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      "title": "YouTube Partner Program: Money.payout",
      "summary": "YouTube requires at least 1,000 subscribers and either 4,000 qualified watch hours on long-form videos in the past 12 months or 10 million qualified Shorts views in the past 90 days to apply for the YouTube Partner Program.",
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      "body": "Creators must be at least 18 years old to apply for the YouTube Partner Program, though those under 18 may have a legal guardian older than 18 handle payments via AdSense for YouTube.\n\nWhat YouTube Help actually says:\n\n“Be at least 18 years old, or have a legal guardian older than 18 years of age who can handle your payments via AdSense for YouTube”",
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      "title": "YouTube Partner Program: Access.id",
      "summary": "YouTube requires two-step verification to be turned on for your Google Account to join the YouTube Partner Program.",
      "body": "YouTube requires two-step verification to be turned on for your Google Account to join the YouTube Partner Program.\n\nWhat YouTube Help actually says:\n\n“Make sure that two-step verification is turned on for your Google Account.”",
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      "title": "YouTube Partner Program: Money.payout",
      "summary": "You must have one active AdSense for YouTube account linked to your channel or be ready to set one up in YouTube Studio to join the YouTube Partner Program.",
      "body": "You must have one active AdSense for YouTube account linked to your channel or be ready to set one up in YouTube Studio to join the YouTube Partner Program.\n\nWhat YouTube Help actually says:\n\n“Have one active AdSense for YouTube account linked to your channel or be ready to set one up in YouTube Studio if you don't already have one”",
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      "title": "YouTube Channel Memberships: Money.payout",
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      "summary": "Creators must be at least 18 years old to offer channel memberships on YouTube.",
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