Monetization on YouTube is not a right. It is a privilege that must be earned. The system is far more lenient now than it used to be. YouTube just wants to make sure that channels are serious about making videos before paying them and it's well within their right to do so. 10k views isn't that much.when we first started as a channel, we had amassed afew hundred thousand views before we were given the right to monetize.
It is a lot though. I've been struggling to get so many after 4 years, and I'm only at the 6k mark, despite me being serious about YouTube. Just either the algorithm or some other issue is preventing me from seeing like that in YouTube's eyes.
its not really a problem, you barely make any money for 10k views anyway
It's good for motivation though. It can show how your channel is growing; you feel proud when you get enough money from YouTube to by yourself a mini pack of haribos (10p to my total earned so far 12p). But now it's just another hurdle thrown towards smaller channels like mine. It just shows how much of a failure my channel is for no clear reason. I've heard people say:
"I don't know why but you should've had way more views by now."
"How can you be doing it for 4 years if you haven't got at least 1k subs after so long."
"Wait you only get 3 comments a month? You just lost me now, best of luck though."
It may be that the algorithm hates me and this just shows further how little YouTube cares.
As if recently releasing a video that broke my channel's record for least views in one day (1) wasn't frustrating enough, now we have things like this, just constantly reminding me of how badly my channel is doing.