Again in June, YouTube introduced new, decrease qualification necessities for this system, as a part of a broader push to win over expertise, and get extra creators posting extra typically.

The brand new thresholds successfully halve the necessities for entry into the YouTube Companion Program (YPP), dropping it from 1,000 subscribers to 500 subs, offering broader entry to some of YouTube’s monetization options.

As you possibly can see on the left, the decrease thresholds present entry to fan funding and in-stream promotions, however you’ll nonetheless must have 1,000 subscribers to qualify for advert income share.

So it’s not full entry, but it surely does give extra creators extra methods to monetize within the app.

Which might additionally assist to get extra creators higher aligned with YouTube, and at this time, YouTube has introduced that these decrease entry markers will now apply to creators in 37 extra international locations, which means that 99 areas in complete now qualify for the brand new system.

YouTube’s ultimately planning to develop this to all areas, which is able to assist to facilitate extra income choices for extra creators, and will assist YouTube fend off competitors from TikTok, and others, for expertise.

And for extra, it’s most likely value turning these options, within the hopes of producing at the least some revenue, and rising their YouTube presence.

It’s a big growth, which might result in extra alternative.

You may view the total, up to date record of eligible areas right here, the place you can too be taught extra about entry into this system.