YouTube Monetization Tracker
Compare your subscribers and watch hours with the Partner Program numbers, with editable targets and a date from your pace.
Studio, Analytics, Advanced mode.
Estimate a date from my recent pace
28 matches Studio’s default.
Enter your subscribers and watch hours to see how far you are.
Good to know
- The two targets are boxes you can edit, because YouTube sets the requirements and can change them. The starting values are the ones YouTube has published for the Partner Program at the time of writing. Check YouTube Help for the current numbers and for any other requirements, such as the Shorts views route or upload and policy rules.
- Reaching the numbers is not approval. You still have to apply in YouTube Studio, and your channel is reviewed.
- Public watch hours count over a rolling 12 months, so hours from a year ago drop out as new ones come in. A pace worked out from the last 28 days can overstate how fast the total grows if older months were stronger.
- The date assumes the same daily gain continues. A single big video can change the pace either way.
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About the Monetization Requirements Tracker
?What the monetization tracker does
It compares your subscribers and public watch hours with the numbers needed for the YouTube Partner Program and shows how far you are on each, with a progress bar. If you add your recent gain, it estimates how long each gap takes to close.
The two target numbers are boxes you can edit, because YouTube sets the requirements and can change them. Reaching the numbers does not approve you: you still apply in YouTube Studio. Everything runs in your browser.
→How to track your progress in 4 steps
Enter where you are
Your subscribers, and your public watch hours for the last 12 months from Studio.
Set the targets
Choose a starting set of numbers, then check YouTube Help and edit the boxes if the requirements differ.
Add your recent pace
Optional. Enter the subscribers and watch hours gained over the last 28 days, or another number of days.
Read the result
Progress bars, what is left on each, and a date for each gap and for both together.
✓What is in the tool
Two progress bars
Subscribers and watch hours against their targets.
Editable targets
Change the numbers when YouTube changes its requirements.
Date from your pace
Days and an approximate date for each gap and for both.
Two starting sets
Ad revenue sharing and early access numbers to start from.
Copyable summary
What is left, in one sentence.
Private
Nothing you type leaves your browser.
★Examples
Where you stand
640 subscribers and 2,350 watch hours, against 1,000 and 4,000.
Example:
64% of the subscriber target and 59% of the hours target, with 360 subscribers and 1,650 hours to go.
A date from your pace
You gained 45 subscribers and 210 hours in the last 28 days.
Example:
360 ÷ (45 ÷ 28) = 224 days for subscribers and 220 days for hours, so about 224 days for both.
Different targets
You edit the boxes to 500 subscribers and 3,000 hours.
Example:
Progress and dates are worked out against the new numbers.
♥Limits to know about
Not an approval
You apply in Studio and YouTube reviews the channel.
Requirements change
Check YouTube Help for the current numbers and other conditions.
Straight-line dates
Real growth is uneven, and watch hours roll off after 12 months.