Velstro

‼️ FAQ For Vtubers moving to YouTube ‼️: As per the wisdom of a YT Indie (Tomoe Umari). Please share this with whoever might need it!! --- Q1. What's discoverability like for streams on YT? As far as this goes, I believe there's a stressed emphasis on content variety. Producing videos as well as shorts will help get you out there more, especially since shorts have their own independent algorithm and will display a red ring around them when you're currently streaming while someone is viewing them (your channel icon itself also has a red ring around it for any of your content being viewed while a live stream is active). I know that not everyone necessarily has the means of doing video production, however. It's just something to consider if your discovery isn't primarily done via external advertising aka on other platforms. Just be aware too that the same people coming to check out your shorts/vids won't necessarily be 100% guaranteed to come to your streams. I find that content of varying lengths and formats is a great method of putting yourself out there and showcasing various aspects of your individual appeal and personality, though. --- Q2. I heard you need 1 million short views to get monetized! Is that true? Nope, nope. It's 1K subscribers and 1 million short views OR 4K combined watch hours from video and streaming content. Much harder to reach than Twitch affiliate for sure, but not entirely unattainable. --- Q3. Emote Slots! What about them? The # of emote slots are unlocked in direct correlation to the # of channel members you have. If you're worried about having a lot of emotes that you won't be able to transfer over for a long time, I believe that you're able to gift out channel memberships yourself which can help circumvent the issue. Unlocking the slot requires a certain amount of memberships to be reached, but the emote won't be deleted if you fall beneath that quota in the next month. YT does not currently support animated emotes. :^( --- Q4. Sometimes I see ads for Vtubers on YT! Is that something I can do as well? Absolutely! Ads are done through Google and there's heaps of things to learn in regards to that. Bear in mind that you'll need to be registered as a business with your own EIN (Employer Identification Number), along with sorting out a couple other documents in order to run ads without revealing your legal name publicly due to recent policy changes. If you ever take an interest in this and need more details on the specifics, I'd be happy to assist. It’s very beneficial to run ads while actively streaming as the ads will sometimes state when your last active stream was. At the very least I’ve noticed they tend to perform better when you run them mid-stream. (please note: ads can be financially straining and difficult to optimize so I wouldn't worry about them until you're well established) -- Q5. You can do raids on YT?! You can! Just know that you need to be subscribed to whoever you'd like to raid and they need to either be currently streaming or have a waiting room up. Additionally, they need to have raids enabled. You can enable raids from a set list of specific individuals or open them up to allow anyone to raid you. If they don't have a waiting room up or aren't streaming when you're first setting up your steam, don't fret!— you can edit your stream settings while live in order to update the redirect without issue. -- Q6. How much does YT take from my profits? 30% for Superchats and Memberships! Most streamers also run StreamElements and Streamlabs tips prior to/alongside monetization to reduce the split. This is completely OK to do. --- Q7. Is YouTube going to force my audience to watch ads? Nope! Even after your acquire monetization, you can choose whether or not to monetize your streams, as well as what formats of ads are displayed. --- Q8. How do I unlock channel memberships? This becomes accessible soon after you're approved as a YT partner (monetized) which requires you to meet the aforementioned goals and also have a Google Adsense account. From there, the process is pretty straightforward in terms of setting up the different tiers. Google Adsense will display your last month’s earnings on the 15th of the current month and deposit on your acc around the 21st-23rd. I've found that it's pretty consistent and they'll email you once the payment is sent to your linked bank acc via direct deposit. If you want a more accurate view of your current earnings, you can check in YT studio at any time. --- Q9. What are some other important things to keep in mind? Thumbnails matter a lot in catching the eye, YT streams are traditionally shorter than Twitch streams on average since you have to compete with regular vids to hold people's attention, YT only records 12 hours of streams before you need to do another part to avoid anything from being deleted in the VOD, you shouldn't necessarily expect to get the same number of viewers as you do on Twitch since the territory itself is much different, using Twitter or Discord to help alert your following of your streams is very helpful since YT can be awful about pushing stream notifs sometimes, YT's content analytics can be helpful in making adjustments but shouldn't be considered law, and you can highlight other people's channels on your YT page to maintain your networks/groups just fine. --- Q10. Can I ask you YT questions about things other than what's covered here? You can! Admittedly I've never used Twitch before so there's probably a lot I failed to consider covering here. This is mostly just to serve as a broad initial sweep of answers based off of my personal experiences on YT. I'd be happy to help you get an answer on anything if I don't happen to know it already. --- Final Note: Best of luck to everyone out there in your content creation endeavors! I hope at least some of this information is of help, should you be currently considering making the switch or have a friend who is. ~ #Vtuber || #ENVtuber || #VtuberUprsing ~