Being accepted into the YouTube Partner Programme (YPP) is a major milestone in any creator's journey. As part of YPP, creators can start monetising their content, receive email and chat support and get access to the
Copyright Match Tool
to help protect their content.
A key eligibility requirement for YPP is to follow the
YouTube monetisation policies
, which include YouTube's
Community Guidelines
,
Terms of Service
and the
Google AdSense programme policies
. These policies apply to a creator's channel as a whole, and not just to individual videos.
Setting a higher bar for monetisation
Over the last few years, YouTube has taken steps to strengthen the requirements for monetisation so that spammers, impersonators and other bad actors can't hurt the ecosystem or take advantage of good creators producing high-quality content.
To apply for membership in YPP, channels must meet eligibility thresholds related to watch time and subscribers. Following application, YouTube's review team ensures that the channel has not gone against YouTube's monetisation, content and copyright policies. Only channels that meet eligibility thresholds and follow all of our guidelines will be admitted to the programme, which makes them eligible to receive access to ads and other monetisation products.
Advertiser-friendly content guidelines
Just because a creator is allowed to monetise, it doesn't mean that all videos on their channel will be eligible to have ads. Each video must also comply with our advertiser-friendly content guidelines. This is by design, as we understand that there are important conversations that have a place on YouTube, such as discussion of mental health or sensitive world events, that might not be deemed brand suitable by advertisers. Other examples of content that is not suitable for ads include some forms of inappropriate language, violence, adult content and harmful acts.
To help creators understand which videos on their channel are suitable for ads, we have worked closely with advertisers to create clear and comprehensive advertiser-friendly content guidelines. Eligible creators also have the ability to self-rate their content per
these guidelines
and turn on ads monetisation for individual videos on their channel.
What action does YouTube take for videos that do not comply with the advertiser-friendly content guidelines?
If a creator has turned on ads monetisation for a video, but our reviewers and automated systems identify that the video does not comply with our advertiser-friendly content guidelines, the video will have
limited or no ads
appear against it. However, if creators believe that their video is still suitable for all brands, they can
request human review
of that video.
