Does monetisation increase traffic?

[will_mcdaniel]

Howdy,

I've never bothered monetising my videos as I'd probably earn less than a pound or dollar per video and I was always worried that preroll ads might turn people away from a smaller channel like mine.

However I've been reading a few articles that suggest YouTube might actually push monetised videos more in the 'recommended videos' tab and maybe even in search results. This would make sense, I suppose, as they're likely to push content they can actually make money on over any that they can't.

The thing is no one seems to have an experience of this. I was wondering if anyone here has noticed an increase of views once videos are monetised or is this just another in the long line of excuses I can use to distract from the fact that my content isn't any good, when I should actually be addressing my videos instead?

Cheers

Will

 

[Kush Patel]

They do push monetized videos. At least from what I've seen, but I wouldn't say there is any significant traffic increase due to monetization. There are way too many monetized videos to get your spotlight. But maybe you get lucky. Who knows?

 

[Chris Raynerson]

I say if you can monentize it, do it. Even if you won't get much from it, I believe those articles are correct in that they'll promote you more in search if you have those on.

 

[Toast Gaming]

I tested early on whether that made a difference in my viewership and did not notice any significant change. That was of course just my own experience so I can't say for certain, but based on what I've experienced it will not make any noticeable impact.