In January 2026, YouTube pulled 16 channels representing 35 million subscribers under its inauthentic content policy. Most creators still can't tell which rules are real and which are forum rumors. This two-minute check is built from YouTube's actual published policy to show where your channel likely stands.
Searching for a YouTube inauthentic content policy checker, a reused content risk test, or a way to see if AI narration or a repeated video template puts your channel at risk? This free check scores your actual upload practices against the policy's own criteria — not proxy metrics.
In July 2025, YouTube renamed its long-standing "reused content" rule to "inauthentic content" and broadened what counts. The target isn't AI itself — assisted, disclosed, original work stays fully monetizable. The target is mass-produced, templated video with little human input behind it, and enforcement has picked up since.
*Per press estimates cited in industry reporting on the January 2026 termination wave.
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