Palsr
Inauthentic Content Detector · Free channel check

Is your content
inauthentic by YouTube?

Paste your YouTube channel URL. In about 20 seconds you'll get a forensic pre-upload audit scoring your content against YouTube's 2026 inauthentic-content policy — before the algorithm decides for you.

We only read and review your channel. Nothing downloaded, nothing stored.
How it works

From channel URL to verdict in 30 seconds.

No accounts, no uploads. Just paste your link and we read what YouTube reads.

01

Paste your channel URL

Any YouTube channel link works — handle, channel ID, or URL of the channel.

02

Channel patterns analysed

We also read titles, scripts, and thumbnails — then pattern-match against the signals YouTube actually uses to demonetise.

03

Get your verdict

Healthy, Needs Review, At Risk, or High Risk — with the specific patterns that drove the call.

See it in action

Real audits. Real fix plans.

Five screens from a real run on palsr.com — from the moment you paste a URL to the solution plan that lands on screen.

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01

Paste a channel URL

Free channel audit kicks off the moment you paste the URL — no signup, no card, just the verdict you came for.

02

Headline verdict + signals

Within ~20 seconds you get a verdict label, a one-line headline, and the specific patterns Palsr observed across recent uploads.

03

Unlock the Solution Plan

Spot the 'Need Solution · 5 credits' badge on the verdict card. Click it and within seconds a tailored remediation plan lands inline — a headline, an overview, and ordered fix steps.

04

Per-video deep audit

Upload a single video for a forensic scan: safety score 0-100, the trigger categories that fired, and timestamps for each finding.

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Your actionable fix plan

The solution plan lands inline: a headline, a short overview, and 4-7 ordered steps you can execute this week.

Built for creators

Your channel stays yours.

Auditing should not mean handing over. We're a read-only second opinion — not a content library, not a leak vector.

No account access, ever

We never log into your YouTube account. No drafts, no analytics, no settings — there is no surface for us to compromise, by design.

No video downloads

Your video files never leave YouTube. We don't pull copies, store frames, or keep clips — that's both a privacy promise and the only way to do this without violating YouTube's terms.

Never used to train

Your channel data isn't stored beyond the audit, isn't shared with anyone, and isn't used to train any model — ours or anyone else's.

Honest by design

Our handling logic is small and traceable. We commit to what we do, and we don't pretend our verdicts are infallible — they're an informed second opinion, not a court ruling.

Read the full Privacy Commitment
FAQ

Frequently asked

Real questions from real creators.

Paste your YouTube channel URL. We read public data only — channel metadata, the titles and descriptions of your recent uploads, the auto-generated transcripts of a few videos, and your last 12 thumbnails. The audit engine then pattern-matches against the signals YouTube actually uses to demonetise, and returns a verdict in 10–30 seconds.
No. We never download a single byte of your video files. The free channel audit reads only the public data YouTube exposes on its watch pages. That's the only way to do this sustainably without violating YouTube's terms.
Healthy = your channel reads as authentic original creator work, safe for monetisation. Needs Review = mostly clean but one or two patterns worth a closer look. At Risk = multiple slop signals or one clear automation fingerprint — advertisers may pull. High Risk = your channel matches the patterns of channels YouTube has already demonetised.
Because advertisers don't want to be associated with channels that repeatedly publish low-effort, templated, or inauthentic content. YouTube looks at patterns across many uploads — that's why a single 'good-looking' video on a slop channel won't save it, and why our audit is channel-first.
No. Synthetic / TTS narration is fully allowed by YouTube and we treat it as authentic by default. We only flag it when the script is clearly raw recitation of external sources (verbatim Wikipedia, news articles, Reddit threads) with no original commentary added.
Completely fine. Asking viewers to like, comment, subscribe, or answer a question in the comments is normal creator behaviour that YouTube itself encourages. We only flag the engagement category when the entire video is engagement-bait with no real content underneath.
Creator adds per-video deep audits (upload a specific video for full visual + audio analysis), step-by-step remediation for every flagged pattern, and saved channel history. Studio additionally adds weekly auto-monitoring of 10 channels with email alerts, team seats, and CSV export — built for agencies. Video audits use credits: 1 credit per minute of video, so short content costs very little.
No tool can. YouTube's enforcement is theirs alone, and they look at more than just inauthenticity. What we do is surface the same patterns their systems look for — so you can address them before they become a problem.
Ready when you are

Find out before YouTube does.

30 seconds. No account. No upload. Just paste your channel URL and see where it lands.

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