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Our automated systems and human reviewers will review your channel as a whole to make sure your channel follows all of our policies and guidelines. Keep in mind we continuously check channels in YPP to make sure they continue to meet our policies and guidelines over time. Once you apply, your channel will go through a standard review process to see whether your channel meets our policies and guidelines. Our team will review your channel as a whole to check whether your channel meets our YouTube channel monetization policies. If it meets our policies and guidelines, we’ll accept your channel into YPP. These thresholds help us make a more informed decision about whether your channel meets our policies and guidelines.

YouTube Partner Program overview & eligibility

All YPP applications are serviced in the order they’re received by us. Keep in mind delays are possible due to higher-than-usual application volumes, system issues, or resource limitations. Check back in the Earn section of YouTube Studio anytime to see the status of your application. If you’d like us to notify you when you’re eligible, select Get notified in the Earn area of YouTube Studio.

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If you have active Community Guidelines strikes on your channel, you can apply after your strikes expire. If you don’t meet the requirements yet, keep working to make original content and build your audience. Learn more about steps you can take to strengthen your application for next time.

• For info about Shorts view eligibility with regards to how we calculate payments, see our YouTube Shorts monetization policies.
• Videos you’ve uploaded, which includes public, private, and unlisted videos, can be found under Your videos.
• Once you qualify for the higher eligibility criteria for YPP, you will be eligible to receive a share of the revenue from ads served on your content.
• The videos you’ve previously uploaded can be found under Your videos.
• Sometimes channels require multiple reviews, especially when several reviewers disagree on your channel’s suitability for YPP.

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Liked videos is where you can find a list of all the videos you’ve “liked” by clicking a video’s Like button. Videos you’ve uploaded, which includes public, private, and unlisted videos, can be found under Your videos. Learn how to manage your watch history aviator and search history. You can also view and manage your watch history, search history, comments, and more. Enter what you’re searching for and then filter the results by videos, channels, or playlists.

Channels will lose monetization when they violate any of the YouTube channel monetization policies. Note that a channel needs to complete all the YPP signup steps (which currently include signing the contract and associating an AdSense for YouTube account) before they will be reviewed. If you’ve met the threshold and applied for YPP, we’ll still review your channel for YPP suitability. For info about Shorts view eligibility with regards to how we calculate payments, see our YouTube Shorts monetization policies. After choosing how you want to monetize, you’ll be able to manage ad preferences, turn on monetization for your uploads, and more.

Watch the Primetime channels you’ve purchased. Learn more about how to manage your watch history. Once you qualify for the higher eligibility criteria for YPP, you will be eligible to receive a share of the revenue from ads served on your content.