This is very different from hosting video ads on your website. You need a YouTube channel in good standing with videos uploaded to participate in the program.<\/p>\n
If you already have a YouTube channel for yourself or your business, this can be a source of additional revenue.<\/p>\n
Ads are just one of the ways that you can earn money with the YouTube Partner Program.<\/p>\n
Users can pay for a channel membership granting special privileges, pay to have comments or live stream chat messages highlighted, and you can even run a merchandise store within YouTube.<\/p>\n
YouTube AdSense Requirements<\/h2>\n
To become eligible for the YouTube Partner Program and start using YouTube AdSense, you need to meet a set of specified requirements and then put your channel through a review process.<\/p>\n
You need an existing YouTube channel in good standing, with videos uploaded, an existing audience of at least 1,000 subscribers, and at least 4,000 hours of total watch time within 12 months.<\/p>\n
Here is Google\u2019s breakdown<\/a> of the requirements before you can apply to the program:<\/p>\n The numerical requirements of subscribers and watch hours are the most challenging to acquire. You can track your progress toward these goals in the \u201cMonetization\u201d tab of your YouTube Studio<\/a>.<\/p>\n After clicking on this tab, you\u2019ll be presented with information about your progress toward the subscriber and watch hours goals, as well as whether you have active community guidelines strikes.<\/p>\n Once you\u2019ve been accepted into the YouTube Partner Program, you can control what types of ads<\/a> appear on your videos and where they\u2019re placed. The platform does much of this by default, but you can tweak the settings.<\/p>\n Your options for ad placement are:<\/p>\n Generally, short videos are less likely to include ads, and mid-roll ads won\u2019t appear on videos shorter than 8 minutes.<\/p>\n Ads on YouTube fall into four general categories:<\/p>\n You can change your preferences in bulk or define different ad types for different videos within YouTube Studio.<\/p>\n To summarize, the basics you need to create your YouTube AdSense account and start earning are:<\/p>\n Once you\u2019re eligible for the YouTube Partner Program, apply for it inside your YouTube Studio and wait for YouTube to review your channel.<\/p>\n Once you\u2019re in the YouTube Partner program, you can link your AdSense account to YouTube within YouTube studio. If you don\u2019t currently have an AdSense account, you can sign up for one at this stage within YouTube.<\/p>\n Finally, go through the password and authentication process, and select a Google account to connect AdSense to.<\/p>\n Once you\u2019ve followed all of these steps, you can place ads in your YouTube videos and start earning.<\/p>\n More resources: <\/strong><\/p>\n Featured Image: ART PAL\/Shutterstock<\/em><\/p>\n Can you make money hosting ads on your YouTube channel, like the Google AdSense program for websites? Yes, but the process is much more complicated. With Google AdSense for websites, you can get started with a Google account, phone number, address, and website. Earning money directly from YouTube has a high barrier to entry. What… <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17327,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[103,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-search-engine-marketing","category-social-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/marketingnewsbox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17326","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/marketingnewsbox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/marketingnewsbox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marketingnewsbox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marketingnewsbox.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=17326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/marketingnewsbox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17326\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marketingnewsbox.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/17327"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/marketingnewsbox.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=17326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marketingnewsbox.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=17326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/marketingnewsbox.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=17326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}\n
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Screenshot from YouTube Studio, January 2023<\/span><\/div>\nTypes Of Ads On YouTube<\/h2>\n
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How To Create A YouTube AdSense Account<\/h2>\n
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