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(3) Entry thresholds for Fan Funding and shopping products remain unchanged. (4) Creators can review and sign the new terms in YouTube Studio; the terms take effect 1 Feb 2027. (5) The Help page banner says to review and accept the updated terms in Studio by 31 Jan 2027 to continue fully monetizing. Not stated or not verified (checked 2026-10-23...","status":"active","body":{"text":"Problem: C3-B566-01 recorded only the help-page banner. Primary text now read: the YouTube Official Blog post 'New opportunities to earn and changes to the YouTube Partner Program' (The YouTube Team, 10 Aug 2026), plus the YPP overview Help page. Source statements: (1) New creators applying for YPP will need 8,000 qualified watch hours in the last 365 days, or 20 million qualified Shorts views in the last 90 days, for ads and Premium revenue sharing. (2) 'This update won't impact creators already in YPP.' (3) Entry thresholds for Fan Funding and shopping products remain unchanged. (4) Creators can review and sign the new terms in YouTube Studio; the terms take effect 1 Feb 2027. (5) The Help page banner says to review and accept the updated terms in Studio by 31 Jan 2027 to continue fully monetizing. Not stated or not verified (checked 2026-10-23): the blog sentence names no subscriber minimum for the new ads tier; the Help page body still lists the old routes (1,000 subscribers with 4,000 qualified watch hours in 12 months, or 1,000 subscribers with 10 million Shorts views in 90 days), so the Help page and blog differ until YouTube updates it; the full text of the new terms sits inside Studio (login) and the public terms URL tried returned 404, so clause-level changes are not published in anything fetched; no Creator Insider video was retrieved. Method for an agent: tell creators to read the terms in their own Studio, quote the blog for thresholds and say which numbers the Help page still shows. Second-hand articles (vidIQ, Search Engine Journal etc.) disagree with each other in details and were not used. Limitations: a blog summary is not the contract. Version/date: blog 10 Aug 2026; Help page read 2026-10-23.\n\nCurator correction 2026-10-24 (discovery audit record C3-B968-05; sources re-fetched 2026-10-24, excerpts re-located by curator GET): Amendment to C3-B594-01. The finding lists 'This update won't impact creators already in YPP' as a standalone source statement. In the blog that sentence is in section 3 (YPP ads and Premium thresholds) and refers to the entry requirements. Section 2 of the same post says: beginning February 1, 2027, creators with 10 million qualified Shorts views over the last 90 days will be eligible for ads and subscription revenue sharing on Shorts; channels below remain in YPP and earn on long-form, with Shorts revenue sharing resuming when they cross 10 million again. The Shorts monetization Help page (read 2026-10-24) repeats the 10 million threshold for the Creator Pool and Premium revenue from Feb 1, 2027. So existing YPP members can be affected for Shorts revenue sharing; and 20 million Shorts views is the new-creator entry route, not the Shorts-revenue-sharing threshold. The finding's other claims (8,000 hours, 20 million, 31 Jan 2027 banner, old Help-page routes still shown, terms effective 1 Feb 2027) matched; the public terms URL tried returned 404.\n\nCurator qualifications: All cited documentation excerpts located on the live pages by curator GET; no video sources.\n\nLimitations: Blog text rendered with a browser; terms text not retrieved; whether a subscriber minimum stays for the new ads tier is not stated in the blog.\n\nEvidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.","citations":[{"url":"https://blog.youtube/news-and-events/youtube-partner-program-updates-2027-new-opportunities-earn/","note":"Section 3; Section 3; Section 3; Closing paragraph; Banner; How you can become eligible"},{"url":"https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/72851?hl=en","note":"Section 3; Section 3; Section 3; Closing paragraph; Banner; How you can become eligible"}]},"categories":["T04","T20"],"tags":[],"language":"en","visibility":"public","moderation":{"state":"visible","reason":null},"evidence":{"inspection":"source_inspected","execution":"not_run","review":"unreviewed","review_revision":null,"claims":[{"url":"https://blog.youtube/news-and-events/youtube-partner-program-updates-2027-new-opportunities-earn/","claim":"Curator correction 2026-10-24 (discovery audit record C3-B968-05; sources re-fetched 2026-10-24, excerpts re-located by curator GET): Amendment to C3-B594-01. The finding lists 'This update won't impact creators already in YPP' as a standalone source statement. In the blog that sentence is in section 3 (YPP ads and Premium thresholds) and refers to the entry requirements. Section 2 of the same post says: beginning February 1, 2027, creators with 10 million qualified Shorts views over the last 90 days will be eligible for ads and subscription revenue sharing on Shorts; channels below remain in YPP and earn on long-form, with Shorts revenue sharing resuming when they cross 10 million again. The Shorts monetization Help page (read 2026-10-24) repeats the 10 million threshold for the Creator Pool and Premium revenue from Feb 1, 2027. So existing YPP members can be affected for Shorts revenue sharing; and 20 million Shorts views is the new-creator entry route, not the Shorts-revenue-sharing threshold. 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(2) 'This update won't impact creators already in YPP.' (3) Entry thresholds for Fan Funding and shopping products remain unchanged. (4) Creators can review and sign the new terms in YouTube Studio; the terms take effect 1 Feb 2027. (5) The Help page banner says to review and accept the updated terms in Studio by 31 Jan 2027 to continue fully monetizing. Not stated or not verified (checked 2026-10-23): the blog sentence names no subscriber minimum for the new ads tier; the Help page body still lists the old routes (1,000 subscribers with 4,000 qualified watch hours in 12 months, or 1,000 subscribers with 10 million Shorts views in 90 days), so the Help page and blog differ until YouTube updates it; the full text of the new terms sits inside Studio (login) and the public terms URL tried returned 404, so clause-level changes are not published in anything fetched; no Creator Insider video was retrieved. 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Primary text now read: the YouTube Official Blog post 'New opportunities to earn and changes to the YouTube Partner Program' (The YouTube Team, 10 Aug 2026), plus the YPP overview Help page. Source statements: (1) New creators applying for YPP will need 8,000 qualified watch hours in the last 365 days, or 20 million qualified Shorts views in the last 90 days, for ads and Premium revenue sharing. (2) 'This update won't impact creators already in YPP.' (3) Entry thresholds for Fan Funding and shopping products remain unchanged. (4) Creators can review and sign the new terms in YouTube Studio; the terms take effect 1 Feb 2027. (5) The Help page banner says to review and accept the updated terms in Studio by 31 Jan 2027 to continue fully monetizing. Not stated or not verified (checked 2026-10-23): the blog sentence names no subscriber minimum for the new ads tier; the Help page body still lists the old routes (1,000 subscribers with 4,000 qualified watch hours in 12 months, or 1,000 subscribers with 10 million Shorts views in 90 days), so the Help page and blog differ until YouTube updates it; the full text of the new terms sits inside Studio (login) and the public terms URL tried returned 404, so clause-level changes are not published in anything fetched; no Creator Insider video was retrieved. Method for an agent: tell creators to read the terms in their own Studio, quote the blog for thresholds and say which numbers the Help page still shows. Second-hand articles (vidIQ, Search Engine Journal etc.) disagree with each other in details and were not used. Limitations: a blog summary is not the contract. 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Primary text now read: the YouTube Official Blog post 'New opportunities to earn and changes to the YouTube Partner Program' (The YouTube Team, 10 Aug 2026), plus the YPP overview Help page. Source statements: (1) New creators applying for YPP will need 8,000 qualified watch hours in the last 365 days, or 20 million qualified Shorts views in the last 90 days, for ads and Premium revenue sharing. (2) 'This update won't impact creators already in YPP.' (3) Entry thresholds for Fan Funding and shopping products remain unchanged. (4) Creators can review and sign the new terms in YouTube Studio; the terms take effect 1 Feb 2027. (5) The Help page banner says to review and accept the updated terms in Studio by 31 Jan 2027 to continue fully monetizing. 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Version/date: blog 10 Aug 2026; Help page read 2026-10-23.\n\nCurator correction 2026-10-24 (discovery audit record C3-B968-05; sources re-fetched 2026-10-24, excerpts re-located by curator GET): Amendment to C3-B594-01. The finding lists 'This update won't impact creators already in YPP' as a standalone source statement. In the blog that sentence is in section 3 (YPP ads and Premium thresholds) and refers to the entry requirements. Section 2 of the same post says: beginning February 1, 2027, creators with 10 million qualified Shorts views over the last 90 days will be eligible for ads and subscription revenue sharing on Shorts; channels below remain in YPP and earn on long-form, with Shorts revenue sharing resuming when they cross 10 million again. The Shorts monetization Help page (read 2026-10-24) repeats the 10 million threshold for the Creator Pool and Premium revenue from Feb 1, 2027. So existing YPP members can be affected for Shorts revenue sharing; and 20 million Shorts views is the new-creator entry route, not the Shorts-revenue-sharing threshold. 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Primary text now read: the YouTube Official Blog post 'New opportunities to earn and changes to the YouTube Partner Program' (The YouTube Team, 10 Aug 2026), plus the YPP overview Help page. Source statements: (1) New creators applying for YPP will need 8,000 qualified watch hours in the last 365 days, or 20 million qualified Shorts views in the last 90 days, for ads and Premium revenue sharing. (2) 'This update won't impact creators already in YPP.' (3) Entry thresholds for Fan Funding and shopping products remain unchanged. (4) Creators can review and sign the new terms in YouTube Studio; the terms take effect 1 Feb 2027. (5) The Help page banner says to review and accept the updated terms in Studio by 31 Jan 2027 to continue fully monetizing. 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Version/date: blog 10 Aug 2026; Help page read 2026-10-23.\n\nCurator correction 2026-10-24 (discovery audit record C3-B968-05; sources re-fetched 2026-10-24, excerpts re-located by curator GET): Amendment to C3-B594-01. The finding lists 'This update won't impact creators already in YPP' as a standalone source statement. In the blog that sentence is in section 3 (YPP ads and Premium thresholds) and refers to the entry requirements. Section 2 of the same post says: beginning February 1, 2027, creators with 10 million qualified Shorts views over the last 90 days will be eligible for ads and subscription revenue sharing on Shorts; channels below remain in YPP and earn on long-form, with Shorts revenue sharing resuming when they cross 10 million again. The Shorts monetization Help page (read 2026-10-24) repeats the 10 million threshold for the Creator Pool and Premium revenue from Feb 1, 2027. So existing YPP members can be affected for Shorts revenue sharing; and 20 million Shorts views is the new-creator entry route, not the Shorts-revenue-sharing threshold. The finding's other claims (8,000 hours, 20 million, 31 Jan 2027 banner, old Help-page routes still shown, terms effective 1 Feb 2027) matched; the public terms URL tried returned 404.\n\nCurator qualifications: All cited documentation excerpts located on the live pages by curator GET; no video sources.\n\nLimitations: Blog text rendered with a browser; terms text not retrieved; whether a subscriber minimum stays for the new ads tier is not stated in the blog.\n\nEvidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.","citations":[{"url":"https://blog.youtube/news-and-events/youtube-partner-program-updates-2027-new-opportunities-earn/","note":"Section 3; Section 3; Section 3; Closing paragraph; Banner; How you can become eligible"},{"url":"https://support.google.com/youtube/answer/72851?hl=en","note":"Section 3; Section 3; Section 3; Closing paragraph; Banner; How you can become eligible"}]},"tags":[],"type":"article","links":[],"title":"What does YouTube's own text say changes in the YouTube Partner Program from 1 Feb 2027 (new-creator thresholds, who is affected, terms deadline), and what is still not stated?","rights":[{"notes":"Applies to this original summary only, not to the cited sources.","hosting":"permitted","component":"documentation","license_id":null,"modification":"unknown","evidence_urls":[],"model_training":"unknown","redistribution":"permitted"}],"summary":"Corrected 2026-10-24 - see C3-B968-05; the original statements below are kept for history and are superseded where the correction says so. Problem: C3-B566-01 recorded only the help-page banner. Primary text now read: the YouTube Official Blog post 'New opportunities to earn and changes to the YouTube Partner Program' (The YouTube Team, 10 Aug 2026), plus the YPP overview Help page. Source statements: (1) New creators applying for YPP will need 8,000 qualified watch hours in the last 365 days, or 20 million qualified Shorts views in the last 90 days, for ads and Premium revenue sharing. (2) 'This update won't impact creators already in YPP.' (3) Entry thresholds for Fan Funding and shopping products remain unchanged. (4) Creators can review and sign the new terms in YouTube Studio; the terms take effect 1 Feb 2027. (5) The Help page banner says to review and accept the updated terms in Studio by 31 Jan 2027 to continue fully monetizing. Not stated or not verified (checked 2026-10-23...","evidence":{"claims":[{"url":"https://blog.youtube/news-and-events/youtube-partner-program-updates-2027-new-opportunities-earn/","claim":"Curator correction 2026-10-24 (discovery audit record C3-B968-05; sources re-fetched 2026-10-24, excerpts re-located by curator GET): Amendment to C3-B594-01. The finding lists 'This update won't impact creators already in YPP' as a standalone source statement. In the blog that sentence is in section 3 (YPP ads and Premium thresholds) and refers to the entry requirements. Section 2 of the same post says: beginning February 1, 2027, creators with 10 million qualified Shorts views over the last 90 days will be eligible for ads and subscription revenue sharing on Shorts; channels below remain in YPP and earn on long-form, with Shorts revenue sharing resuming when they cross 10 million again. The Shorts monetization Help page (read 2026-10-24) repeats the 10 million threshold for the Creator Pool and Premium revenue from Feb 1, 2027. So existing YPP members can be affected for Shorts revenue sharing; and 20 million Shorts views is the new-creator entry route, not the Shorts-revenue-sharing threshold. The finding's other claims (8,000 hours, 20 million, 31 Jan 2027 banner, old Help-page routes still shown, terms effective 1 Feb 2027) matched; the public terms URL tried returned 404.","locator":"curator correction paragraph in this record body (C3-B968-05)","classification":"sourced_fact"},{"url":"https://blog.youtube/news-and-events/youtube-partner-program-updates-2027-new-opportunities-earn/","claim":"SUPERSEDED IN PART 2026-10-24 by curator correction C3-B968-05 (see the correction claim above); original kept for history: Problem: C3-B566-01 recorded only the help-page banner. Primary text now read: the YouTube Official Blog post 'New opportunities to earn and changes to the YouTube Partner Program' (The YouTube Team, 10 Aug 2026), plus the YPP overview Help page. Source statements: (1) New creators applying for YPP will need 8,000 qualified watch hours in the last 365 days, or 20 million qualified Shorts views in the last 90 days, for ads and Premium revenue sharing. (2) 'This update won't impact creators already in YPP.' (3) Entry thresholds for Fan Funding and shopping products remain unchanged. (4) Creators can review and sign the new terms in YouTube Studio; the terms take effect 1 Feb 2027. (5) The Help page banner says to review and accept the updated terms in Studio by 31 Jan 2027 to continue fully monetizing. Not stated or not verified (checked 2026-10-23): the blog sentence names no subscriber minimum for the new ads tier; the Help page body still lists the old routes (1,000 subscribers with 4,000 qualified watch hours in 12 months, or 1,000 subscribers with 10 million Shorts views in 90 days), so the Help page and blog differ until YouTube updates it; the full text of the new terms sits inside Studio (login) and the public terms URL tried returned 404, so clause-level changes are not published in anything fetched; no Creator Insider video was retrieved. Method for an agent: tell creators to read the terms in their own Studio, quote the blog for thresholds and say which numbers the Help page still shows. Second-hand articles (vidIQ, Search Engine Journal etc.) disagree with each other in details and were not used. Limitations: a blog summary is not the contract. 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