There are two ways to get monetized: 1,000 subs plus either 4,000 watch hours in a year or 10M Shorts views in 90 days. Starting Feb 1, 2027, new channels need double that: 8,000 hours or 20M Shorts views. Views in the Shorts feed count toward the Shorts route, but they don't add watch hours. (YouTube Help)
Send us your Shorts or stream clips. We cut them into one longer widescreen video with chapters, a thumbnail, title ideas and a description, ready to upload. The time people spend watching it counts toward your watch hours.
See if you'll hit 4,000 in timeWhy Dec 31? YouTube takes about a month to review applications, so you want to apply with room to spare (Alan Spicer, Upstream). Hours count over the last 12 months. This is a rough estimate, so go by what YouTube Studio says.
Once you pay, you’ll get an email telling you how to send us your clips.
We can't promise you'll get monetized. That's up to YouTube. If we don't deliver in 3 days, you get your money back.