YouTube Partner Program: How To Apply?
What is the YouTube Partner Program?
The YouTube Partner Program is a way to obtain more resources and monetization opportunities from YouTube. In short, you can earn income from the ads shown in your videos and it also makes it much easier to reach agreements with advertisers and gain more visibility on the platform. It also offers priority support.
YouTube Partner Program Requirements
Follow YouTube’s Community Guidelines and best practices for digital content creators.
Comply with the YouTube monetization policies. These policies will tell you what to do to make money with the content you upload to the digital platform.
Live in one of the countries or regions where the YouTube Partner Program is available. Spain, the United States, and Italy are among the eligible markets.
Have more than 4,000 valid public watch hours during the last 12 months. Your channel must hit this minimum traffic level before making the leap towards the YouTube Partner Program.
Have at least 1,000 subscribers.
Link your YouTube account to an AdSense account.
How to join the YouTube Partner Program?
Log in using your account.
In the upper right-hand corner, click on your profile picture and select YouTube Studio.
In the menu on the left, search for and click on Monetization.
If you currently don’t satisfy the requirements, you can click on “Notify me when I’m eligible” to get an email when you reach 1,000 subscribers and 4,000 valid public viewing hours in the last year. If you’ve met these requirements, you’re ready to go. Go to the tab that says “Review Partner Program terms” and click “Start.”
Accept the terms, and then you’ll see a green “Done” in that box.
Recall that you must have an AdSense account. They’ll ask you to link an AdSense account to receive payments. How can you link it up?
Click Start on the “Sign Up for Google AdSense” card. If you already have an active account, check everything’s correct, and if not, follow the instructions that show up on your screen to create it.
Once you’ve linked up the account, you’ll see a green “Ready” in the “Sign Up for Google AdSense” box.
How Long it Takes to Get Accepted to the YouTube Partner Program
After applying to the YPP, you may be wondering how long YouTube will take to review your application. The official answer from the platform’s support page is about one month. However, plenty of creators have been accepted before then, so keep checking your email.
How the YouTube Partner Program Benefits Creators?
The YPP is great for boosting your income, but that’s not the only benefit of joining. The marketing program also gives creators access to a copyright match tool and the platform’s creator support teams. The copyright tool helps you find and flag stolen video content, and the creator support teams help you get more value out of YouTube.
But of course, creators are typically most excited about the YPP’s extra monetization features.
These money-making tools go beyond ad revenue, so you should look forward to using them. When executed the right way, they help creators reach their desired income and build a sustainable career on YouTube.