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YouTube Money Calculator — Estimate Earnings from Views
Estimate a channel's AdSense earnings from daily views and niche, using realistic RPM ranges — per day, month and year, as an honest range.
Open toolYouTube Monetization Checker
Can this channel actually earn money from YouTube? Enter a channel URL or @handle and this free YouTube monetization checker reads the channel's public data — its name, subscriber count when the channel displays it, and video count — and measures it against the YouTube Partner Program thresholds: 1,000 subscribers plus either 4,000 valid public watch hours in the last 12 months, or 10 million valid public Shorts views in the last 90 days. One honest limit, stated up front: watch hours and Shorts views are not public data — only the channel owner can see them in YouTube Studio — so this tool verifies the subscriber threshold from public data and tells you exactly where to confirm the rest, instead of inventing numbers.
How to use this tool
- Paste a channel URL or @handle.
- Click Check this channel.
- Read subscribers and videos as YouTube shows them publicly.
- See which criteria are met and which only Studio can confirm.
Worked example
A channel showing 12.4K subscribers clearly clears the subscriber bar; its watch hours remain the owner's to confirm in YouTube Studio's Earn page.
Frequently asked questions
What exactly does YouTube require for monetization in 2026?
The YouTube Partner Program requires: 1,000 subscribers, and either 4,000 valid public watch hours on long-form videos in the past 12 months or 10 million valid public Shorts views in the past 90 days — plus following YouTube's channel monetization policies, having no active Community Guidelines strikes, 2-Step Verification on the Google account, and an active AdSense account. An expanded tier in many countries unlocks fan-funding features (memberships, Supers, Shopping) earlier, at 500 subscribers with lower watch thresholds — check the Earn page in Studio for your country's current terms.
Why can't any tool show a channel's watch hours?
Because YouTube does not publish them. Watch time lives only in the owner's YouTube Studio analytics; the public channel page exposes subscribers (when not hidden) and video counts, nothing about hours viewed. Any third-party site displaying a precise "watch hours" figure for someone else's channel is estimating or inventing it. This checker marks those criteria "not public" and points owners to the one authoritative place — Studio's Earn page, which shows live progress bars for both routes.
The subscriber count shows a range or is missing — why?
YouTube displays subscriber counts rounded (for example 12.4K), and channels can hide the count entirely. This checker shows the same rounded public figure and estimates the threshold from it: a channel displaying 12.4K clearly passes 1,000; one displaying 950 clearly has not; one displaying exactly "1K" sits on the border and only Studio can confirm the precise number. If the channel hides its count, no public method can verify the subscriber criterion — the checker says so instead of guessing.
Meeting the thresholds — is monetization automatic then?
No. Reaching the numbers lets you apply; YouTube then reviews the channel manually for its monetization policies — original content requirements are the common failure point (reused compilations, re-uploads and low-effort automation get rejected even with the numbers). Review typically takes days to a few weeks. If rejected, you can appeal or reapply after 30 days (then 90), fixing the flagged content first. The thresholds get you to the door; original content gets you through it.
Related tools: estimate earnings after monetization with the YouTube money calculator, and style your channel text with the font generator.