YouTube Monetization Calculator
Enter your channel's current numbers and see how far you are from the YouTube Partner Program thresholds of 1,000 subscribers and 4,000 public watch hours, plus a projected qualification date at your current pace.
At this pace the watch hour gap alone costs you 158 more days. Delivered watch hours and subscribers close it in days, not months.
Your pace: 20.0 watch hours a day (400 views × 3 min ÷ 60).
Only public long-form watch time counts. Public live streams that stay up as public videos count too. Shorts views, private or unlisted videos, deleted uploads and paid ad traffic are excluded. The Shorts route instead needs 10,000,000 public Shorts views in 90 days. Real growth is rarely a straight line, so read the date as a baseline.
How this is calculated
The thresholds come straight from YouTube's official Partner Program requirements. Full monetization needs 1,000 subscribers plus either 4,000 public watch hours in the trailing 365 days or 10 million public Shorts views in 90 days. A lower tier at 500 subscribers, 3,000 watch hours or 3 million Shorts views, and 3 recent uploads unlocks fan funding features like memberships and Supers before ad revenue starts.
The projection multiplies average daily views by average view duration to estimate daily watch hours (views × minutes ÷ 60). Only public long-form watch time counts toward the 4,000 hours. Shorts views, private and unlisted videos are excluded, which is why the calculator asks for long-form numbers only.
Estimates only, based on published benchmark ranges. No guarantee of earnings or eligibility. Figures last reviewed July 2026.
Common questions
What are the YouTube monetization requirements right now?
Full monetization through the YouTube Partner Program requires 1,000 subscribers plus either 4,000 public watch hours in the last 365 days or 10 million public Shorts views in the last 90 days. A lower tier at 500 subscribers and 3,000 watch hours (or 3 million Shorts views) unlocks fan funding features only.
Do Shorts views count toward the 4,000 watch hours?
No. Watch time from Shorts never counts toward the 4,000 public watch hours. Shorts have their own separate path of 10 million public views in 90 days. Private, unlisted and deleted videos and paid ad traffic are also excluded, while public live streams kept up as public videos do count.
How accurate is the projected monetization date?
It is a straight-line projection from the daily views and average view duration you enter. Real channels rarely grow in a straight line. A single video taking off can shorten the timeline dramatically, so treat the date as a baseline rather than a promise.
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