Clip Preflight
Guides for gameplay creators
Short, practical explanations of the YouTube rules that most often affect gaming videos, each linked to YouTube's own help pages. They describe risks and are not promises about any video.
- Why is my gameplay video demonetized?
- Yellow dollar sign on a gaming video
- The first 7 seconds violence rule on YouTube
- YouTube limited ads and video game violence
- How to blur gore in a gameplay clip
- Thumbnail violence and ad suitability
- Copyrighted music in game clips (in-game radio)
- Content ID claims on gameplay videos
- Preparing GTA 6 clips for YouTube monetization
- Checklist before uploading a gaming video