I run a popular YouTube educational channel (in the top 10 for it&#x27;s niche) and have had some serious issues with YouTube that have nearly made me quit.<p>I had a young (pre-teen) boy who filed copyright claims on several of my tutorials, and they where taken down instantly and took months to resolve via email. I lost about $1500 in revenues which was never returned.<p>Beyond that, YouTube is taking a ~50% cut of your ad revenue AND any donation revenue on the site which seems pretty extreme. They also don&#x27;t do good when it comes to new content discovery, as the YT search promotes mostly popular content (basically, bad for new creators).