All YouTube creators can apply to join the YouTube Partner Program as long as it is available in your country. After you hit 10k lifetime views on your channel, your activity will be reviewed against our policies. If everything looks good, you’ll be able to join the YouTube Partner Program and begin serving ads on your content. This threshold will help ensure revenue only flows to creators who are playing by the rules.
Whether your goal is to earn back some of what you spent making your videos or to become a sustainable business, YouTube’s platform lets you make money with successful videos.
Get your channel ready to earn:
Step 1: Setup a channel and apply to join the YouTube Partner Program. Your channel must have 10,000 lifetime views before your application to join the YouTube Partner program can be reviewed.
Step 2: Connect your YouTube channel to an AdSense account in order to earn money and get paid for your monetized videos.
Step 3: Take a minute to get to know the kinds of videos you can monetize and the different ad formats.
Step 4: Select “monetize with ads” for your videos and choose which ad formats and videos you want from Creator Studio app and in video manager.
Step 5: Keep making great videos that your community loves to watch!
There are different ways you can earn money with your channel. Start with ads and then look into other ways you can make money.
Ads
Now that you’ve enabled monetization (and hopefully enabled all formats to maximize revenue!), ads can run on your videos. Keep in mind:
YouTube connects your channel to paying advertisers so you can focus on what you do best: creating. In most cases, you get paid when viewers watch ads. We're constantly improving our ad systems so they work better for viewers and pay out to more creators.
You can also earn money from YouTube Red subscriptions. YouTube Red members pay a recurring fee for special benefits like watching YouTube videos without ads. The amount you earn from YouTube Red is calculated based on how much time members spend watching your content compared to other content.