Monetization eligibility checker

How the checker reads your numbers

The checker tests your three inputs against every door at once, because creators are frequently closer on a route they were not watching. Each route is all-or-nothing — progress cannot be mixed across them:

Long-form route (full program): 1,000 subscribers and 4,000 public watch hours in the trailing 365 days. The natural path for search- and tutorial-driven channels, where average view durations of 4–6 minutes make the hours arrive at reasonable traffic. The complete anatomy of this requirement — what counts, what does not, and the rolling window — lives on the watch time page.

Shorts route (full program): 1,000 subscribers and 10 million public Shorts views in the trailing 90 days. Built for feed-native creators; the view bar looks enormous but the 90-day window resets fast in both directions — a strong quarter qualifies you, and a quiet one un-qualifies you just as quickly, so apply inside the wave, not after it.

Fan-funding tier (partial): 500 subscribers, three public uploads in 90 days, and either 3,000 watch hours in a year or 3 million Shorts views in 90 days. This switches on memberships, Super Chat/Thanks and shopping — real income for community-strong channels — but not ad revenue sharing, which only the full routes unlock.

Three channels, three fastest routes

The tutorial channel — 700 subs, 2,600 hours, 40K Shorts views

Clearly a long-form-route channel: 65% of the hours done, subscriber gap of 300. Fastest path: keep publishing search-targeted videos (which close both gaps at once) and add a weekly live session — live watch time counts fully and compounds the hours side. Shorts views here are irrelevant to eligibility; ignore that column.

The clips channel — 4,000 subs, 300 hours, 6.2M Shorts views

A Shorts-route channel pretending otherwise: the watch-hour gap (3,700) would take years at feed-native durations, while the Shorts bar is 62% done inside a rolling 90-day window. Fastest path: push posting frequency through the current momentum and apply the moment the counter crosses 10M — waiting risks the window rolling back under the bar.

The community channel — 520 subs, 3,100 hours, minimal Shorts

Already past the fan-funding tier (500 subs + 3,000 hours): memberships and Supers can be earning now while the push to 1,000 subs and 4,000 hours continues. Creators in this position often leave months of fan income unclaimed because they only watch the full-route counters.

Whichever profile is yours, convert your remaining gap into a concrete plan with the watch time calculator, and pre-audit your catalogue against the policies so the review is a formality.