It's official: YouTube doesn't want small channels to monetize anymore

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BraLoD said:

Alex_The_Hedgehog said:

I will most likely meet the current requirements until February.

But I'm really sad for those who are starting now. 4.000 Hours is a very tough road already, 8.000 looks impossible for channels with 1k subscribers. 20 million short views is even worse.

I remember getting monetized on Twitch was really easy, barely anyone watched my livestreams back at the pandemic when I was doing it and I still got it, tho I never kept for long enough to get the dolar value necessary to actually get a payment lol.

Twitch requirements are still really easy to become an Affiliate. All you need are 25 followers, stream for 4 hours on 4 different days, and average at least 3 viewers 4 different days in the last 30 days. Very easy to hit. 

To become Twitch Partner requires an average of 75 viewers or more over the course of 6 streams in a 30 day period. 

I'm a Twitch Affiliate, but only get a handful of viewers per stream. I just do it for the fun of it and what little I make goes towards buying games.