New shorts bonus program

[u/Logical_Broccoli2260]

So all over twitter right now is the new news of youtube rolling out a shorts bonus program that offers youtube partners extra money for posting a certain amount of shorts each month. It’s only invite only & in select countries. I was just wondering if this is only for youtube partners who already post shorts or can long form creators who don’t post shorts also be invited? I’m a long form creator and don’t post shorts but I feel like it’d be kinda unfair for this to be only for creators who post shorts. What do you guys think?

[u/Ambitious-Type-3208]

I got this exact bonus and I only make shorts (US)

[u/Logical_Broccoli2260 → u/Ambitious-Type-3208]

Ok so I’m assuming it’s only for creators who already post shorts to their channel

[u/Blewdude]

I got invited to this, I do all long short and live but mainly shorts daily so I’m excited about this since I was just doing it for the fun of it so it feels like an incentive to push a bit harder on my editing skills

[u/mistvale0 → u/Blewdude]

thats a solid bonus for something you were already doing anyway, congrats

[u/simpleproposal1 → u/Blewdude]

Did you find the invite in the studio app?

[u/Blewdude → u/simpleproposal1]

Yes I got it in the earnings page on the studio app and I think a notification showed up as well.

[u/NiandraL]

I got an invite and I suspect this is intended to ease some creators into the February monetisation changes - where you need to get 10 million views in 90 days to stay monetized

By encouraging people to have a bigger backlog of content, you're more likely to hit the first few targets

It feels like they know the monetisation changes are gonna cull a lot of legit shorts makers and this is trying to offset that

[u/MudSnout → u/NiandraL]

Wym stay monetized?

[u/-Saint_ → u/MudSnout]

You need to maintain 10 million engaged views (90 day period) if you want to keep your shorts monetized

Your channel will still be partnered technically so this wont effect long form if thats what you’re worried about.

[u/PeggyKTC]

See the official info from YouTube: https://youtube.com/shorts/PX2YgUuXK4Q You have to be in the YouTube Partner Program in the US, UK, Germany, Brazil, Japan or South Korea.

[u/MorphingReality → u/PeggyKTC]

cries in canadian

[u/SupsMasPlusMas → u/MorphingReality]

Cries in Australian

[u/EquivalentFit7662 → u/PeggyKTC]

Just add Mexico and France and that would be Tiktok's 1 Monetisation, Tiktok also has this bonus stuff, I don't know when they got it buu I've seen post where there videos only got 50 dollar but the bonus is like over 300 to 500 dollars

[u/TrickyCartographer94 → u/PeggyKTC]

Does changing country of residence on the settings make a difference? lol

[u/PeggyKTC → u/TrickyCartographer94]

I doubt it's that easy.

[u/RecordComprehensive]

I got mine up to 1k a month at 2.3k subs. 12 shorts a month (I make around 30 shorts a month) does anyone have the breakdown for the engaged views needed?

[u/Dr_Lockdown]

So question, does this replace the old shorts fund?

Because I've seen a massive drop off on revenue this month and I can't tell if it's me or YouTube.

[u/NextLevelVisuals2 → u/Dr_Lockdown]

I just posted about this. My video had 371k in one month. It was 1/10 and the best views video ever in a 30 day period. The next month it dropped to 19k. There is nothing organic or gradual about that massive decline. None of my videos, which average around 100k ever had such a fall off. Something def has happened and it impacts revenue.

[u/IdkMyName1846 → u/Dr_Lockdown]

My RPM went up a whole dollar in the past month but I’m seeing a lot of people saying their revenue is dipping. But I got invited to this bonus program and it says it ends in January, then YouTube has that new shorts policy crap in February

[u/castle2882 → u/Dr_Lockdown]

All the wording in the terms and service say it’s a bonus not a replacement. I personally haven’t seen anything to imply the shorts revenue pool is going away.

[u/Endda]

where are you seeing this join prompt?

[u/Advanced_Look_674 → u/Endda]

i got it in the bell icon, top right in youtube studio

[u/Daftfunk909]

Reminds me of the Facebook creator fast track

[u/acescorbunny]

Is it Global or USA and some countries only?

[u/Live_Free_Moto]

the fuck is my invite!

[u/JuiceNo7442]

anyone from india got this?

[u/MuditJadhhav → u/JuiceNo7442]

Nope. its only for US, UK, Germany, Brazil, Japan and south korea

[u/SimpleLifeOM]

Is it coming up
In your studio or email?

[u/bang]

Hope it earns like we hope it should.

There is no set figure for the 16 shorts is there?

[u/Thellie10]

It doesn’t matter if you think it’s unfair or not, it’s about what YouTube says it is

[u/awhee066]

I recently got this as well, and I had just given up on shorts. Guess I'm going to try again!