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YouTube Partner Program

Ad revenue and fan funding for channels past 1,000 subscribers plus 4,000 watch hours or 10 million Shorts views, paid through AdSense.

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Counts, not a score. 6 of 10 things we look for are published by YouTube Partner Program, 1 are not, and 3 we have not checked yet. A ratio would need a denominator from outside this site. A count does not.

Can you even be here

Where you can sign upIs my country on the list at all?YouTube Partner Program does not publish thisNot published on the eligibility page itself: you must live in a country/region where the YouTube Partner Program is available, with the list kept on a separate pageMinimum eligibility requirements · source · checked 2026-09-11 · different for you?

Where you can be paidTwo lists, and they are not always the same one.We have not checked this one yet. That is our gap, not theirs.

Minimum ageHow old do I have to be, and is it higher for some offers?18 for channel memberships, Super Chat, Super Stickers and Super Thanks, each of which also requires living where that feature is available; ads themselves run through an AdSense for YouTube accountWays to make money in the YouTube Partner Program · source · checked 2026-09-11 · different for you?

Getting the money out

What you are paid inCash, or something that is only spendable in one place?Cash through an AdSense for YouTube account: advertising revenue from Watch Page ads and Shorts Feed ads, plus Shopping, memberships and fan funding where availableHow to earn money on YouTube · source · checked 2026-09-11 · different for you?

Ways to get paidIf the one method fails, is there a second one?Depending on your payment address: check, Electronic Funds Transfer (EFT), Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA), wire transfer, or PayPal HyperwalletAdd your payment method for AdSense for YouTube · source · checked 2026-09-11 · different for you?

Minimum payoutHow much must pile up before they let go of it?$100 for a U.S. Dollar account, with a $10 verification threshold and a $10 payment method threshold before it; A$100 and C$100 in those currenciesPayment thresholds · source · checked 2026-09-11 · different for you?

Fee taken out of the payoutWhat is deducted that the payout page does not mention?We have not checked this one yet. That is our gap, not theirs.

Time from earning to money in handThe whole chain, not the speed they advertise for the last step.Earnings for a month are finalized between the 7th and 12th of the next month and paid between the 21st and 26th, once the balance has reached the payment threshold and there are no holds; a hold removed after the 20th rolls the balance to the following monthUnderstand AdSense for YouTube's payment process · source · checked 2026-09-11 · different for you?

Keeping what you earned

How a balance can be lostDoes it expire, get charged rent, or vanish if I go quiet?Payment requires no holds on the account and compliance with the AdSense Program policies and the AdSense for YouTube Terms and Conditions; a channel with active Community Guidelines strikes cannot join, and membership requires staying activePayment threshold · source · checked 2026-09-11 · different for you?

Who is on the hook

Who is legally on the hookWhich company, and does it publish anything about whether it can pay?We have not checked this one yet. That is our gap, not theirs.

Put YouTube Partner Program next to something else

No article here covers YouTube Partner Program alongside another platform yet, so there is nothing to suggest. Pick your own pairing and the same questions get asked of each.

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How to read this page

The ten things above are not our idea of what matters. They are what the checklists in twenty hand-written articles on this site already asked, counted up: country and eligibility came first in nineteen of them, waiting time and what you are paid in came next. The payout minimum, the number most people search for, barely appeared. It is one row here, not the headline.

A row marked not publishedmeans we opened the company's own pages looking for it and it was not there. That is a finding, and it is dated. A row marked not checked yet means we have not done the work. Those two are kept apart on purpose: an empty box because we were slow should never look like an empty box because they were quiet.

Found something that has moved? Tell us. It gets checked against the source and the change is dated on the corrections page.

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