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Monetization Calculator

YouTube Monetization Calculator

Estimate when your channel will meet YouTube Partner Program requirements — and see how the new rules taking effect February 1, 2027 (8,000 watch hours or 20M Shorts views) change your timeline.

Eligibility timeline

Subscribers remaining: 650 · Watch hours remaining: 2,800 (of 4,000 required today)

At this pace you qualify around August 5, 2027.

Your projected date falls after February 1, 2027, so the new 8,000-hour requirement applies — your estimate above already uses the higher threshold.

Monetization requirements from February 1, 2027

Full monetization (ad & YouTube Premium revenue) requires 1,000 subscribers — unchanged — plus one of:

  • Long-form path: 8,000 qualified public watch hours in the last 12 months (doubled from 4,000).
  • Shorts path: 20M qualified public Shorts views in the last 90 days (doubled from 10M).

Fan funding tier (Supers, Memberships, Shopping) is unchanged: 500 subscribers, 3 valid public uploads in the last 90 days, and either 3,000 watch hours (12 months) or 3M Shorts views (90 days).

Estimated ad revenue

Estimated monthly ad revenue: $200 (at a $4 average RPM for vlogs & daily life)

Roughly $2,400 per year. RPM varies widely by niche, audience country, and format — treat this as a rough range, not a promise.

Ongoing rules for existing & monetized channels

  • Grandfathering: channels accepted into the YouTube Partner Program before February 1, 2027 keep their status and don't need to re-qualify at 8,000 hours.
  • Shorts revenue threshold: all channels must maintain 10M qualified Shorts views over a rolling 90-day window to keep earning from the Shorts Creator Pool; below that, Shorts revenue pauses (long-form ad revenue is unaffected).
  • Activity standard: monetized channels must meet at least one of: 1,000 qualified watch hours in 365 days, 1M qualified Shorts views in 90 days, or 2 long-form / 5 Shorts uploads every 90 days.
  • Terms deadline: existing partners must accept the updated monetization terms in YouTube Studio by January 31, 2027.

Watch time from private, unlisted, deleted, or ad-only content does not count, which is why Studio totals can look higher than the qualifying number.

Want the real numbers instead of estimates? Connect your channel on the dashboard to track live subscriber and qualifying watch-hour progress.