Apply to YPP before February 2027 if you are close
If you will clear 4,000 hours or 10M Shorts views before 1 Feb 2027, apply on the old bar. Waiting doubles the remaining work.
If you will clear 4,000 hours or 10M Shorts views before 1 Feb 2027, apply on the old bar. Waiting doubles the remaining work.
Shopping and fan funding stay on the lower bar. Ads and Premium entry is what doubles.
Existing partners keep the old entry bar but must accept updated terms in Studio. Unsigned terms stop payouts.
YouTube is expanding Premium Lite and quoting 30/60 and 55/45 splits. That is revenue mix, not eligibility.
YouTube said earnings stay on engaged Shorts views and engaged watch hours. A bigger counter is not a raise.
Do not put first-frame views in a monetization deck.
From 1 Feb 2027, YPP members need 10M qualified Shorts views in 90 days to keep Shorts ads. Missing it does not exit YPP.
YouTube's inauthentic-content third bucket: AI personas as human experts on health, legal, finance, politics.
From 24 Aug 2026 a public view registers at playback start on every format. Earnings and YPP still use engaged metrics.
New applicants need 8,000 qualified watch hours or 20 million qualified Shorts views. Existing partners are grandfathered.