---
title: 'How to Monetize Instagram Reels (2025) | Make Money with Instagram Reels!'
source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=AiHIOLXh9GU'
video_id: 'AiHIOLXh9GU'
date: 2026-08-27
duration_sec: 82
channel: 'Digital Navigator'
---

# How to Monetize Instagram Reels (2025) | Make Money with Instagram Reels!

> Source: [How to Monetize Instagram Reels (2025) | Make Money with Instagram Reels!](https://youtube.com/watch?v=AiHIOLXh9GU)

## Summary

This video provides a step-by-step guide on how to monetize Instagram Reels by switching to a business account and accessing the monetization features. The creator demonstrates the process on their phone, highlighting the essential steps and noting regional availability of the payment feature.

### Key Points

- **Open Instagram and Access Profile** [00:01] — Open the Instagram application on your phone and navigate to your profile by clicking the bottom right corner icon.
- **Find Creator Tools** [00:14] — Click the three lines in the top right corner, scroll down to 'Creator tools and controls', then select 'Switch Account type'.
- **Switch to Business Account** [00:27] — Click 'Switch to business account' — an essential step for monetization. Confirm the switch to see the account type updated.
- **Check Monetization Status** [00:40] — Go to 'Business tools and controls', then 'Monetization status' to see if your account is eligible for monetization.
- **Add Payment Method** [00:53] — Navigate to 'Payments' to add your payment method and view earnings from Reels. More views on Reels lead to higher payments.
- **Regional Availability** [01:07] — The payment feature may not be available in all regions (e.g., not available in the creator's region), but works in regions like Europe and the United States.

### Conclusion

To monetize Instagram Reels, switch to a business account, check monetization status, and add a payment method. Note that the feature's availability depends on your region.

## Transcript

going to show you how to monetize Instagram reads now first thing you Instagram application on your phone then once you open it you will have to go to your profile so click on the bottom right corner right here now you will
have to go on the top right corner and click on these three lines and now what you should do is to Simply scroll down till you find Creator tools and controls then scroll down till you find Switch Account type so I'm going to click on it
then now click on switch to business account it is a very essential step in order to monetize your account so I'm going to click on switch then here as you can see it shows me that my account has been switched to business account so
what you should do right now is simply go to business tools and controls then go to monetization status and here as you can see you will find out that I'm able to monetize as you can see now when I go back and click on at payments you
will be able to add your payment message and you will be able to see all of your earnings from Instagram res and the more views you get on your Instagram re the more payment you get but here in my case for sorry when I go into payment methods
I get this message because this feature actually is not totally available in my region but it will work in other regions like Europe and United States and that's helpful please don't forget support us with like subscribe comment share and
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