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      "title": "YouTube Partner Program: watch hours requirement for monetization eligibility",
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      "title": "YouTube Partner Program: Shorts views requirement for monetization eligibility",
      "summary": "A channel needs 10 million qualified Shorts views in the last 90 days to become eligible for the YouTube Partner Program via Shorts.",
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      "title": "YouTube Partner Program: application review duration",
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      "title": "YouTube Partner Program: revenue share percentage for watch page ads",
      "summary": "YouTube pays creators 55% of net revenues from ads displayed on their public videos on the Watch Page.",
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      "title": "YouTube Partner Program: revenue share percentage for Shorts ads",
      "summary": "YouTube pays creators 45% of the revenue allocated to them based on their share of views from the Creator Pool allocation for Shorts Feed Ads.",
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      "title": "YouTube Partner Program: when finalized earnings are added to AdSense balance",
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      "title": "YouTube Partner Program: when earnings are paid out",
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      "title": "YouTube Partner Program: payment threshold in USD",
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      "title": "YouTube Partner Program: tax withholding rate without tax info submitted",
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