Why are ads suddenly appearing on my YouTube videos?

Has anyone noticed whether ALL videos moved from Youtube actually generate ads once they're in Powerpoint? I find that some do and some don't. In my case, maybe 1 in 4 don't. I''m not sure, but I suspect these videos don't generate ads on Youtube in the first place. If I could tailor my selection of videos to those that are ad-free, it would help me a lot.

For example, nothing uploaded to Youtube by the ABC - that's the Australian national (government-funded) broadcaster - seems to generate ads, while videos from commercial channels do. Also, videos of university seminars and other serious meetings, seem to arrive in powerpoint ad-free.

I asked Youtube if they could give me an indication of what type of content creator to look for to avoid ads, but I didn't get a clear answer.

Any thoughts?

Wow, brilliant observation, and one that makes perfect sense. If the owner of a channel isn't trying to monetize it, there won't be any ads shown, as I understand it. It would indeed be nice to know ahead of time which channels fit the bill and which don't, though.

Hi Steve

From previous posts on this string, I recall someone saying that Youtube can monetarise (I think that means show ads with) any item that is loaded onto the platform, whether the content creator wants that or not. Apparently, that's in the standard conditions that all creators have to agree to. However, I imagine that Youtube's advertisers would prefer to have their ads shown with popular items (like, say, cat videos) than material that's only going to be of interest by a select few searchers - like the stuff I'm usually looking for (although I often get sidetracked by cat videos on the way!).

If I'm on the right track, there must be many Youtube content creators/providers who are only interested in getting exposure for their ideas, not money - and you'd expect they'd be just as upset by seeing ads appear before their material as content seekers like us are.

I tried to interrogate the gods at Youtube about this, but I didn't get anywhere really.

Do you or anyone else out there have an insights into this?

I've helped a few friends/relatives post things on YouTube, but only because I have only a marginally better idea what I'm doing than a complete newbie (aka my friends/relatives). 😁

I did a bit of poking around and found that if your a YouTube partner, you can turn on ads for your videos to earn money (ie, monetize your efforts), bit it's less clear whether YouTube will toss random ads into your content as a non-partner.

Here's a thought about that, though: Try linking to any of the videos here and see if they display ads in PPT: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGLj6UrWLol1mvFClauwRyg

These are all pieces that I produced (I'm no pro at this by any means; don't mock me, please!). My boss then posts them on FB following my instructions. We never *explicitly* enable ads, so if any appear, it's YouTube's doing, which would mean that any content, deliberately monetized by the author or not, is subject to ad interruptions.

Hi Steve

Good idea. I've done that - using the video titled Srikandi - Indonesia's Female Warrior - and here's the results:

• In my computer (which has Premium Yotube), I loaded it into a Powerpoint presentation and there were no ads activated in the presentation
• I sent it it to my wife's computer (which doesn't have Premium) and it didn't generate any ads when played there either - and that was on the plaform, of course/.

So would this indicate that only material from Youtube partners attracts ads either on the Youtube platform or off it (as in Powerpoint), and since universities and other institute-type places that don't need to be Youtube partners. it's likely their stuff doesn't attract ads?

Chris