Shorts Monetization Checker
Answer five questions, get a straight answer: are you eligible for YouTube and TikTok monetization, how risky does your content look to their reviews, and the one fix with the biggest payoff. Nothing is stored.
Guidance, not a guarantee — the published thresholds plus the originality markers platform policies describe. The platforms always make the final call.
1 · Your channel numbers
2 · Your content
FAQ
What does YouTube require before Shorts can be monetized?
To apply to the YouTube Partner Program you need 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. Meeting the threshold lets you apply — your content then passes an originality review.
What does TikTok Creator Rewards require?
TikTok’s published bar is 10,000 followers and 100,000 video views in the last 30 days, in an eligible region, with original content over one minute typically favored.
Can faceless or AI-narrated channels be monetized at all?
Yes — but plain read-aloud content with a stock AI voice and reused stock visuals is at genuine risk under reused-content and inauthentic-content policies. Adding a real face moment, your own (or cloned) voice, and varied original visuals materially lowers that risk.
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