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YouTube now requires creators to have twice as many watch hours to start earning money

TechCrunchMonday, August 10, 2026 at 6:27 PM

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YouTube now requires creators to have twice as many watch hours to start earning money
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Creators who want to start earning on the platform will need at least 8,000 qualified watch hours over the past year or 20 million qualified Shorts views in the last 90 days.

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Impact
High
Category
Technology
Market relevance
Moderate
Why it matters
Technology shifts change how people work, communicate, and build — often faster than policy can follow. Creators who want to start earning on the platform will need at least 8,000 qualified watch hours over the past year or 20 million qualified Shorts views in the last 90 days. Secondary effects may show up in markets and supply chains linked to Youtube and Requires.
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What happened

Creators who want to start earning on the platform will need at least 8,000 qualified watch hours over the past year or 20 million qualified Shorts views in the last 90 days.

Why it matters

Technology shifts change how people work, communicate, and build — often faster than policy can follow.

Background

TechCrunch reported on this under technology. RedScroll surfaces the signal with an extractive brief — not a reprint of the original article. Read the source for full reporting.

Timeline

  1. TechCrunch published: YouTube now requires creators to have twice as many watch hours to start earning money

  2. Story is in today’s RedScroll edition. Follow the original source for updates.

Economic impact

Secondary effects may show up in markets and supply chains linked to Youtube and Requires.

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