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Second chances on YouTube​

By The YouTube Team

Oct 09, 2025

As the heart of the creator economy, YouTube provides an incredible opportunity for creators to build not just an audience but a business. There are now more than 3 million channels in the YouTube Partner Program, and over the past four years alone, we’ve paid out over $100B to creators, artists and media companies.

Given the scale of the opportunity, we know that our long-held approach of enforcing lifetime terminations can be difficult for creators. Our approach is to allow creators to appeal a termination decision if they think we’ve gotten it wrong. Appeals are evaluated based on a number of factors, including whether the policy in question is retired from our Community Guidelines. The majority of appealed decisions are upheld, meaning many creators reached the end of the road. We’ve heard loud and clear from our creator community that they want more options to return to YouTube. So we’re happy to share that we’re introducing a pilot program to offer some qualified creators an opportunity to rebuild their presence on YouTube.

Starting today, some previously terminated creators will have the opportunity to request a new YouTube channel.

We know many terminated creators deserve a second chance – YouTube has evolved and changed over the past 20 years, and we’ve had our share of second chances to get things right with our community too. Our goal is to roll this out to creators who are eligible to apply over the coming months, and we appreciate the patience as we ramp up, carefully review requests, and learn as we go. Not every type of channel termination will be eligible.

We're looking forward to providing an opportunity for creators to start fresh and bring their voice back to the platform. As always, our Community Guidelines and other policies still apply to help us maintain a responsible business that viewers, creators, and advertisers rely on. We know you’ll have questions so we’ve included some details below.

— The YouTube Team

How will this work?​

Over the next several weeks, eligible creators will begin to see an option to request a new channel when they log into YouTube Studio on desktop with their previously terminated channel. Creators whose requests are accepted will be able to create new channels.

Do I get my content and my subscribers back if I’m approved for a new channel?​

This is a fresh start on YouTube – just like many other platforms, you can build back your community through your new channel. You can also re-upload any of your prior videos that are within our Community Guidelines.

How will you decide who gets a new channel?​

We’ll consider several factors when evaluating requests for new channels, like whether the creator committed particularly severe or persistent violations of our Community Guidelines or Terms of Service, or whether the creator’s on- or off-platform activity harmed or may continue to harm the YouTube community, like channels that endanger kids’ safety.

Additionally, this pilot won’t be available to creators terminated for copyright infringement or those who have violated our Creator Responsibility policies. Creators who deleted their YouTube channel/Google account will not be able to see the ‘request a new channel’ option at this time.

What about monetization?​

You can apply for the YouTube Partner Program once your new channel meets the program criteria.

Can I apply for a new channel as soon as my old one is terminated?​

Channel terminations are still a serious penalty, so creators are not eligible to apply for a new channel until one year after their channel was terminated. However, during that year creators can still appeal the channel termination if they think we got it wrong, and our team will take another look.

What’s the difference between appealing a channel termination and requesting a new channel?​

We’ve always offered creators the option to appeal our decisions. This option is available for one year after a termination. When you appeal a channel termination, our team takes another look at the content leading to the termination. Our policies are designed to evolve over time, and appeals are evaluated based on how our policies apply at the time of the appeal. If your appeal is successful, your old channel will be reinstated. If your appeal is unsuccessful, you now have the option to apply for a new channel one year after your channel was terminated.

 

[SSj_Ness (Yiffed)]

My comments are still censored, YouTube should be shut down. We need a bill of rights for the Internet.

 

[Übertroon]

Give back bigbunjeeeeee his channel you cretins

 

[Kosher Dill]

This is it, DSP can get out of monetization jail for that time in like 2003 when he told people to click on his ads.

 

[Ed Special]

Hmmm, let's see, you can beg the ragheads and poojeets to whom the site's janny duties are outsorced to please give you a second chance, or you could just do what Keemstar did, say "Fuck that faggot ToS", and make new accounts every time one gets banned until you get one too big to ban for ban evasion. One of these options involves NOT giving a bunch of true and honest SAARS the opportunity to ego-trip over having some small power over your life.

 

[Dagoth AMOGUS]

So. Many. Good medium-sized and niche channels full of content got deleted because these bastards don’t understand what “fair use” and parody are.

Seeing your favorites playlist turn into Swiss cheese or a beloved creator get deleted for no valid reason other than a 3-second use of a tv show clip has made me question the very concept of copyright.

 

[Mister Fister]

Hmmm, let's see, you can beg the ragheads and poojeets to whom the site's janny duties are outsorced to please give you a second chance, or you could just do what Keemstar did, say "Fuck that faggot ToS", and make new accounts every time one gets banned until you get one too big to ban for ban evasion. One of these options involves NOT giving a bunch of true and honest SAARS the opportunity to ego-trip over having some small power over your life.

Take your pick here.

 

[Munchin' on Some Grindage]

We need a bill of rights for the Internet.

I always see people calling for this. While I think people's heart is in the right place, trust me, you don't want it. At least not right now.

There would be massive amounts of fuckery going on. Cause the fed, companies, special interest groups, just about anyone with power is going to use it to their advantage, putting in weird shit to fuck over the public.

It would have been a nice idea like 15-20 years ago but we were too busy watching AVGN and making duck faces in picture to worry about it.

 

[SSj_Ness (Yiffed)]

I always see people calling for this. While I think people's heart is in the right place, trust me, you don't want it. At least not right now.

There would be massive amounts of fuckery going on. Cause the fed, companies, special interest groups, just about anyone with power is going to use it to their advantage, putting in weird shit to fuck over the public.

It would have been a nice idea like 15-20 years ago but we were too busy watching AVGN and making duck faces in picture to worry about it.

Now's the second-best time to do it, with a Trump administration and government control. Midterms will slaughter Republicans, get it done now or never.

 

[Troonos]

My comments are still censored, YouTube should be shut down. We need a bill of rights for the Internet.

I've been able to use a lot of no-no words lately. 50% of my comments would instantly disappear before the confession letter, but now I can say some pretty controversial stuff about blacks and troons and my comment stays up.

 

[Munchin' on Some Grindage]

Now's the second-best time to do it, with a Trump administration and government control.

Trump being in office does not guarantee anything. There would still be fuckery. You really think YouTube, Meta, Microsoft, Amazon, Flock, or any of these degenerate companies wouldn't have a say in anything? What about different countries? You don't think the jeets would have anything to add? Or China? All it takes is someone in the right place or a "donation" in the right hands.

 

[Fount of BadSpeak]

I really thought Trump would do way more to fight censorship considering how heavily he and every other right winger was censored in 2020, but he instead has done basically nothing, and has even encouraged further censorship through his wife and tolerance of state censorship bills. It is hard to understand why the right wing in power is not doing anything to protect their constituents from corporate and foreign government censorship, especially since they themselves have been affected by it so much. Trump was unpersoned in a day by every platform, and Republican candidates and constituents had their accounts banned left and right not just in 2020, but through all of the Biden years. I know the actual reason why, but I legitimately thought this would be a high priority item for a man who seems to understand the value of the internet for winning political and social causes.

As for JewTube, I guarantee they will not bring back anyone meaningful, and will just be waiting for the chance to give a no-reason permanent ban to creators again just like they did before. Turd Flinging Monkey, American Krogan, Big Bunjee, and others like that almost certainly won't be allowed back.

 

[Marvin]

Big companies would absolutely fuck with the rulemaking process, pushing for loopholes their lawyers could drive a truck through. Whereas small sites like the farms would get stuck in endless lawsuits for banning someone.

As fun as the Greer lawsuit is, it's still bleeding null dry financially.

Imagine a dozen simultaneous Greer style lawsuits at any one time.

 

[Agent Abe Caprine]

So. Many. Good medium-sized and niche channels full of content got deleted because these bastards don’t understand what “fair use” and parody are.

Seeing your favorites playlist turn into Swiss cheese or a beloved creator get deleted for no valid reason other than a 3-second use of a tv show clip has made me question the very concept of copyright.

At one point, I genuinely believed copyright as a whole was evil because of how Youtube overcorrected in response to Viacom.