The YouTube Monetization Process can be pretty confusing, so keep watching the video to learn
how you can make money off your YouTube videos.
Hey guys, what's up!?
It's Muaaz here and welcome back to another video.
So yeah, today I'm going to be talking about the YouTube monetization process.
It's changed a lot throughout the years and I still get questions all the time asking
me how to get monetized on YouTube, which is basically how you make money off your videos,
so I thought I'd finally explain it.
Also since 2020 is just around the corner, drop a comment with your YouTube goals you
want to accomplish in the next year.
Then go and comment on someone else's goal and give them some encouragement or wish them
luck, all of us can use that extra boost in motivation.
But anyways, let's get started with the video!
So while you guys are dropping your 2020 YouTube goals in the comments, I'll quickly break
down the minimum requirements you need to have before you can make money from your videos.
This is a screenshot I got from the YouTube support website but it clearly says that you
need 1,000 subscribers and 4,000 hours of watch-time within the last year to start the
review process of getting monetized.
I know some of you might be freaking out thinking to yourself that you'll never hit those numbers,
but I promise you that if you put enough work into it, you will.
Personally, I think getting 1,000 subscribers is much easier than the 4,000 hours of watch-time
because according to the requirements, it's just saying you need to have 1,000 subscribers
at any time.
The 4,000 hours of watch-time have to all be gained within 1 year, 12 months, 365 days,
you get it.
Also, I don't think I asked in the beginning of the video but drop a like if you're enjoying
the video so far.
It really helps the channel grow and it shows me that you guys are enjoying the content.
But if you guys are curious how to get to 1,000 subscribers faster or how to get 4,000
hours of watch-time faster, click the little 'i' at the top right corner of the screen
and you'll see some other videos I've made talking about those topics.
I don't think most of you watching this know but before the 1,000 subscribers requirement
and the 4,000 watch hours requirement, it was much easier to get monetized on here.
All you needed was 10,000 video views on your YouTube channel, added up across all your
videos, and I think that was it.
The issue with that though was that it was way too easy to get monetized and then people
were taking advantage of the system.
And that's just not good for advertisers, so since then, YouTube changed it all up and
these have been the requirements for a few years now.
Something to note though is that when they first changed the requirements, there was
a swarm of new applications coming in that YouTube had to approve for people to get monetized.
So once meeting the requirements, sometimes it would take people months to get approved
for the YouTube Partner Program.
These days however, it seems to take less than a month from when you qualify to actually
getting the email saying that you're now able to monetize on YouTube.
I've done a lot of research for this video and even asked some friends who recently got
monetized, and what I've noticed is that people have been getting monetized within the week
they meet the requirements now instead of it taking months like it used to.
Which is great news honestly for those of you on the grind.
One thing I definitely want to address is that YouTube is not by any means a way to
get rich insanely quick.
Sure some people have pulled it off but it's not the case for everyone and I just want
to address that.
It can take a while to finally make money on YouTube, and I'm talking months or years
even.
Band then it can take even longer to make "very good" money, but if you're truly passionate
about creating content and it's all you think about, and it's what you love doing, then
it will all pay off.
If you don't care about it like that and just want to get rich quick, I recommend looking
at other ways to make money cause you would probably find more success doing something
you're passionate about.
Anyways one thing you can do to speed up the monetization process is getting your Google
Adsense account setup early.
A lot of people wait to get approved for monetization on YouTube and then they apply for Google
Adsense, which to me just seems like a huge waste of time.
The approval process for Google Adsense is definitely time consuming so you might as
well get it done early.
Because they go through and verify a ton of things so getting it out the way makes the
most sense.
They'll send you a little letter with a code that you have to type into their website,
that will then confirm who you are.
Then they also ask you for your bank account information, so they can send the money you
make on YouTube to your bank when you're monetized and need to get paid.
They usually send you a small amount of money, like pennies, that you go and type in on their
website to confirm it's the right bank account linked with Google Adsense.
After that, I think you have to enter in tax information too because when you're getting
paid, you usually gotta pay taxes too.
The rules are definitely different based on where you live and how old you are, so take
the time to look into that if you can, but other than that, you should be good to go!
Another way to speed up the monetization process on YouTube is by just making longer videos
because if all you're making are 4 minute videos, it will take you a long time to get
the 4000 watch hours.
So when you're making longer videos, you end up getting more watch minutes because there's
more of the video for the viewer to actually sit through, which then adds up to more watch
hours.
Like I said before, getting the subscribers is pretty easy in comparison to the watch
hours.
But if you're struggling with that, just try some pretty basic tips like even encouraging
people to subscribe more.
I promise you it helps out a lot.
And speaking of that, if you guys are enjoying the video so far and want to watch more YouTube
help videos, definitely subscribe to my channel and hit the like button while you're at it.
But yeah, like I said before I've already made videos covering the details of both getting
more watch hours and getting more subscribers.
They'll be linked in the description below so be sure to check them out if you havent'
seen them already.
For those who are still watching, let me know what topic you want me to talk about next
and I'll get that video done as soon as I can!
But yeah, drop a sub and a like if you enjoyed I'll see you in the next one!
Peace.