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YouTube now requires creators to have twice as many watch hours to start earning money
Creators who want to start earning on the platform will need at least 8,000 qualified watch hours over the past year or 20 million qualified Shorts views in the last 90 days.
TL;DR
- New creators need 8,000 watch hours or 20 million Shorts views to start earning on YouTube.
- Current thresholds were 4,000 watch hours or 10 million Shorts views.
- Changes take effect February 1 and do not impact existing YouTube Partner Program members.
- Creators need 10 million Shorts views in 90 days to earn from the Shorts Creators Pool.
- YouTube Premium Lite is expanding to all countries where YouTube Premium is available.
- Other social media platforms like X and Facebook are also revising creator reward programs.