YouTube Account Monetization How to Enable Monetization for Your YouTube Account YouTube is the largest video sharing platform in the world and publishers have the ability to earn based on their viewers and the advertisements served and viewed by their audience. Many video producers are earning side income from their channel while others are earning a significant amount of income that merits hiring employees and running a channel as a full-fledged business. The highest earnings are clearing seven figures, but this constitutes a very small percentage of YouTube partners. Eligibility Requirements Not all accounts are eligible for monetization and the partner program. YouTube actually updated their requirements in January 2018 with strict minimum subscribers and views as a barrier for entry. In order to join the program you must have a minimum of 1,000 subscribers and more than 4,000 hours watched in the previous 12 years. The new requirements are int...