🚨BREAKING🚨

YouTube is raising the bar for new creators.

Starting Feb 1, 2027, new channels need 8,000 watch hours (up from 4,000) or 20M Shorts views in 90 days (up from 10M) to join the YouTube Partner Program pic.twitter.com/2N06Zz8UA0

— vidIQ (@vidIQ) August 10, 2026