Help Save Small PokéTubers on YouTube

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You may not be aware, but YouTube is now changing its monetization system and putting more stringent requirements on accounts that can make money off the platform. Creators are now required to have at least 1,000 subscribers and have had viewers watch your videos for at least 4,000 hours in the last 12 months. This means that small YouTube accounts, including ones that cater to us Pokémon fans, will probably face demonetization and be unable to make a small amount of money off of their hobby. But everyone gets 30 more days to hit the goal before this goes into effect!

I think it’s important that we encourage fans to create content and support each other as Pokémon fans. My own website is the result of many volunteers helping me, knowledge shared by more experienced webmasters and the encouragement of my readers. That’s why I feel it’s important to pass on this community spirit and try to support others who may just need exposure to find success.

Please CHECK OUT THIS TWEET for many great YouTube channels in the replies—I hope you can find something worth subscribing to and many videos worth watching. If you have time try to tweet a Creator and let them know you subscribed! Thank to all those who DM’d me their channels. I actually received many more than I was expecting but have tried to check out all of them. Here are some of my recommendations (but again, few of many so check out the tweet!):

POKÉMON ART & MUSIC

CoolShallow (almost to 1,000 subscribers!) often publishes art videos, both of existing Pokémon and “fakemon”, as well as occasional gameplay videos! It’s hard not to find how they create 3D models off of Ken Sugimori artwork fascinating!

Honorable Mentions: Dialga22239 (music remixes)

COMPETITIVE BATTLERS

PokeStrikes (almost 1,000 subscribers!) makes videos about his climb up the ranking ladder on a regular basis with lots of different strategies!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tHc6uWawoxA

Honorable Mentions: King Bub, Dubious, DarkDevil26, TheUzigunner, WarmConal007, THATSAplusONE

POKÉMON GAMING

TotemRotom produces a lot of Pokémon gaming videos and also occasionally makes helpful how-to videos!

Honorable Mentions: PikaVolt SS9, PokeSirena (regular rumor videos!)

POKÉMON TCG

Robert Kinzel (almost at 1,000 subscribers!) does TCG openings as well as other collectible videos!

Braysh Gaming covers lots of Japanese TCG content which is always a treat!

Honorable Mentions: Pokemonfanfam, Manon _pokemon, Cmacpride1, Retro & New, Mouse & Mewnu

POKÉMON, ETC

FalseProof (almost 1,000 subscribers!) does fan-game Nuzlocke runs, but also focuses on other games across different platforms. Great production values and and lots of variety!

Thanks to everyone who takes part in this team effort to push Pokémon content creators to be the very best they can! Subscribe and share on social media so we can have the biggest impact possible!

Also feel free to subscribe to us while you’re at it! We do post videos once in a great while 🙂

PLEASE NOTE: I did my best to vet channels for any obviously offensive or objectionable content, but I can never be 100% certain. Please let us know if a channel does not live up to community standards so I can remove it.

 

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917 thoughts on “Help Save Small PokéTubers on YouTube”

    • You just have to take into account, it’s $5 for all the cardboard combined, $10 for cartridge + plastic box, $3 for handling cost and packaging, then $5+ for shipping to warehouses, warehouse wants to earn $5 too, you’d want $10-15 profit on it, and then the retails wants their own cut as well, which is as big as what they buy it for from warehouse since they have to pay other shipping, personel, electricity, rent… too. People don’t realise simple electronics don’t cost as much either, it’s just the whole vending chain that makes stuff expensive.

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      • Still I think kids will get more out of a regular cardboard box and their own imaginations. The cardboard looks to easily damaged. I think some of it is well designed like the fishing rod, I just don’t see it selling too well. But hey maybe I’m wrong and it’ll be the best selling thing ever.

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  13. Interesting new announcement from Nintendo earlier. I’ll be skipping out for sure, even though it’s quite the unique concept. Been thinking about adding a couple games to my Switch library, particularly FE: Warriors and Sonic Forces, but I’ve never played a game in either series 😡

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  16. Why does turning off my 3ds always feel like I need to strangle it to death in order to get it off. It’s especially annoying when I don’t hold down the button long enough and it ends up going to the turn off screen. Then it takes forever to shut off…….

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  18. I talked about it a little earlier, but I wanna know your opinions. How many of you have played Plants vs Zombies: Garden Warfare 2, what do you think about it? I really love it

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  24. hey if you use art for your youtube video can you fucking link to the original aritst and not just say “Ohhh credit to the original artist” like

    WHO THE FUCC IS THE ORIGINAL ARTIST? YOU HAVE TO TELL ME YOU IDIOT

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  25. Ok something is definitely glitching in my head

    I forgot Golet even existed till I saw it and then right after I forgot Litwick was a Fire Type at first and chose to fight Vanillite with it. My brain is muddled

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