Anyone know about YouTube Monetisation?

[massiveCoRbyn]

This might be one for @Tighten My Nuts but I'm after info on YouTube monetisation, as I don't fully understand how you actually achieve it.

So, for a while, I was chasing the requirements to reach partner status, but I did that a while ago. However, if I go to the "Earn" section in my account, it says "Not ready for payment" and that I haven't reached the payment threshold yet. The problem is, if I try to read their help sections, I can't actually find out what this mysterious payment threshold actually is?

I'm not expecting to get rich or anything, but I'd just like to understand what the requirements actually are, as I was chatting to someone yesterday and he seemed surprised that I hadn't reached the threshold.

Can anyone shed any light?

 

[Tighten My Nuts]

£60 a is the payment threshold I'm aware of i.e they won't send you money until you end a month with a cumulative total of £60 earned.

As for setting it up and how it all works I genuinely have no idea.

I've been monetised for almost 15 years now and even if I could remember what I did, it's changed being recognition since then!

 

[Mr Trailer Man]

Assume you've met the criteria to actually monetise your channel. i.e subscribers and channels views (can't remember the requirement)

You then have to reach £60 a month to be paid or it will roll over and accumulate until it reaches that.

I think you have to provide info for tax purposes too.

Meet YouTube's revenue thresholds for payment - YouTube Help

You're in the YouTube Partner Programme (YPP) and have continued making cool content and building your audience. Now, you might be wondering, 'When do I actually get paid?' There are a few revenue mil

support.google.com

 

[massiveCoRbyn]

Interesting, thanks chaps. I submitted the tax info last year and, having reviewed my account, everything looks up-to-date as far as I can see, it appears I just haven't hit the earnings threshold.

This begs a question, what do you need to do to actually earn the £60 minimum? How many views/watch hours do you need to start earning anything? As I said, I don't care about the money, as it will be pennies, but I'm just curious as to what the actual level is, because it seems an absolute mystery.

This is the channel by the way: https://www.youtube.com/@maximumattackrallying

 

[Hixle]

I can’t 100% remember from when @Scrooge and I used to do it, but think it was about 4k hours in the past 12 months and 1k subs.

Thats going back 5 years though

 

[R3k1355]

My mates a YouTube partner, he just passed 500 subs.

 

[Scrooge]

I can’t 100% remember from when @Scrooge and I used to do it, but think it was about 4k hours in the past 12 months and 1k subs.

Thats going back 5 years though

It’s changed a lot since we did it

 

[massiveCoRbyn]

I can’t 100% remember from when @Scrooge and I used to do it, but think it was about 4k hours in the past 12 months and 1k subs.

Thats going back 5 years though

Perhaps it's changed now, because I've got nearly 20k hours and 2.7k subscribers in the last year!

 

[Cub.]

@Jonnio

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[jonno_c]

My mate did quite well out of YT, https://www.youtube.com/@Oxfordonlineenglish1/videos

 

[Pauleds]

My cousin does alright with it.
Over 50k subscribers now

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[massiveCoRbyn]

I'm glad your friends are doing well @jonno_c and @Pauleds, but that doesn't help me

 

[Matt Cup]

My mate did quite well out of YT, https://www.youtube.com/@Oxfordonlineenglish1/videos

How come they just stopped? The channel had a hell of a lot of subscribers.

 

[mace¬]

How come they just stopped? The channel had a hell of a lot of subscribers.

Quick google say their view counts would likely generate around £1000 a month, if they’ve broken out into course, learning resources etc then YT might not be worth the effort

 

[Ray Gin]

In your YT studio it’ll list all the criteria you need to hit.

 

[Rob]

In your YT studio it’ll list all the criteria you need to hit.

Most useful thing you’ve ever posted?

 

[Ray Gin]

Most useful thing you’ve ever posted?

Bit racist but ok.

 

[jonno_c]

How come they just stopped? The channel had a hell of a lot of subscribers.

As mace said, they push courses harder, às well as China being their biggest market, and YouTube being harder to access out there.

 

[massiveCoRbyn]

In your YT studio it’ll list all the criteria you need to hit.

Where? There are a few things about monetisation, but clicking them just seems to send me into a loop of "help" articles that don't actually tell me how to do anything.