00:00In this video, we're going to cover five YouTube automation niches to always avoid in 2026
00:05because these exact faceless niches will always get demonetized for inauthentic content.
00:11So I'll first show you the niches and then I'll actually give you three tips
00:15that you can use right now to avoid getting demonetized for inauthentic content.
00:21With that being said, I would say let's go for the people who are asking themselves,
00:24who the hell is this guy?
00:26I'm Stefan, I've made hundreds of thousands of dollars with faceless YouTube channels.
00:29There at the back, you can also see some of my play buttons
00:31and I've helped hundreds of other people do the same thing.
00:34For example, here, Martin's, we've helped to make $31,000 a month,
00:38Stam got monetized in literally a few weeks.
00:41Then here, Antonin got monetized in 20 days and many, many others.
00:46Here, different student makes like $12,000 a month and many, many more.
00:50If you're interested in getting similar results or the same results,
00:53check out the first link in the video description.
00:56Book a completely free one-on-one call with me
00:58and we'll have a look if it makes sense to work together or not
01:01and, you know, if I can actually get you these exact results.
01:04Then we also have a completely free school community
01:07with a completely free course will be the second link in the video description.
01:11Make sure to join through that link, otherwise you will not be approved.
01:15Then I will answer all questions in the comments.
01:18So if you have any questions, shoot them into the comments.
01:22With that being said, let's just quickly understand what does inauthentic content even mean
01:28because many people are still confused about it.
01:30Now, YouTube's rule is not very clear,
01:33but it mostly means that videos that look the same all are made in bulk, right?
01:42So, wait, let me repeat this again.
01:44By the way, all my videos are uncut because I just wanted to upload them as quickly as possible.
01:48I don't want to sit here editing and stuff like that.
01:50So, YouTube's rule is not very clear,
01:53but it mostly means videos that look the same or are made in bulk.
01:57Now, YouTube uses Gemini AI,
01:59so it's better at noticing channels that look automated, all right?
02:04Then, if a channel copies the same style again and again with no human feeling,
02:08same titles every time, same thumbnail, same video structure, same voice,
02:13like with same voice, I mean like same kind of voice
02:16that every single person on YouTube is using,
02:18or, yeah, yeah, kind of that.
02:21YouTube can tell, all right?
02:23YouTube is using here Gen AI,
02:26the Gen AI to kind of, or the AI to kind of scan channels.
02:30It can very quickly tell if a channel is doing exactly this, right?
02:35If your channel looks like it was by using the same template over and over,
02:40your channel could be in danger
02:42and it could actually get demonetized by inauthentic content.
02:46Now, I was very lucky.
02:48When it comes to inauthentic content,
02:51actually, none of my channels got demonetized for inauthentic content.
02:54But for that, I also have to say that I don't run any channels
02:57that are on this current list here today.
03:00So, with that being said, let's start out with the first channel.
03:04Let me just show you guys how this channel looks like.
03:06They actually changed their channel name very recently,
03:08so I think they want to switch over their niche.
03:11The channel is called Wisdom Path, right?
03:13And what they're doing is,
03:15firstly, these kind of channels are performing absolutely crazy.
03:18Five months ago, they started the channel.
03:20The most popular video has 80,000 views
03:22and this channel is literally still doing 300,000 views a week
03:27and they're not actively posting on this channel anymore, right?
03:31But they posted 450 videos.
03:33Now, something we can see on this channel here straight away
03:36that it all looks like the same copy-paste videos, right?
03:40Every single thumbnail basically looks exactly the same, all right?
03:44Then, if we go, for example, to the videos
03:46and we have a look at the videos,
03:48what we will see is that these videos are completely
03:50and clearly made with AI, all right?
03:53Have a look.
03:58It's always just, like, some text and then the random background.
04:02Have a look and then, obviously, the voiceover.
04:04Just a random background throughout the whole video.
04:06And YouTube does not like these kind of channels.
04:09It never has and it never will.
04:12Back then, when I started with YouTube,
04:13like, back in, like, with faceless YouTube channels,
04:16back in 2020,
04:18these kind of channels would never even get monetized by YouTube, all right?
04:21So, this is one channel I would never go into one niche.
04:25I would never go into.
04:26In general, many of these niches are super saturated,
04:28but leave these kind of niches here.
04:31It's always going to get you desaturated.
04:33Then, we have this channel, Crazy Pepper Revenge.
04:37This is, like, one of these kind of revenge channels.
04:39Also, still doing very, very well here.
04:42600 videos posted, still doing 150,000 views a week.
04:48Now, we can see that this channel here is still monetized.
04:51But I'm very sure that this channel will be demonetized as well.
04:55This channel is seven months old.
04:57The most popular video has 800,000 views.
05:00And once again, if we look at the thumbnail,
05:02it's all, again, copy-paste content, all right?
05:06Every single video follows the exact same style, right?
05:10And these videos are super, super easy to create
05:13with no added value to the platform, nothing.
05:16And YouTube notices that, right?
05:18So, firstly, all thumbnails are the same.
05:20The only thing that's different is, like,
05:21the woman in the thumbnails and then the text.
05:24If we look at the videos, it's going to be the same thing.
05:27Now, one reason why YouTube also demonetizes these kind of channels
05:32is because they don't know if the stories are even true, right?
05:35They don't want some fake stuff on YouTube, all right?
05:38You thought I'd never find out.
05:40I pulled it out and held it to the lamp.
05:43Finally stopped.
05:44I just finished my little arts and crafts.
05:47It was pounding so loud I was sure the neighbors could hear it through the walls.
05:51As you can see, like, this is literally all AI generated.
05:55Like, you can literally generate this whole video using just AI.
05:58And YouTube does not like this kind of templated content.
06:02And the thing is, what most people don't understand is that AI is based on patterns and templates, right?
06:08And if you go with, if you create your whole video with AI,
06:12this is exactly what's going to happen, right?
06:14Then we have this channel.
06:16This channel was recently demonetized.
06:18I think everyone saw it on Twitter.
06:20Every single person.
06:21Like, obviously, there are channels in this exact same niche that are still doing very well
06:26and that are still crushing it.
06:28But they are creating a little bit of a different kind of videos, right?
06:32So, firstly, you know, we can see everything looks pretty much the same.
06:36I wouldn't even say too much the same as, you know, some of the other channels on our list.
06:40But if we look at the videos, right, we can see these videos do not have any effort in them,
06:46right?
06:47The scripts are completely written with AI.
06:49Then we have the videos which have like six or nine images throughout a 45-minute video, right?
06:57So, YouTube just doesn't see why a channel like this should be monetized.
07:01And secondly, they don't know if these stories told by these kind of channels are even true, right?
07:07Now, let's go over to the next channel, Maya Revenge.
07:10Here's another revenge channel that you should never, ever go into.
07:14It's very similar, right?
07:17Same thing as, for example, this one.
07:19But this one is a little bit differently or different, but same exact thing.
07:23As you can see here, six months, they posted 3,100 videos, all right?
07:28That's like the other thing with YouTube.
07:30You want to kind of keep down your uploading schedule a little bit.
07:35If you look for a channel like this, just as an example,
07:37they were posting like eight videos a day, right?
07:39And even these kind of videos here, if we look at these videos,
07:43they have the disclaimer in the beginning, but that doesn't matter.
07:46Like, we can just see it's literally one kind of image here
07:49and then a voiceover throughout the whole video.
07:52I knew that my mother considered limits to be softened.
07:56If you want to go into a niche that looks like these niches,
08:00please avoid it now, all right?
08:02Then we have this one.
08:05Let me show you guys.
08:06This channel, as far as I know, also got demonetized.
08:09Let's have a look.
08:10I'm pretty sure it did.
08:11Yeah, demonetized.
08:13They're not actively posting anymore.
08:15Again, exact same thing.
08:16This is like all AI story channels.
08:20Have a look here.
08:21So this is all AI generated.
08:22And then it's literally just one image and a whole video.
08:26And I can totally understand YouTube why channels like this aren't monetized anymore.
08:32I can completely understand it.
08:34The problem with these kind of channels is that it's firstly extremely easy to create, all right?
08:40Secondly, if, you know, if a channel like this, and everyone knows it,
08:45if a channel like this actually performs well,
08:47there are hundreds on thousands of channels that look exactly the same.
08:52And if YouTube would not take action against these kind of channels,
08:56then YouTube would probably be a platform with only these kind of videos, right?
09:02Yes, people watch them, 100%.
09:04But I just think the amounts of channels that look like these kind of channels
09:09were just too crazy for YouTube.
09:11If it wouldn't be so crazy, I don't even think they would be demonetized, all right?
09:15But let me actually show you guys exactly how you can kind of protect yourself against
09:19inauthentic content.
09:21Just a little bit, three tips are quite easy to kind of put in or to, you know, implement.
09:26But firstly, add a human touch to your branding.
09:29Instead of using a generic AI or AI made image,
09:34use a real person as your profile picture, okay?
09:37As we see exactly here.
09:39You guys can look up these channels.
09:41Name your channel like History with Steffen or Science with Steffen,
09:46not just something generic like Mystery Time.
09:48This here sounds too much like AI, all right?
09:52This worked back in the days, but doesn't work anymore.
09:54This makes your channel feel more personal and human,
09:57which again saves or keeps your channel more safe, all right?
10:01The biggest thing that YouTube is kind of trying to go against are these AI content farms, right?
10:07And that's why you will see for all new channels we create,
10:10it's all always with a personal name, personal channel description.
10:16We do not use like a real person image inside there,
10:20but my channels are not in these kind of niches.
10:22But we still do it to kind of keep our channels as protected as just possible.
10:27Then add a channel trailer.
10:30Introduce your channel in a personal way.
10:32Make a real channel trailer that explains what your channel is about.
10:36It works best if a real person speaks in the video.
10:39This is not a must, right?
10:41But it works best, all right?
10:43This can also help later when you ever need to appeal a decision.
10:47Now what we do, you guys can check out these channels to kind of see what they're doing.
10:50But what we, for example, do with our channel trailers is very simple.
10:54So we have the channel trailers and we use a demonetization appeal in that channel trailer
11:00so we don't even get demonetized, all right?
11:03This is going to help you a lot because the first thing that Gemini AI is going to scan is
11:10your channel trailer.
11:11What kind of videos are you posting?
11:12How does your channel trailer look?
11:14And if you have an appeal inside here already, you're just going to be safe for long term, all right?
11:19Then use a custom intro to make your channel feel more human.
11:23Then add a custom intro to every video.
11:25You can look at this channel as an example.
11:29Here the channel is, you can hear historias with Sebas.
11:32I hope you guys can see it.
11:34The image is a bit unclear.
11:35I can quickly show you guys how that would look like.
11:39Now, for the people who don't know or don't want to show themselves,
11:42you can actually hire someone to film videos for you, all right?
11:45Like you can, this person is 100% hired, but have a look.
11:48Hola, bienvenido a nuestro canal de historias sabias.
11:52Disfruta mirando.
11:54This works super, super well and is going to keep your channel as safe as just possible.
11:59If you look at this channel here, just as an example, it's monetized and they're doing the exact same videos
12:05as here, these kind of channels, right?
12:07And it's still monetized because they have this personal touch to their channel.
12:11Now, with that being said, I hope I could help with this video.
12:15Make sure if you're interested in working close with me, make sure to check out the first link in the
12:19video description.
12:20Book a completely free one-on-one call with me.
12:22We'll have a look if it would be a good fit or not.
12:24And then we'll see each other in the next video.
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