YouTube prepares for Shorts monetization by introducing new creator terms for 2023

You’ll want to check your inbox if you’re a creator, as YouTube has sent out new terms for its YouTube Partner Program. Towards the end of 2022, YouTube announced that it would allow its Shorts creators to monetize their content sometime at the start of 2023. As we head into the second week of January, YouTube has announced changes to its Partner Programs terms which need to be accepted by all creators if they want to continue to earn from their videos on the platform. By accepting the new terms creators can begin earning Shorts ad revenue starting next month. While Shorts started off as an experiment over 18 months ago, short-form videos have quickly gained in popularity on the platform, with YouTube putting the videos front and center on the YouTube app, YouTube webpage, and even on TVs. Because of this, YouTube announced last year that it would share ad-revenue with creators contributing short-form videos. In order to accomplish this, the YouTube Partner Program (YPP) created new rules for Shorts creators, giving them goals to hit in order to monetize their channel, which included 1,000 subscribers and 10 million public Shorts views. This is quite different from standard YouTube
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