How YouTube Content ID Works Actually?
When your content is uploaded onto YouTube (videos uploaded via your YouTube channel which is part of our multi-channel network or audio uploaded by us into the back-end of YouTube) the system creates a Content ID.Content ID is like a digital fingerprint of your content. We use Content ID to easily identify and manage your content on YouTube. Videos uploaded to YouTube by anyone are scanned and revenue towards those videos is claimed using Content ID. claimed using Content ID.
Watch this short video from YouTube about Content ID.