If you want a re-cap of a sports highlight from last night, or ten years ago, you can find it. If you want to learn how to fix a household issue or sell items on eBay, you go to YouTube.
The main requirements of the application process are that an individual channel has at least 1,000 subscribers and 4,000 hours of watched video in the past 12 months. That sounds much easier than it is.
Do you happen to know 1,000 people who would subscribe to a YouTube channel you’ve created?
Chances are the answer is that you don’t, and that’s the case for most people.
Consider the fact that most of the people who you are well acquainted with may not share your identical interests or the willingness to subscribe (even though it’s free) to your channel. People can be funny about their online presence, and often would rather not publicize their interests.