In 2020 many YouTube Partners and AdSense publishers saw declining ad revenue as businesses spent less money on advertising . Of course that meant Google's ad revenue also dropped . Both AdSense and YouTube implemented changes were designed to help creators earn more revenue. YouTube Partner Updates in 2020 Self-certification that video content is advertiser-friendly More restrictive content policies New reports in YouTube Analytics Insertion of mid-roll ads in shorter videos Memberships for Partners with at least 1000 subscribers Opening the Fundo event platform to all creators AdSense Publisher Updates in 2020 Redesigned Reports page, without older data and YouTube stats Vignette ads on wider screens Redesigned anchor ads Easier to run Experiments Read on for more details about all these changes. One of the updates I was expecting in 2020 was monetization of podcasts, as Google has been investing in its Podcast Manager platform . Maybe