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Anyone with 500 subscribers on YouTube eligible to earn money
In good news for content creators on YouTube, the popular Google-owned video-sharing platform has announced a change in its eligibility requirements for the YouTube Partner Program (YPP). Creators can now access the YPP once they reach 500 subscribers, which is half of what YouTube previously requested.
Anyone with 500 subscribers on YouTube eligible to earn money
Also, instead of the previous requirement of 4,000 valid watch hours, creators now only need to achieve 3,000 watch hours.
Gear up! Indian Youtubers
Video-sharing platform YouTube has announced it is lowering the eligibility requirements for the YouTube Partner Program (YPP) and also introduced a few monetization methods for smaller creators, including paid chat, tipping, channel memberships and shopping features.
Subscribers count
An American technology news website ‘The Verge’ reported that after the new policy is implemented, the YPP would be accessible to creators after they acquire 500 subscribers, which is half of what YouTube previously demanded.
Reduce watch hours
Instead of 4,000 valid watch hours, creators would only require 3,000, or 3 million short views compared to the previous 10 million.
Initial roll-out
These lower requirements will roll out initially in the US, the UK, Canada, Taiwan and South Korea. The company also mentioned that the same YPP rules would continue for revenue sharing, so smaller creators would still need to expand their audience to profit from ad revenue.
Other rules
According to The Verge, the shopping affiliate program that was previously available by invitation only to select creators is now available to YPP participants in the US with a minimum of 20,000 subscribers.
