Clip Rewards Blocklist

pepe.business maintains a public blocklist of YouTube channels excluded from Clip Rewards (both as clippers and as source channels). The blocklist is community-visible and updated in real time.

Auto-blocking rule

A channel is automatically added to the blocklist when it accumulates 3 or more DMCA takedowns within a 30-day window. Auto-blocked channels can appeal via support@pepe.business after 90 days.

GET /api/v1/clip-rewards/blocklist

Returns the public blocklist. No authentication required.

{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "blk_xxx",
      "channelUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/@badactor",
      "channelName": "Bad Actor",
      "reason": "auto_blocked",
      "takedownCount30d": 4,
      "addedAt": "2026-08-05T00:00:00Z",
      "appealableAt": "2026-11-05T00:00:00Z"
    }
  ],
  "total": 142
}

POST /api/v1/clip-rewards/blocklist

Add a channel to the blocklist. Business+ plan only — used by creators who want to exclude specific channels from their campaigns (e.g. a known reuploader).

{
  "channelUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/@known-reuploader",
  "reason": "Repeat infringer — re-uploads my content without attribution."
}

Field	Type	Required	Description
`channelUrl`	string	yes	YouTube channel URL to block
`reason`	string	no	Internal note (visible to your account only)

Response

{
  "id": "blk_yyy",
  "channelUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/@known-reuploader",
  "channelName": "Known Reuploader",
  "reason": "manual",
  "addedAt": "2026-08-11T10:00:00Z"
}

Example

curl -X POST https://pepe.business/api/v1/clip-rewards/blocklist \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer pk_live_xxx" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{
    "channelUrl": "https://www.youtube.com/@known-reuploader",
    "reason": "Repeat infringer — re-uploads my content without attribution."
  }'