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      "title": "YouTube product review channel creator: job_overview",
      "summary": "A YouTube product review channel creator produces long-form video reviews of consumer products (electronics, tools, home goods), earning through YouTube Partner Program ad revenue, channel memberships, and Super Thanks.",
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      "title": "YouTube how-to and tutorial channel creator: job_overview",
      "summary": "A YouTube how-to/tutorial channel creator produces long-form instructional videos teaching skills, processes, or software, earning through YouTube Partner Program ad revenue and memberships.",
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      "title": "YouTube education and learning channel creator: job_overview",
      "summary": "A YouTube education/learning channel creator produces long-form educational video content on academic subjects or professional skills, earning through YouTube Partner Program ad revenue.",
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      "category": "Getting Started",
      "title": "YouTube science explainer channel creator: job_overview",
      "summary": "A YouTube science explainer channel creator produces long-form videos explaining scientific concepts, research findings, or natural phenomena, earning through YouTube Partner Program ad revenue.",
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      "title": "YouTube finance and investing channel creator: job_overview",
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      "title": "YouTube travel vlog channel creator: job_overview",
      "summary": "A YouTube travel vlog channel creator produces long-form travel videos documenting destinations, cultures, and experiences, earning through YouTube Partner Program ad revenue.",
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        "skill_level": "could_not_verify",
        "typical_pay_range": "could_not_verify (O*NET 2025 estimate for related occupation News Analysts/Reporters/Journalists: $29.91/hr, $62,200/yr)",
        "pay_unit": "hourly and annual",
        "where_to_find_work": "YouTube (via YouTube Partner Program)",
        "adjacent_jobs": "YouTube product review creator, YouTube how-to/tutorial creator, YouTube commentary/news creator, News Analysts, Reporters, and Journalists (O*NET 27-3023.00)"
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    {
      "id": "learn_r1550_job_discovery_creator_video_niches_angle_boards_yt_ypp_eligibility",
      "category": "Getting Started",
      "title": "YouTube Partner Program eligibility and monetization requirements: job_overview",
      "summary": "To monetize a YouTube channel through the YouTube Partner Program, a creator must have 1,000 subscribers and either 4,000 qualified watch hours in the last 12 months or 10 million qualified Shorts views in the last 90 days, live in a country where YPP is available, have no active Community Guidelines strikes, and follow YouTube channel monetization policies.",
      "body": "To monetize a YouTube channel through the YouTube Partner Program, a creator must have 1,000 subscribers and either 4,000 qualified watch hours in the last 12 months or 10 million qualified Shorts views in the last 90 days, live in a country where YPP is available, have no active Community Guidelines strikes, and follow YouTube channel monetization policies.\n\nWhat Google / YouTube actually says:\n\n“Get 1,000 subscribers with 4,000 qualified watch hours in the last 12 months, or 2. Get 1,000 subscribers with 10 million qualified Shorts views in the last 90 days.”\n\nNote: This is the anchor eligibility record for all YouTube creator niche jobs. The same page also notes: 'Live in a country/region where the YouTube Partner Program is available' and 'Have no active Community Guidelines strikes on your channel.' Starting February 1, 2027, YPP updates will be introduced.",
      "source_type": "official",
      "source_link": "https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/72851",
      "last_verified": "2026-10-04",
      "reliability": "VERIFIED RULE",
      "source_tier": "A",
      "source_publisher": "Google / YouTube",
      "evidence_quote": "Get 1,000 subscribers with 4,000 qualified watch hours in the last 12 months, or 2. Get 1,000 subscribers with 10 million qualified Shorts views in the last 90 days.",
      "volatility": "low",
      "from_batch": "1550-job-discovery-creator-video-niches-angle-boards",
      "subject": "YouTube Partner Program eligibility and monetization requirements",
      "topic": "job_overview",
      "applies_to_country": "*",
      "applies_to_scope": "YPP is available in specific countries/regions; check YouTube Studio for your region's availability",
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        "job_name": "YouTube Partner Program (eligibility threshold for all YouTube creator niches)",
        "category": "Platform monetization requirement",
        "what_it_is": "The eligibility threshold required for any YouTube creator niche to access ad revenue, memberships, Super Thanks, and other YPP monetization features.",
        "startup_cost": "could_not_verify",
        "skill_level": "could_not_verify",
        "typical_pay_range": "could_not_verify (varies by niche, channel size, and engagement)",
        "pay_unit": "could_not_verify",
        "where_to_find_work": "YouTube Studio > Earn section",
        "adjacent_jobs": "All YouTube creator niches"
      },
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        ],
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      }
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  ]
}