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Starting in February 2027, creators will face higher monetization thresholds and a new rolling requirement for Shorts revenue.

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Creators who want to start earning on the platform will need at least 8,000 qualified watch hours over the past year or 20 million qualified Shorts views in the last 90 days.

I’m an avid YouTube Shorts viewer. Don’t get me wrong — I’m not proud of it. But the doomscrolling habit has firmly taken hold, and at this point, I’m not sure there’s any way out. That said, spending ...

YouTube now lets creators promote Shorts. Promoted Shorts target viewers likely to engage with the creator's channel. This makes it easy to boost Shorts without a full Google Ads campaign. YouTube ...