YouTube Partner Program Update

YouTube is making some changes to the way its YouTube Partner Program (YPP) works, including raising the thresholds at which creators can start earning.

New creators applying for YPP will need 8,000 qualified watch hours in the last 365 days, or 20 million qualified Shorts views in the last 90 days.

Those minimums for qualified watch hours and Shorts views have both been doubled from the existing criteria.

Creators that are already in YPP but fall below the new required thresholds won’t be kicked out of the program.

YouTube also notes that it will soon be launching new ways to earn based on hitting certain milestones, such as starting and growing trends.