YouTube Monetization 2026: Full Breakdown & Transcript

[00:02] tell you all the rules of monetization. Whatever are the new rules , whatever are the old rules, how is a YouTube channel monetized, what things should you keep in mind and what mistakes are made by those people whose channel has billions of subscribers,

[00:14] So what mistake do they make? Today I will also tell you about such content which gets monetized. Content that is not monetized. You will get all the details in this video. Let's not monetized. You will get all the details in this video. Let's

[00:27] two ways to earn money. The first tier is Tier One Fan Funding, in which you get early access to anything. You should know in advance whether your YouTube channel will be monetized or not. So what do you have to do in this

[00:41] ? This tier one starts at 500 subscribers. In this, your audience, the few subscribers you have, if they want to support you, they can do so can earn from here. We will understand this in detail. There is a Tier 2 in which

[00:54] your YouTube channel gets completely monetized. Ads also start appearing on it and you start earning a good amount of money. So first of all let us see what things you have to complete in Tier One. First of all,

[01:06] you will have to fulfill the criteria of 500 subscribers, that is, there should be you will be able to get this tier one monetization. This is also called early access to monetization. After that,

[01:23] make long videos then you will have to complete 3000 hours of watch time. If you have been making short videos in the last 12 months, you will have to complete 3 million short views in the last 90 days. And why is it written 90 days here?

[01:37] Because YouTube knows that if a Uber uploads videos continuously for 90 days, one short video a day, then it is not difficult to fulfill this criteria. But most people make the mistake of not uploading videos.

[01:49] After that let us see what will happen after completing these things, that our YouTube start earning money, you will get these four features. Fulfill this criteria. Only one of these two has to be done. Ok? You will get the option of Super Chat.

[02:03] You will get the option of Super Thanks. You will get the membership option. You will get the shopping option. These four options get activated for you. entire monetization is that the ads that start appearing on your YouTube channel

[02:19] and the biggest revenue, brother, is ad revenue for a new user. So subscribers, ads will start appearing on your YouTube channel. 4000 for long form videos and has to be done

[02:32] make short videos then you will get 10 million short views. If you subscribers then you can still apply. Meaning if this criteria of yours is this doesn't happen, your YouTube channel can still be monetized. This is done, this is

[02:49] channel can still be monetized. In this, ads will start appearing on your videos. People who use premium YouTube will also start earning money and ads will also start appearing on short videos. Even if you monetize your channel with your short videos,

[03:02] ads will still appear on the entire channel. It is not that ads will not appear on long videos. So in this way, now let us you have to keep in mind in the social monetization of YouTube.

[03:14] One half subscriber 10 million views in 90 days and the revenue model is a little different. It is different from any long videos. What happens in this is that an ad revenue pool is created, let's say there are 10 Ubers and the videos of those 10 YouTubers get

[03:27] 100 million views. So now whoever gets the more views, let's assume that YouTube has earned $1000 from these 10 million views. Ok? So whoever has got these 10 million views, let's say if a Uber

[03:42] gets 20 million views, then he will get $200 there. Did you understand? So this is how it works. Whatever music you use, it becomes so sweet that whoever uses the song in their videos, there is no harm in it.

[03:55] You will have to keep this thing in mind that in your videos which are 60 second short videos, if you use any song in them and it is written there ' use any song in them and it is written there ' Shorts Policy' and there it is

[04:07] written 'Nul' in the restrictions, then brother, there is no problem. The shorts you make up to 60 seconds are brother, there is no problem. The shorts you make up to 60 seconds are Use any song brother, there will be no problem. And let me tell you one more pro tip that

[04:19] if you want to upload your short videos continuously, then nowadays we have seen that people who continuously upload short videos on just one song, they go viral quickly. that you should know.

[04:32] subscribers, then the affiliate shopping program gets activated for you. affiliate shopping program gets activated for you. Meaning, you can also tag Flipkart mtra products in your videos and after that you

[04:45] written there that if you tag any product, you will get 2% commission. Some on 10,000 subscribers. Now understand for whom the danger is. Whatever the danger is, it is a new term on YouTube. AI Slop

[04:59] means videos that are of low quality, do not provide any value no longer be monetized on YouTube. Hey, let me show you which ones are there. Look, mass produced AI content means whatever work is done on a template, not

[05:13] that you put a video on a template and a video will be ready from it. Let's assume there is a video of children dancing. Now, if you fill your entire channel with children's dance videos using templates with children's dance videos using templates

[05:27] such content that everyone can create and if a content gets too much attention on YouTube then it does not get monetized if it is AI generated or your voice is completely robotic. The AI ​​voice over you're doing is

[05:40] completely robotic. Even if it doesn't seem like a real person is talking, your channel may face issues in getting monetized. You have 11 issues in getting monetized. You have 11 Labs here or you can also use Google's A Studio.

[05:52] Their sound is of good quality. There are premium sounds. So you will benefit from there also. What could happen after that? Repetitive slide shows scrolling text that bro there is nothing in the video. You have

[06:04] neither added any voice over nor done any editing. It's just a text and it keeps going. It is becoming increasingly common text comes, then another text, then a third text, and there is nothing behind it. If a of content will also not be monetized. And such content which has neither any educational value

[06:18] nor any narrative value. Meaning you just uploaded the video. Neither is the viewer getting any entertainment from it , nor is he getting any educational value. nothing, right? Now let us understand which channel will be monetized and which will not. First of all let us

[06:31] see which channels are not getting monetized. So, faceless AI spam channels, brother, all the channels with stories on which only text is written and there are neither any graphics nor any images behind them, they will also not be monetized. Whatever

[06:43] robotic voice it is, there is no emotion in it, brother, the words that AI is saying are just speaking simply, no one is able to understand it. Or you stole someone's clicks and didn't edit them at all. If you just

[06:55] work. What people are doing here is stealing other people's clips from other apps and adding their own voice over to them. He is putting his own caption that So these videos are also very popular and are also getting monetized. Now let's

[07:08] see what will be monetized. Reaction video is the original commentary on whatever you react to, Reaction video is the original commentary on whatever you react to, see, if AI is used for editing, scripting, voice over,

[07:21] but it has emotions in it and after watching the video it should be clear that a human being will be needed to make this video. A human being was Because whenever your YouTube channel gets monetized, there are

[07:36] no robots sitting there to check it. There are real people sitting there who will go through your channel and ask how is this channel? Should ads start appearing on this channel or not? and when they check it, it should seem that yes brother, the guy has worked hard. Hard work has gone

[07:49] into growing the channel and all the high value educational storytellings will can create an AI channel. I have told you what things you need to take care of. First of all, one more thing is very important brother, if your content is AI, if

[08:05] you have created it with AI, then I would request you to not make a deep fake of anyone's image, brother, you all must know this because

[08:20] a lot of cases happen on this. Realistic altered content must be disclosed. Meaning brother, I would say that if you are using images, making videos or using voice over from AI, then there is an option of altered content, turn it

[08:33] generating a video from AI and uploading it on YouTube, then brother, that has not happened in reality, you have made it from AI, so if you turn on the altered content, it will be good or it will be beneficial for you only, friends, even

[08:49] your YouTube channel, do it now otherwise hackers will stripe on your channel. The

[09:01] So verify your mobile number and turn it on. After that you will have to create an Adsense account. Now friends, as soon as your criteria is fulfilled,

[09:15] is fulfilled, Apply Now option will appear there. Once you meet the criteria and click Apply Now, your YouTube channel will be reviewed for monetization.

[09:27] and then go to the review. Brother, it takes maximum one month. However, the YouTube channel gets monetized within three-four days. And whenever you are applying for monetization, first of all review your most

[09:39] see if it looks robotic or not. It doesn't look fully A generated. If you feel like it, then make some changes in it. Now some new things are also coming in 2026. What is coming? Shopping affiliates are coming so that you can add your products

[09:52] which will get clicks and you can earn from that too. Those who do vertical live streaming must have seen that Jewels and Gift type features have also come in the market and people are earning good money by using them

[10:05] and what is Brand Connect brother, through this you can find your sponsorships, whoever your sponsors are. The important thing is that if you want to grow your YouTube channel, then you have to create original content and not copy paste. If you want to

[10:17] copy paste, then you have to create transformative content in it. After that you have to remain consistent. I have already told you that if you remain consistent, you will get growth. Whatever comments you get, whatever questions people are asking, you have to

[10:29] reply to them if you make educational videos. And you have to be careful about copyright so that you do not get reused content. So friends, this was today's video. If like the video and subscribe to the channel. You will keep getting such videos here. Now

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