YouTube Monetization Explained - How To Make Money From YouTube in 2025!

[00:00] this is everything you need to know

[00:01] about YouTube monetization I'm going to

[00:03] cover the different ways that you can

[00:04] make money on YouTube itself once you

[00:07] meet the YouTube Partner program

[00:09] requirements now obviously there's other

[00:10] ways you can make money off the back of

[00:12] your YouTube channel as well and I've

[00:14] got links in the description if you want

[00:15] to dive further into that after this

[00:18] video so in this video we're looking at

[00:20] how YouTube itself pays you so in order

[00:22] to get paid by YouTube you do need to be

[00:24] in the YouTube Partner program and

[00:26] there's actually now two tiers of the

[00:29] program there is a a lower tier and a

[00:31] higher tier so to be eligible for the

[00:33] lower tier you do need to have 500

[00:35] subscribers you need to have three

[00:38] public video uploads in the last 90 days

[00:41] and you also need to have either 3,000

[00:43] public watch hours in the past 12 months

[00:46] or 3 million public shorts views in the

[00:49] last 90 days you also need to be in a

[00:51] country or region that supports the

[00:53] YouTube Partner program so once you've

[00:54] reached this level and you've applied to

[00:56] be in the program you've been accepted

[00:58] this is going to unlock supers for you

[01:01] so super chat super stickers and super

[01:04] thanks and this is really at the core of

[01:06] YouTube fan funding so your fans your

[01:09] followers your viewers have the ability

[01:11] to either donate to you via chat so

[01:14] super chat so while your live viewers of

[01:16] that live stream can send you a promoted

[01:19] or boosted chat message which also

[01:21] includes a tip or a donation for you as

[01:24] well with an amount that they specify on

[01:27] their end very similar to this is super

[01:29] stickers again again while you're live

[01:31] so you need to be doing a live stream

[01:32] that your viewers can send you a sticker

[01:36] which also has a monetary value

[01:38] associated with it again think a tip or

[01:40] donation from your viewers but it also

[01:43] unlocks super thanks which essentially

[01:45] gives you the ability to have that same

[01:47] capability but not while you're live so

[01:50] you can actually have a thanks button

[01:52] that will appear under your regular

[01:53] YouTube videos that at any time when

[01:55] someone's consuming your content they

[01:57] can click on that they can send you a

[01:59] message as you would a YouTube comment

[02:02] and they can specify how much money they

[02:04] want to donate or send you at that point

[02:07] and all of these super chats super

[02:09] stickers and super thanks they're all

[02:11] designed to stand out on your content as

[02:13] well so it highlights the viewer their

[02:15] message or their sticker so that they

[02:17] stand out there as well this lower tier

[02:19] of the YouTube Partner program also

[02:21] unlocks YouTube channel memberships

[02:23] think of this like your own patreon or

[02:26] buy me a coffee but built directly into

[02:29] YouTube so the way this works is you as

[02:31] the channel owner can enable Channel

[02:33] memberships and then you can create

[02:35] different tiers or monetary amounts that

[02:38] people will pay you on a recurring basis

[02:40] to be a channel member and each one of

[02:42] these tiers that you create could be

[02:44] different amounts but also offer

[02:46] different perks as YouTube calls them so

[02:49] a perk could be something like access to

[02:51] exclusive live streams access to

[02:53] exclusive Community posts exclusive

[02:56] content there's also ways to integrate

[02:58] this with external platforms as as well

[03:00] for even sharing course content or

[03:02] deeper dive stuff but this can be a

[03:04] great recurring Revenue model for you

[03:07] where it makes it easy for your viewers

[03:09] to support you if they like what you're

[03:11] doing and obviously to get access to

[03:13] some of these perks that you offer too

[03:15] that's probably worth noting that while

[03:16] you get access to all of these things at

[03:18] these different levels you definitely

[03:20] don't need to have them all set up and

[03:22] running you get to choose and that's

[03:24] what I love about this is that you can

[03:26] build the business or the revenue

[03:28] streams that you want off this so if

[03:30] YouTube channel memberships sounds like

[03:31] a nightmare for you to run and to set up

[03:34] all the perks or whatever then you don't

[03:36] need to do it but there's an opportunity

[03:38] there for you now in terms of the fan

[03:39] funding options that we've covered so

[03:41] far with Channel memberships and the

[03:43] supers you as the channel owner get to

[03:46] keep 70% of that Revenue after YouTube

[03:49] takes a 30% cut and the last thing that

[03:51] you unlock on this lower tier YouTube

[03:54] Partner program is YouTube shopping

[03:56] again only if this is actually

[03:58] functional and accessible in your

[04:00] country or region but this is where

[04:02] you'll have the ability to promote and

[04:03] sell your own products or merchandise

[04:06] directly on YouTube and when you set

[04:08] this up you can actually have your own

[04:09] products and things showing up beneath

[04:11] your videos but also while you're live

[04:13] too now to set this up this is where you

[04:15] will need to be using an approved

[04:16] platform something like Shopify there's

[04:19] other options as well and obviously have

[04:21] your products and everything set up for

[04:22] sale on that and it's going to create a

[04:24] link between the two for you so that's

[04:26] what's available right now in the lower

[04:28] tier of the YouTube Partner program but

[04:30] if you're in that program and you're

[04:32] progressing through your channel still

[04:33] growing then once you reach the

[04:36] requirements to enable the full tier you

[04:38] don't need to reapply because you're

[04:40] already in just those extra features are

[04:42] going to unlock so to be eligible to

[04:44] join the full YouTube Partner program

[04:46] the top tier this is where you will need

[04:48] to have 1,000 subscribers on your

[04:50] channel you'll need to have 4,000 hours

[04:53] of public watch time in the past 12

[04:55] months or you'll need to have 10 million

[04:58] valid public short views in the past 90

[05:01] days now your channel will also need to

[05:03] be in good standing with YouTube as well

[05:05] meaning that you're compliant with

[05:06] YouTube's monetization policies no

[05:09] Community guidelines strikes that you

[05:11] have an AdSense account set up as well

[05:13] but once you're in there and once you're

[05:14] accepted this is when you can turn on

[05:16] YouTube ad revenue and this is the most

[05:18] popular way that people make money from

[05:20] YouTube It's the biggest way that we

[05:22] make money from YouTube paying us

[05:24] themselves so in this higher tier

[05:26] obviously you get access to all of the

[05:28] supers the shopping and the memberships

[05:31] from the lower tier as well and you get

[05:33] to enable YouTube ads but this is also

[05:35] where you get extra revenue from things

[05:38] like YouTube premium so for anyone that

[05:39] is consuming your content that does have

[05:42] a YouTube premium account where they're

[05:44] not seeing ads then this is where your

[05:46] content can earn a portion of that

[05:48] subscription fee based on watch time and

[05:51] this is automatically set up and managed

[05:53] by YouTube themselves and you'll be able

[05:55] to view your earnings from ad revenue

[05:57] and from YouTube premium Revenue in your

[06:00] YouTube analytics now in terms of a

[06:02] revenue split or cut from the ad side of

[06:05] YouTube this is where it's around 55%

[06:07] that the creators get to have whereas

[06:09] the rest the 45 goes to YouTube

[06:12] obviously that's after fees and

[06:13] everything as well YouTube are also

[06:15] currently testing and slowly rolling out

[06:18] YouTube shopping Affiliates for people

[06:20] in the higher partner program as well so

[06:22] with this you don't need to have your

[06:24] own products that you can use with

[06:26] YouTube shopping your own merchandise or

[06:28] whatever this gives the ability to

[06:30] promote and to help sell other products

[06:32] and things that you don't own that you

[06:34] don't need to have in a warehouse and

[06:36] ship out or any of that stuff you can be

[06:38] an affiliate for these products so if

[06:40] you're mentioning them in your video

[06:42] then they can show up below it where

[06:44] people can buy that product from Amazon

[06:46] or wherever it is and you can earn an

[06:48] affiliate commission from that too I

[06:49] think this is absolutely awesome and I

[06:51] can't wait to get access we don't have

[06:53] access yet I think right now this is

[06:55] only in the US but I really love the

[06:57] opportunity here for this and with

[06:59] YouTube shopping in general and it

[07:01] sounds like from what I've heard they've

[07:02] got a big push for this coming on the TV

[07:05] side of things too fingers crossed so

[07:07] those are the ways right now that you

[07:08] can make money from YouTube itself but

[07:11] there's other ways that you can make

[07:12] money from your YouTube channel and I've

[07:13] got some videos linked on screen to help

[07:15] you even further with that including

[07:18] affiliate Revenue which is my favorite

[07:20] as always check out the links in the

[07:21] description below for more links more

[07:22] resources to help you even further and I

[07:24] will see you in the next video cheers