Samay Raina and Ranveer Allahbadia have been in the news this week for the wrong reasons. Both the YouTubers, who are famous for interviewing celebrities and influential personalities, are under fire. Due to this, Raina has now removed all the videos from the India’s Got Latent YouTube channel.
Raina confirmed that recent experiences had been “too much for me to handle,” prompting him to pull down all India’s Got Latent videos. He clarified that his motive was solely to entertain humans and expressed full cooperation with authorities in the investigation.
What Happens to the Money Earned?
Since the videos have now been deleted, many are left wondering about their destiny and the revenue earned from millions of views.
YouTube does not clearly state its self-deletion policies, but we have assembled some important details. When creators delete videos—such as Raina did on the India’s Got Latent playlist—such videos vanish from their channel and search results.
By removing only the playlist and not deleting all content, Raina has made sure that his channel’s overall visibility is not affected. If he had deleted all the videos, they would have had a major effect on his channel’s reach and performance on the platform.
What Happens to the Money Earned?
Since the videos are now removed, Ithe big question that follows is—what happens to the money they earned?
According to YouTube, all the earnings that are already credited to a creator’s bank account are not touched even if those associated videos are taken down. Yet, no further income will come from those deleted videos.
This policy is reasonable—because Raina deleted the content voluntarily, YouTube will not permit him to keep profiting from such videos. By deleting only the playlist and not the whole channel, he has escaped a greater financial loss.
Can YouTube Delete a Channel?
The second question that emerges from this is whether YouTube can delete a creator’s channel or videos. YouTube has strict policies and removes content only if it goes against policy or if law enforcement agencies seek its removal.
For the moment, Raina‘s choice allows his channel to stay active, although his India’s Got Latent content cannot be accessed.
