YouTube Monetization Checker: see exactly what you still need

You enter your subscribers, qualified public watch hours from the last 12 months, engaged Shorts views from the last 90 days and public uploads from the last 90 days, and the checker compares them with YouTube's published thresholds for the fan-funding tier and full monetization, before and after 1 February 2027. It runs in your browser; nothing is sent anywhere. Link your channel in the YouSEO app and the numbers fill themselves.

Full monetization needs 1,000 subscribers plus either 4,000 qualified public watch hours in the last 12 months or 10 million qualified Shorts views in the last 90 days. The fan-funding tier needs 500 subscribers, three public uploads in 90 days, and 3,000 watch hours or 3 million Shorts views. Both also need policy compliance, 2-Step Verification, advanced features access and one linked AdSense for YouTube account, in a country where the program is available.

From 1 February 2027 new applicants for ad revenue need 1,000 subscribers plus 8,000 qualified watch hours in 365 days or 20 million qualified Shorts views in 90 days, double today's 4,000 hours or 10 million views. The 500-subscriber fan-funding tier does not change, and channels already in the program keep their status. An application that reaches YouTube before the cutoff is reviewed on the current thresholds.

In YouTube Studio open Earn (or Monetization) to see your progress toward the thresholds, or Analytics → Advanced mode and filter for public videos to see watch hours. Engaged Shorts views appear in Analytics per Short and run below the dashboard view count, because loops and the first seconds do not count. The YouSEO Channel Details tool shows both numbers against the thresholds after you link your channel.

No. The two lanes never combine: a channel qualifies on whichever lane it fills first. Shorts watch time does not count toward 4,000 watch hours, and long-form views do not count toward 10 million Shorts views. This checker shows each lane separately and tells you which one you are closer to, so you can put the next 90 days behind the lane that will qualify first.

Meeting the numbers makes you eligible to apply; it does not approve the channel. YouTube reviews the channel against its monetization policies, and most 2026 rejections cite reused content with nothing added, mass-produced or inauthentic content, misleading titles or thumbnails, or AdSense problems. Review takes about a month; a rejection means a 30-day wait before reapplying, and 90 days after a second rejection.

Yes. The YouTube Partner Program is available in about 138 countries and the 500-subscriber fan-funding tier in fewer, so the checker asks for your country and tells you whether the fan-funding tier applies. Pakistan, Bangladesh and Ghana, for example, have the standard program but not the fan-funding tier or Super Chat as of October 2026; each country guide on this site lists the exact position and the payment methods.