meditation/relaxation channel was monetised in early 2022. If you write your own music, maybe even shoot your own video, you should have no problems in getting monetised. But obviously, its up to the gods at TH-cam ultimately.
@@zengagemotivational Exactly! That is why I am now a specialized Nature videographer that provides Original & exclusive sounds and videos to TH-cam creators in the niche of meditation / relaxation. I have been doing it for 1 year and I am so happy to help people monetize their channels by choosing original content. Contact me if you need original footage!
If you look at some of the older threads where people questioned why their meditation/relaxation videos got taken down, you will see that Google said it was reused content, repetitive, looping videos and they used to monetize those, but have stopped, because like you said they are over the top with that many of the same thing. Plus if you look, you will see that none of them have ads, but what they do on some is have an affiliate links of sorts to Spotify or their website where I am assuming the music is from. I wouldn't waste my time with this. Also Social Blade is just showing an estimate of what a channel could potential earn, not what it does. So, rather misleading.
This is so true. Ich have a channel with relaxing videos. It makes so much fun. I appreciate your advise and will change a few things.
It's crazy to me that people are showing what they want to watch and TH-cam is refusing to monetize. Insane. These people watch these videos over and over
In my experience, it's not a great way to get views - the niche is very oversaturated
I want to believe that's due to reused content.
Curious to know if anything has changed after 2 years and if you actually monetised the channel?
That's exactly what happened to my Relaxation Channel. A lot of time money and I hit all qualifications and got denied. Total bummer 😔
Was everything original or copyright free?
This was so funny 😂. I saw these gurus almost telling people to copy, but I didn’t want to make a negative comment because allot people were buying in to it.
interesting! finally someone who tell us the truth ;)
Glad you liked it!
It's not my meditation , relaxing music channel has been up for 2 yrs at 28 subs and 500 watch hours. I gave up but now am going back to fix it up and add more videos.. cannot even find my channel except through my 1st channel being subscribed it's so not on radar.. 😅 Thank you for this advice video , very helpful
Somebody is lying bc I went to a monetizer checker and checked Rain channels that were less than a yr old and they were monetized and nothing seemed to original from what I seen.
I liked the way of your talking and your honesty! Thank you so much and you've just got a new subscriber!
LOL I am so making a video about this!! And of course I'll give you credit for your experiment here. Amazing.
youtube is looking at the videodiscription and if there only a bunch of keywords they don´t push the content.... it seems that suggestions are more important... and finaly.... the succsesfull chanels have always something special and unique in their sounds.... its mostly not a simple copy from a free library. i´m curious how your chanel will perform in the long term
That is potentially true, although a lot of big youtubers still use non sensical keyword sentences in their descriptions. You are correct though, recommended videos are very important - but you sometimes need keywords to get in there
I plan to start my own channel like this woth 100% original music and sound effects and imagery.
I've been publishing videogame/anime/TV series/movies relaxing videos for almost two years, completely aware that this type of content creation cannot be monetized. It's a pity but I quite enjoy making them, and I pour a lot of hours and passion into making them. My only aim for possible income is my donation link. I've not received a single penny so far, but perhaps in the future when my channel has grown large enough. Thanks for the video.
OMG.. your video is so true. I have a relaxing music channel and compose my own music.. getting subscribers is not easy at all. After two years, I only got 282 subscribers. I don’t know if I will ever get to 1000 subscribers and 4000 hours. I agree with you.. it’s almost impossible to monetize with relaxing music. Thanks for putting together the video .. I appreciate it.
Thanks so much for the comment Akim! Sorry to hear it's been such a struggle for you...
What's your channel? I would sub. I want to avoid making the same mistakes if possible. I don't really care about the money but considering I've gotten hundreds of thousands of views on other types of vids I've made and not as much on these.. just want to see what others have done.
@@PositiveVibesVids do you want to buy my channel, I want to sell
@@Aditixlifts if it were good perhaps. I have multiple channels most of them have a million + views.
It's odd though looking at your channel it had 1.5k subs which is pretty good yet only 4 videos with basically no views - am I looking at the right channel?
@@PositiveVibesVids that's the reason why I am selling this channel, i randomly uploaded 1 Shorts video of k pop artists and that video wet viral 209k views, i didn't thought that but the problem is now I am uploading videos and have almost no views, i thought I can make this channel successful by giving it good niche. But the result is in front of you, i am totally confused 😕.
Thank you for this video. I believed it would be just that easy. However, I was toying with the relaxing sound idea or another one and I believe I will go to the more fun option for me.
aaabsolutely underestimated channel!!! I wish u 1mio+ subs!!! u deserve it! thx for ur channel!
bitter- but- true event here, thanks to slap us with reality, dude !! keep up, we love your education videos !
these vids keep gettin better and better ur so underrated
Thanks so much!
Good lord. My brother really wanted to try this, but some comments from the comments section from the videos of those "gurus" you mentioned were all like, "Nope. It's actually NOT that simple". *siiiiiiiigh*😞 I figured. I'll still work with some vids to see, but thank you so much for clearing some info up for me😅
Glad to help! Unfortunately, many creators make these videos about "easy money making channels" based on other videos on the same topic - they don't actually try it themselves
@@VEEDCREATORS Thanks for the quick reply!
Question: let's say, hypothetically, I create an "Ambient Video" with my own OG photo & audio, and I reach the quoted number of subs & hours litened to to
"make it rain"
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Would TH-cam count that as content acceptable for monetization???
Thanks! Sorry for the bother😅
@@galacticarchangel No bother at all! It's a hard question to answer, because I don't know how TH-cam sees it - but to me, it seems more likely that this would get you monetised because it's fully original content
@@VEEDCREATORS Thank for the honest answer! I guess I'll see how it goes, then🤔😊
@@galacticarchangel Good luck!
Thanks for the true story behind this " rich easy idea" 💡
You are honest you get my like for sure
With Famester you can surely monetize them at a gallop.
How long did it take?
Bot bitch
@@jarredmacquoid7688 , wow, Charlotte never replied back to you ??? That right there says a lot.
@@andrecummings13 bro its not that serious 😭
Thanks, I subscribed and liked and now commenting as due respect
Well I am doing the same experiment and seem to be doing very well, I am making my own music now and create the videos from scratch 🙃 😅 🙂
I hope it works out for you!
@@VEEDCREATORS thanks
A honest review. Appreciate it 👍
Ohhhh my god I’m so happy to find your video 😊thanks
Thank you for showing the reality! There are way too many people online telling others how to make money online without doing it themselves.
One thing though: There is a big difference between a meditation and a relaxing sound video. That's why the videos you showed as examples didn't claim to be mediation videos.
Yeah, you could draw that distinction. It is a term that tends to get used for both though - eg. sounds for meditation
Thank you for sharing this. I was not so wrong when I hear so many music meditation/relaxation channels, the music is soulless and copy pasted. I was right. Nothing against the creators that do this to make money only. I love music and as music composer and music meditation instructor I will go to create original soulfull (and simple) music too. Maybe not everybody will feel the difference but those who can feel it will be truly healed :)
Finding the balance of serving, really helping people in the middle of the chaotic world+making tons of money as a result.
😅😂🤣 Bro!! this video is hilarious, keep it up Sir
Glad you enjoyed!
What u need is to make your own meditation music. Do u have your own studio to make your own music or know any musicians? When I search on youtube for meditation music see folks copy the same music which is not original some may be original not all of them. My plan is to partner with someone that has their own studio and is also a musician let that digest in your head.
I really think that's why he's not successful in this niche. He seems to have no knowledge of creating his own sound. Copying or using loops that everyone has will alert TH-cams algorithm that it's copied and not original. He needs a true passion in this niche to successful. Copying and pasting isn't what it's about, it's about creating your own sound that is unique. Every sound and tone with my sleep music is 100% original. I started doing this recently, and can see some light through the tunnel. But I have 28 years experience recording sound and truly have a passion for these type of videos. I will listen to a new track I created for a few nights while sleeping to test out its effectiveness and make changes so that it is perfect before uploading. When something is ingenious, the viewers will take notice.
just about to do it, my job sucks, but now Ill have to think it over, tho I did not plan to use any ,any, of the regular sounds.
Im gonna suscribe just cause you are honest and you deserve it. 🎉
I've read from google forum itself, that relaxing and meditation music video can no longer be monetized since late of 2019. They said it's because TH-cam doesn't want advertiser money get wasted on videos where people just open to hear, and instead of watching the content...because you know, those who don't watch the video are not ads audiences for obvious reason. In my opinion, that move of TH-cam is make perfect sense.
I wonder though, why the hell did i still see ads whenever i open meditation and relaxing music video now in 2022. Did TH-cam let some older channels go continue monetizing their sound only videos, or did TH-cam continue on monetizing those vids without giving those channel a share of the ads profit??
You are exactly right - if channels were monetized before 2019 (like Relaxing White Noise for example), they can continue to earn adsense from their videos. Could you please send me the link to that Google forum? It would be interesting to read
Actually I read an article from TH-cam management that they can put ads even ur channel still not monetize yet..so proba bly it's possible 😔, they can run ads they can on ur vid without u earning..
You can monetize it in other ways. You can add a call out at the very beginning of the video that goes to a related affiliate product.
Nothing happens over night (30 days). You have to post for months and years to accumulate the momentum needed to make the money. What you put in the universe is what you get out. Great video!
they make it easier said than done but i feel with a bit of work you could definitely carve a niche. with your channel, the thumbnails were inconsistent. the good ones performed much better than the half-done black photo with text. all the videos are also random. i've noticed the largest channels have been around for close to 10 years and caught on the trend early. the newer ones that are succeeding look very calculated and do things a specific way. the videos are certain lengths ('angel numbers like 11:11:11 etc), thumbnails done certain way, they even run bots to leave positive affirmations in the comments (including some from "doctors"). stuff like that is important because most people watching these videos struggle in mental health and genuinely feel good seeing things of that sort.
i think most people's problem is they are simply looking out for themselves (how can i make money quick) instead of focusing on who they are serving. they want to put in minimum work and get a result. after a month of posting you should have a base to study and figure out where to go from there, not quit.
now obviously the original content and demonization is something to worry about, but i'm sure there's way around it (actually putting in effort)
The channels that have been around for 10 years are successful because they were allowed to be monetised - that’s the main reason.
@@VEEDCREATORS or because they've been posting the content for 10 years straight
@@pj-hs7pk Partly. They got monetised BEFORE TH-cam blacklisted this style of channel, so that obviously helps them
@@VEEDCREATORS how do you explain the newer channels ? are they not monetized?
@@pj-hs7pk Nope. I say that in this video. TH-cam doesn't monetise Relaxing Channels
recently started a channel, i am new to it and i honestly do not care if it will go or it wont, good luck to all of you who is starting a channel with me!
I tried with similar channels and nothing, after a year and a half nothing, the video is not shown to anyone, I note that I record the video myself.
love this video im rewatching it over and over
I recently started a lullaby music channel but i am not using any stock footage.
Took me years of being consistent to get my channel where it is. 1 month is not going to do it obviously
You managed to monetise a relaxing sounds channel?
@@VEEDCREATORS No my current channel lol. It took me way over a month to get close to being monetized. I dont know of much channels who get monetized in one month. its rare.
Yes that’s true - this video is about people who say it’s “easy” to create a relaxation channel to make money online. I say it’s not easy.
what i studied about these channels is that they are tik tok accounts and before starting youtube channel they started tik tok account and start posting content there and as you all know getting followers and views on tik tok is much easier as compared to youtube and once they have 1k followers you can add your link and than the rest is passive traffic follow flowing from tik tok to your youtube channel
Hmm I have not seen this. Are meditation channels popular on TikTok?
@@VEEDCREATORS no they are not what they are doing and what i am doing for the past two weeks is compiling stocks images and videos from pixaby and instagram and than rewire the content twist it around so that tik tok algorithm wont detect the same thing
ok so..
Fist of all i see the point..
"TH-cam doesn't recognise this type of content as original content (whatever that means)".
Are there people judging or it's the algorythm? what are the criteria of "original content"
What if the whole creative approach / purpose of the channel is different though?
Let's say that:::
I am an audio engineer who loves capturing / recording nature or ambiance in unique (or not) situations / places..
The concept includes me getting my a$$ out there, hunting the 'real thing' by using creative, recording techniques in the process (see it as photo/videography).
Editing will take part as little as possible.. That means that as long as the video lasts, it's me somewhere there feeding battery to my devices..
I also use unique, professional gear that makes me competitive in my field. Both in audio and video scenarios. Of course that doesn't have to mean anythng to "success".. but at least i can indeed provide a different experience quality / creative wise to the listener.
The approach is not about getting a quick buck doing as little as possible.. nor tries to fit into any generic af niche of this kind..
This is for people that can benefit from these sounds / imageries in many ways, and would appreciate quality, realism, and the work put in behind it..
For sure the best move i can think of is to use that as a second channel and not as your main focus..
How about that? Does that make any sense? Can this approach be interesting for people AND / OR can it be monitized at all?
I understand what you're saying, but there's still no guarantee that TH-cam will see this as "original content"
@@VEEDCREATORS i'm sorry but i'm as confused as before.
I mean.. with all the rescpect you answered almost non of my questions.
I was expecting you will elaborate a little bit further but anyways..
P.s: In another video of the same topic you say that by using your own sounds and/or creative techniques "can guarantee" safety..
What if i show my face, have an intro with dialog and/or text explaning things..?
In other words.. WTF can i do to guarantee monitization??
Everything I have to say on this topic is in the video - there's no way to guarantee monetisation. I don't have access to what TH-cam thinks, therefore all I can tell you is that many users with relaxing sound channels do not get monetised in 2022. In my opinion, having an intro with dialogue/text etc sounds like it COULD be more possible - but again, I CANNOT give you a guarantee!
appreciate the effort and exposition!
This is awesome!! Can’t wait to watch your other vids. You totally confirmed my skepticism of all the “$1000 a day” TH-camr claims out there. One question though, how did you post 10 hour videos without being verified at that time and not having 100K subs? I thought startups are limited to 15min uploads until they reach 100K subs? 🤷🏻♂️ thanks!
I don't know if there's a limit before the 10 hour mark, but I recently started a channel with 1 hour long videos, and I had no problems uploading them.
Recently started a channel, don’t care much about the money, just want to help people relax
Then carry on!
I checked out that channel you made, and maybe it's the thumbnails? In my experience they weren't "clickable" enough for what the video was. Maybe that's the thing?
Could have been a factor for sure! But I guess that still goes against the idea of this being an "easy money making hack"
@@VEEDCREATORS Good point
you definitely got my subscribe!
Thanks. You saved me from making the same mistake and wasting mega hours posting reuse content. Thanks (BTW - Darth Vader Sent Me☢)
You're welcome!
You definitely can't use the same things other people are using for sure and it's a long haul period especially if you are new! Hopefully, you use all free tools and don't spend a fortune on tools and then don't make a dime!
I want to start a channel like "Lofi Girl" I will use my own composed music. will it monetize?
Yes, because it is your own original content
did you add ad-sense to your meditation videos ? thanks for the video its really good and truth comes from it.. and if you do not make money in 2 years from now we know the truth its all about sending you to the course at the end. Hype is Everywhere now everyone's posting hype to get you to click on there links to make them referrals however your TH-cam channel will be on top even more now talking about money methods..
Can someone help me with this question please? I'm working on a second channel where I specifically make music on my own and would like to have it where the screen fades to black in like 10 seconds and then have it run for 10 hours. Since I'm making the music on my own by playing on my keyboard and recording it into audacity and editing it together putting it to a specific Hertz or whatever, do you think I will get monetized? I understand lack of originality visually, but that's only because I don't want light emitting from people's phones, laptops, etc so that they can fall asleep. TH-cam's response might be that if people are falling asleep, why should there be ads on a video that people aren't going to be awake to see, and my response to that would be well don't put ads in between the videos, put it at the start of the video and then the person could skip the ad and fall asleep to the music, or if people don't click the ad, then don't charge the advertiser unless an ad is clicked. But I'm pretty sure with my creative music skills, I can get to a thousand subscribers and 4,000 hours worth of watch time eventually, and would like to make money off of it, but if all else fails, I still really do care about helping people fall asleep, which is a big goal for me, and I would like to put a smile on one person's face if I can, and that would mean I won, but it would also be nice to get paid for that hard work so if I don't get monetized, I could still technically put a GoFundMe page or something in the description and say hey, would you mind funding my hard work? Because my main goal is to get rich so I can then help homeless people and sick people etc, and I would like to make passive income doing the things I love like music and acting etc but currently have my main channel and also trying to make the second channel as well as working for cryptocurrencies doing marketing like CDS, which I invested a lot of money into because I have a lot of faith into it and believe that that will be my main source of being rich. But other passive income like the second TH-cam channel would be nice, but I feel like I'm putting so much work into making these tracks, I would feel really bummed if they don't monetize me even though I made the music myself, cuz then for that matter I would just film myself playing the background tracks, and then instead of black screen it would be me playing it for 10 hours straight by looping myself or whatever and then it would be completely original right in terms of both audio and visuals and there you go, but I'll have to figure that out when I get there as I would like to have at least 50 tracks or 50 videos before I even create the channel. Thank you everyone and I love you all and good luck with your channel and I hope you all get amazing success, let's help rebuild this world together
It wouldn't let me upload a long video on TH-cam
Did you verify your account?
I'm a professional music producer and video producer, I created a relaxation content brand because I enjoy producing ambient stuff, I didn't launch it I had to park it for a while because I had so much client work, but now its ready to launch I want to abandon the brand because I feel like labelling my work as relaxation content actually tarnishes it because of how much garbage there is on youtube in that niche.
People auto generating music, get rich quick passive income making meditation videos blah blah, i'll sell you 10 youtube mediation videos for a hundred bucks etc. Its all just garbage. After doing so much research in this area if I wanted to listen to ambient music on youtube I would never click on a relaxation content vid because the expectation is its going to be awful.
I've noted that the big players in this game when I first started looking at it don't seem to get many views on new vids. The ones where its all like 1 million or 2 or 5 million are all from 5 or 10 years ago. So it seems like there is a correlation between the influx of generic crap courtesy of the i'll teach you how to make 6 figures a month in passive income cretins, and the reduction of views for many of the big players who lets face it weren't making particularly inspiring stuff.
For me the idea I had was always well if this person is getting 10 million views on a vid and their music is crap why don't I just make something good? But now it's so saturated with garbage I don't even want to label my stuff as the same thing. And there is no way you can get a channel like you've done in this vid monetized now. You can just get an AI synth to endlessly generate drones etc and youtube becomes a swamp of crap so absolutely they should be filtering this stuff out.
I think youtube might be making a shift away from generic relaxation brands and becoming more favorable towards actual real individual artists potentially. Because actual music producers like my self are catching on to this now so we can then saturate it with good stuff rather than these admin monkeys trying to make a fast buck clogging it up with shit. Thats how I think it might be going but I can't be certain.
Stephen Merchant… you remind me of him in the best possible ways!! A compliment 😊
Very informative video, thank you.
I'm wondering, how do some channels get monetized if TH-cam doesn't play ads in their videos ?
(ads get in the way of the relaxing experience)
Awesome vid. I'm gonna make a video just like this... I am 1 month in.. I've done quadruple better than your channel over that time yet that's not saying much and also my lady is my number one fan. And I'm a big fan of myself too lol .. I actually enjoy making these types of videos and am not doing it for the money.
It kills me to see some of my other vids in the hundreds of thousands of views of me skateboarding yet not even a fraction on starting this out.
Yet I've learned so much more from TH-cam than I ever did from my skate videos because I mean I literally don't even remember the password for my old account. I did try a few tech videos out but did not find them to be enjoyable. I like actual music more than white noise and such though I am trying out everything.
I want to see your channel but I don't see anything did you delete it?
Thanks for the comment and congrats on your channel. You can see how well my channel is doing by watching this updated video: th-cam.com/video/SWQtE0ebfgY/w-d-xo.html
I recently started this type of channel. and in 1 week I had over 1.5k views and 150 hours of watch time.
after a year of making relaxing and sleep music , i want to tell you something. this niche is not a good place to put you time and effort
Can we monetize top 10 videos channel??
Great question, I'm not 100% - but as along as you have no copyright or community strikes, then maybe!
Thats to much. Use stream builder. loop the video, and sound, then set to end it in 10 hours. basicly let youtube make the video using livestream.... much easier.... and yes, after many long hours, and loads of work. it will make money. but it wont be fast nor easy... 30 days.. rofl... try a few years...
I am your 1,000th subscriber
Thanks Warren!! Amazing!
Hey thanks love this video!
I have a doubt. If I do the lofi versions of songs, is it considered original and cannot be monetizable?
TH-cam is the long game...9 years and only 50 subscribers....... **sigh**
oh yeah hope we all make it...
Did you watch the experiment? haha
@@VEEDCREATORS yes its helps
@@VEEDCREATORS pls subscribe also hahaha... I love your videos
maybe if you didn't make all of your videos 10 hours long they would have gotten more views? Doesn't seem optimal for the algorithm, especially a new channel
I created my No Copyright channel, I just love the design I do for it lol
That's great!
Hello!
I just watched the video and i really appreciate you honesty and the way you present the video
I have this channel that was previously a gaming channel but duo to university and other work i don’t find time for it,do you think turning this channel to a mediation video channel would be a good idea? i have 40K subs in this channel and this year i have 2000 hours of watching to this year so what do you think?
Thank you for your amazing content
ya my buddy had the same thing happen. reused content. but we found a way around it
What was your solution?
@@VEEDCREATORS I can’t mention on here but I can tell u off yt
@@VEEDCREATORS but you can get monetized within less than 30 days for starters
@@kiodiekin I want to get into this, would you be willing to share with me how you got around it?
how? Thank you Kio!
Well done, thank you for the heads up. I have subscibed your channel too.
Thanks for the heads up
You're welcome!
Thank you quite informative 👍
What kind of computer did you use to make your videos?
And what about doing TH-cam shorts with copyright Free music
It’s because none of the content is yours. No one really makes money or gains success from just using content that isn’t original. They all say they do but the original content that they all actually make money on is the videos (like this one) where they just talk about it.
Facts
hey can you make a video how you make ur videos ! keep it up the good work bro :)
Hey if i add outro to the video and add commentary of my own like giving tips to relax and stuff like that throughout the video will i be monetized ?
You probably have a better chance, but I can say for sure as I'm not TH-cam :)
What is the expansion for Chrome to see TH-cam video Tags like here 3:50
I think than you need work on it few years constently. And after few years it should be better. I have also similiar type of project, but all original from me, no free sounds, no royalty free videos/pictures. So good luck. All thise guru what you mention are working on niche “how to make money online” - and it is hot niche, bcs everybody need money
I'm subscriber #14!
Wooo thanks!
U really help me and save time. Btw how about own composition of meditation music on youtube ?
This is probably the bets option!