YouTube doubles monetization watch hours to 8,000, teases Premium Lite expansion

YouTube is raising the monetization threshold for the Partner Program from 4,000 to 8,000 watch hours, effectively doubling the requirement. The company also teased a Premium Lite subscription tier.

• YouTube’s latest change could be bad news for your favorite creator
• YouTube teases Premium Lite expansion, doubles channel monetization requirements
• YouTube is making it harder for creators to start getting a cut of ad revenue
• YouTube now requires creators to have twice as many watch hours to start earning money
• YouTube just doubled the price of admission to its Partner Program
• YouTube is making it harder to earn money on YouTube
• YouTube just raised the bar for creators to earn ad revenue