Support KB Category: Ad policies

Advertisers can only target their ads to countries where YouTube has launched a monetized site. Product availability may differ between countries. These countries include:

• Algeria
• Argentina
• Australia
• Austria
• Belgium
• Bosnia and Herzegovina
• Brazil
• Bulgaria
• Canada
• Chile
• Colombia
• Croatia
• Czech Republic
• Denmark
• Egypt
• Estonia
• Germany
• Ghana
• Greece
• Finland
• France
• Hong Kong
• Hungary
• Indonesia
• Ireland
• Israel

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Restricted products

The policies below describe the types of products that are prohibited from advertising on YouTube.

Academic Aids

Advertising is not permitted for academic aids. This includes “test-taking” services in which someone takes an exam for someone else and academic paper-writing services providing custom/pre-written theses, dissertations, etc.

Adult and Sexual Content

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Element Attributes Values Required Supported Notes VAST Root node Yes Yes version String (3.0) Yes Yes Must support any VAST 2.* or 3.0 version – Ad id String Yes Yes Top-level element wraps each ad in the response — InLine None None Yes Yes Second-level element surrounding complete ad data for a single ad — …

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Advertising on YouTube Kids

All advertisements sold in the YouTube Kids app must comply with the additional advertising policies outlined below, as well as YouTube’s general advertising policies. All YouTube Kids Paid Ads must be pre-approved by YouTube’s policy team prior to being served in the YouTube Kids app. Additionally, advertisers must also comply with …

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