New YouTube Monetization Requirements - BIG UPDATES!
must have tallied 4,000 hours of overall watch time on their channel within the past 12 months and have at least 1,000 subscribers
If you're working towards monetizing your YouTube channel, there is an extra requirement that you now need to meet.
If you want to start monetizing your YouTube Shortsthere is a
lot more clarity around the subject. And if you're already in the YouTube Partner The program, there is a pretty big security update coming in November. It's quite a
lot to get through.
So let's get started. We'll tackle the blurred section later, but
first and foremost, YouTube has added a new eligibility requirement for joining
the YouTube Partner Program. This can be found from the monetization screening the
YouTube studio.
To be eligible to apply for the YouTube Partner Program, you now need 1000 subscribers,4,000 hours of watch time, and a newly added zero community guidelines strike. This is all common sense, to be honest, isn't
it?YouTube doesn't want to allow bad actors to enter into the YouTube Partner
Program.
I'm sure this type of thing was usually picked up during the human review process of applications. But now YouTube just wants to make it clear
and simple. If you have a stroke, you can't apply. Mousing over the info bubble
will tell you that only active community strikes apply. So once it ends after 90
days, you will be eligible for the YouTube Partner Program. Another important note is that copyright strikes do not impact eligibility.
But that's not to say that you should have a cavalier
attitude to copyright strikes because if you get three of them just like if you were to get three community guidelines strikes, your channel would be terminated.
Also bear in mind that there is a difference between eligibility and acceptance. While copyright strikes may not impact your
eligibility, they may still impact the review process. When a human reviewer takes
a look finds loads of copyright strikes and claims and decides not to allow you into the YouTube Partner Program.
Ultimately YouTubewants to reward creators for original content and copyright always makes it a little messy. For more research and
opinion on this. Watch the video on screen now. Now let's talk about YouTube Shorts and how to monetize them because it's an entirely new ballgame.
You should have heard of the shorts creator fund by now, which
aims to share $100 million with YouTube Shortscreators over the next year. Each
month, creators could earn as little as $100or as much as $10,000.The key thing
to understand is that the existing YouTubePartner Program has nothing to do with
the YouTubeShorts creator fund. You are judged solely on the performance of your Shorts and agree to different terms of service.
Right now, there are some limitations as to who is eligible for YouTube Shortsbonus payments based off of your location. Payouts are based on how many views you get, as well as the location of those views in the Shorts.YouTube
Shorts monetization is obviously very new, very exciting, but there is a lot to
digest.
So if you want to sink your teeth into the subject, we've got a video on screen now that you may want to check out. But from a broader point of view, this now clearly addresses a huge question surroundingYouTube monetization.
When
it comes to monetization of YouTube Shorts, forget about the concept of 1000 subscribers or 4,000 hours of watch time.
Typically, creators need millions of YouTube Shorts views just to get a minimum bonus payout of a hundred dollars. If you want to use YouTubeShorts
content as a way to gain subscribers, that is your choice. If you want to use
YouTubeShorts content as a way to gain watch time, it's going to be a long struggle as almost none of it is going to count towards YPP requirements.
Basically what I'm trying to say here is don't use YouTubeShorts
content as a way to monetize your regular YouTube content. Treat them both as very independent video platforms, albeit on YouTube.All right, let's get back to that blurred section we saw earlier because it's all about making two-factor authentication mandatory for creators in the YouTube Partner Program from November
the first.
There's not a wealth of information on this topic yet. Just a tweet you see here. But again, it makes common sense to protect your YouTubeaccount and channel, especially when you have money flowing through it.
There is a link
within this tweet to get you started on the setup process for two-factor
authentication. So I've put that tweet for you all in the video description. And
there's a bonus tip to take your security up to the maximum level. I recommend one
of these, a tightened key. When you log in to a new device, it requires you to physically plug this in to authenticate.