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How it's doing.
Target for 1 Feb 2027 · fan-funding tier
Unlocks memberships, Super Thanks and Shopping (no ad share). Decided by Virat on 1 Nov 2026; the ad-revenue tier below is a stretch goal, not a commitment.
Stretch · ad-revenue tier
Bars from YouTube's Partner Program pages (support.google.com/youtube/answer/72851 and /12843009, read 31 Oct 2026). Shorts-feed watch time doesn't count toward hours.
Spend
Revenue per video isn't shown until the channel is in the Partner Program and YouTube reports it. Nothing here is estimated.
Shorts vs long-form · last 28 days
Appears once the channel is connected and has views.
By country · last 28 days
Appears once the channel is connected and has views.
Revenue and RPM by country
YouTube only reports revenue once the channel is in the Partner Program. Until then this stays empty, never estimated. RPM is worked out as revenue ÷ views × 1,000, using engaged views for Shorts (YouTube's own definition).
Watcher · rising in India now
- The watcher snapshots trends every 2 hours. The first ranking appears after two snapshots.
Videos
How YouTube pays · research
Long-form
Creators keep 55% of ad revenue on their videos. At 8 minutes or longer mid-roll ads switch on, so one film can carry several ads.
YouTube Help · mid-rollsShorts
Ads between Shorts go into a monthly pool, split by each creator's share of engaged views, country by country. Creators keep 45%. No music keeps 100% of the share; one licensed track halves it. Our original score counts as no music.
YouTube HelpCountry
YouTube says CPMs "vary by geography" and rise before holidays, but publishes no rates. Third-party data (directional only) puts long-form RPM around $5.11 US, $4.54 UK, $2.26 UAE per 1,000 views; India has no credible figure. Money follows where the viewer is, not what the trend is about.
YouTube Help · DynamoiShorts vs long
Third-party data across 274 channels: Shorts RPM is 3–14% of long-form RPM in almost every niche, mostly $0.07–$0.20 per 1,000 views. Shorts bring reach and subscribers; long-form brings money and the watch hours the Partner Program counts.
AIR Media-TechHow YouTube pays, and the metrics to grow → · The strategy and the first 30 days → Every source is on that page (read 1 Nov 2026).
What's working
Needs at least 3 posted videos with views. Then: the top video by views, by average watch time, and by subscribers gained, and the topic to make more of.