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YouTube Monetization Calculator

Enter the numbers from your own YouTube Studio and see, for each official path into the YouTube Partner Program, what is already met, what is still missing and what a target date means per day.

Your numbers never leave your browser and are not stored; site-wide analytics may count this page visit, never what you type.

Official thresholds last checked on September 23, 2026

Your channel numbers

Your numbers today

You can type 1,234 · 1,234.5 · 1.2k · 3.5m. On this page the comma groups thousands and the dot is the decimal point, so 1,234 is one thousand two hundred thirty-four and 1.5 is one and a half.

Subscribers

Your current subscriber count.

Qualified public watch hours, last 12 months

Long-form watch hours. Watch hours from Shorts views in the Shorts Feed don't count here.

Qualified Shorts views, last 90 days

Shorts views in the Shorts Feed over the last 90 days. Enter 0 if you don't post Shorts.

Valid public uploads, last 90 days

Only the 500-subscriber tier asks for this.

Optional: plan toward a date

Leave these empty if you only want the progress check.

Target date

What's missing is split into a per-day amount.

Average view duration

Minutes:seconds (3:05) or minutes (3.5). Turns missing hours into views.

Watch hours gained per day

Your recent daily average. Turns missing hours into days.

Your YPP progress

Press Calculate to see each path.

Estimate watch hours from views

Don't have the hours figure? Views × average view duration gives a rough number. For the calculator above, use the qualified figure from YouTube Studio.

Long-form views

Views of your long-form videos.

Average view duration

Minutes:seconds (3:05) or minutes (3.5).

Read this before relying on the numbers

Meeting the thresholds is not acceptance. They make a channel eligible to apply; YouTube then reviews the channel before it joins the programme.
“Qualified” watch hours and Shorts views are YouTube's own definitions. Only the figures in your YouTube Studio decide eligibility — this tool only does the arithmetic on what you type.
The windows roll: watch hours count over the last 12 months and Shorts views over the last 90 days, so older numbers drop out every day. This tool can't see your channel and can't know what will drop out.
Artificially increasing views or subscribers breaks YouTube's fake engagement policy. SociShop does not present any of its packages as a way to reach the YouTube Partner Program.

Official sources

The thresholds come only from these YouTube Help pages and are quoted and dated in the tool's code. Each read is listed with its date and time (UTC).

YouTube Partner Program overview & eligibility (English)read September 23, 2026, 10:08 UTC
YouTube Partner Program overview & eligibility (Turkish)read September 23, 2026, 10:34 UTC
Changes to the YouTube Partner Program (English)read September 23, 2026, 22:13 UTC
Overview of the expanded YouTube Partner Program (English)read September 23, 2026, 10:08 UTC
Overview of the expanded YouTube Partner Program (Turkish)read September 23, 2026, 10:34 UTC
Overview of the expanded YouTube Partner Program (German, country list)read September 23, 2026, 22:15 UTC
Fake engagement policy (Turkish)read September 23, 2026, 10:49 UTC

Questions about YPP thresholds

Do Shorts views count toward the 4,000 watch hours?

No. YouTube says watch hours from Shorts views in the Shorts Feed don't count toward the 4,000-hour threshold. Shorts have their own path: 10 million qualified Shorts views in the last 90 days, with 1,000 subscribers.

What is the 500-subscriber tier?

It's YouTube's expanded Partner Program: 500 subscribers and 3 valid public uploads in the last 90 days, plus either 3,000 qualified watch hours in the last 12 months or 3 million qualified Shorts views in the last 90 days. It unlocks some monetization features and is open only in selected countries — check YouTube's official list.

If I meet every threshold, am I accepted?

Not automatically. The thresholds make a channel eligible to apply; YouTube then reviews the channel. The calculator can only tell you whether the numbers you entered reach the thresholds.

Can bought views or subscribers help me reach YPP?

YouTube's fake engagement policy prohibits artificially increasing views, likes, comments or other metrics. SociShop does not present its packages as a way to reach the YouTube Partner Program, and this calculator works only with the numbers you enter.

What changes on February 1, 2027?

YouTube announced that from February 1, 2027 the entry thresholds for new applicants become 1,000 subscribers with 8,000 qualified watch hours in the last 365 days, or 20 million qualified Shorts views in the last 90 days. Channels already in the programme are not affected, and the 500-subscriber tier is unchanged. The calculator shows your progress against today's rules and, on request, against that set.