Have you lost followers on YouTube? Don't worry, it's because of a new purge

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Have you lost followers on YouTube? Don't worry, it's because of a new purge
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We have the habit of cleaning up at the end of the year : recapitulating the profits, losses and leaving everything ready to start a new cycle and apparently social networks follow the same process. If during the next few days you notice that you are losing followers on YouTube, do not panic, since it is part of a purge that will be carried out to eliminate closed accounts on the social network.


A new purge could cause you to lose followers on YouTube
The company has informed creators about the possible loss of follo Email Data wers on YouTube through a message on its help forum , on its Twitter account, as well as through a notification in YouTube Creator Studio, its management control panel. of channels.

In its statement, Google's social video network explains that this measure is part of a routine , an effort by YouTube that seeks to ensure that the site remains free of this type of closed accounts, which may refer to those that users closed in advance. voluntarily or that YouTube closed for violations of its policies , such as spam or abuse, for example.


But although this purge may represent the loss of some followers on YouTube, the platform ensures that it should not have an impact on a channel's viewing time .

Creators affected by the purge will see changes to their subscriber counts appearing in YouTube Analytics later this week. If you want to know the exact number of closed accounts that have been removed from your channel, you will need to click “See More” in YouTube Analytics, then select “Closed Accounts” under “Subscription Sources”.

Some creators express concern
These types of purges are not taken very well by most content creators since the number of subscribers largely determines whether or not they are eligible for certain monetization tools , such as channel memberships or being able to integrate a bookshelf. digital with products.



Additionally, this is a factor that is taken into account when trying to join the YouTube Partner Program , and for small creators approaching the threshold of the 1,000 minimum subscribers required for this program, even a small drop in this count may affect your ability to monetize.

So far, the impact of this purge seems to vary greatly depending on the channel: some creators report only losing a few subscribers, while others claim thousands.

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Social networks usually clean their system of suspicious, spam and fake accounts
This is not the first time that YouTube has carried out a purge of subscribers since last December it also carried out this cleanup, and in fact Twitter carried out a cleanup of fake accounts or accounts with anomalous behavior a little over a year ago, in the same way that happened in Instagram when removing fake followers.