10M views?
From 1 February 2027, YouTube only shares Shorts ad revenue with channels that have 10 million qualified Shorts views in the last 90 days. Drop in your YouTube Studio export and see your rolling total, the days you qualified, and what you need per day to make it.
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Tracker
Your rolling 90 days, against the gate
Upload the daily-views export from YouTube Studio (CSV or the ZIP it downloads), paste the numbers, or try it with example data first.
Drop your YouTube Studio export here
CSV or ZIP with daily Shorts views (Engaged views or Views). Studio’s Totals.csv / Chart data.csv, Excel and Sheets exports, any date format.
How do I export this from Studio?Rundown · the rule in 4 segments
What the 10 million views rule actually says
SEG 01 A gate at 10,000,000
From 1 Feb 2027, a channel earns its share of the Shorts Creator Pool and Premium revenue for a month only if it has at least 10 million qualified Shorts views in the last 90 days. Below that, the Shorts share for that month is zero.
SEG 02 The window rolls
Every day a new day enters the window and the oldest one drops out. A viral Short lifts you for exactly 90 days, then it falls off the back. Steady daily views matter more than one spike.
SEG 03 Measured on the 15th
YouTube measures the 90 days ending on the 15th of the month before the one being paid. If applied exactly as written, your February 2027 Shorts earnings depend on 18 Oct 2026 – 15 Jan 2027: that window is already open.
SEG 04 Miss it, keep YPP
Falling short doesn't remove you from the YouTube Partner Program. Your other YPP earnings, including long-form videos, keep working, and Shorts revenue resumes automatically once you're back above 10M.
Get your CSV
Your export in about a minute
YouTube Studio on a computer. Studio's layout is being refreshed in 2026, so labels may look slightly different.
Analytics → Advanced mode
In Studio, open Analytics and click Advanced mode (top right).
Filter to Shorts
Add the Content type filter and pick Shorts, so long-form views don't inflate the total.
Daily, at least 180 days
Pick a long period (Last 365 days is ideal) and switch the date view to Daily.
Add Engaged views
If it's available, add Engaged views as a metric: it's closer to what YouTube counts.
Export current view → CSV
Studio downloads a ZIP. Drop the ZIP or Totals.csv straight into the tracker.
Private by design. Files are read in your browser; nothing about your channel is uploaded. Studio exports are limited to 500 rows, which is plenty for a year of daily totals.
New channel?
Get into YPP before the bar doubles
From 1 Feb 2027, new applicants need 8,000 watch hours or 20M Shorts views. Until then it's 4,000 hours or 10M Shorts views (plus 1,000 subscribers either way).
You qualify today, but not under the 2027 thresholds.
Apply before 1 Feb 2027. YouTube hasn’t said how applications still in review on that date are handled, so earlier is safer.
Current rules
Until 31 Jan 2027
OR
New rules
From 1 Feb 2027
OR
Several channels?
Compare every channel against the gate
For agencies, networks and creators with more than one channel. Add one YouTube Studio export per channel. Files are read in this tab and never uploaded.
Short of the gate?
Tools creators use to post more Shorts
Free & Pro
The tracker is free. Pro is for planning.
Everything above works for free and without an account. Pro adds the extras that take more work to build.
Free
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- Rolling 90-day chart against 10M
- Months you would have qualified
- Required daily views and projection
- Compare several channels, CSV download
- Calendar reminders for the Jan 2027 dates
- New-channel YPP check, old vs new rules
Pro
Coming soon~$5one-time · estimated
- PDF forecast reportMonth-by-month verdicts, required daily views and charts, ready to send to a manager or brand partner.
- Agency reportEvery channel from the free compare in one branded PDF, with a page per channel.
- Saved historyKeep each upload on this device and watch the rolling total change week to week.
FAQ
Shorts monetization in 2027, explained
Guides: 10M Shorts views calculator · YouTube Partner Program requirements in 2027 · 10M vs 20M Shorts views, explained · How the Shorts Creator Pool works · Views, engaged views and qualified views · Active channel requirements from February 2027 · Accept the updated YPP terms by 31 January 2027 · ShortsGate vs vidIQ & TubeBuddy
Sources
Rule numbers last checked against these pages on 27 October 2026.
- Changes to the YouTube Partner Program
YouTube Help
From 1 Feb 2027 creators need 10M qualified Shorts views over the last 90 days to earn each month from the Shorts Creator Pool; missing it doesn't remove you from YPP or affect long-form earnings. Accept the updated terms in YouTube Studio by 31 Jan 2027. New applicants need 1,000 subscribers plus 8,000 qualified watch hours (365 days) or 20M qualified Shorts views (90 days).
- YouTube Shorts monetization policies
YouTube Help
From 1 Feb 2027, 10M qualified Shorts views in the last 90 days are needed each month for Creator Pool ad revenue and YouTube Premium revenue, measured over the 90-day period ending on the 15th of the month before the month being paid. Shorts Feed ad revenue is pooled monthly, split between the Creator Pool and music licensing by music use, allocated by share of engaged views per country; creators keep 45%. Payments use eligible “engaged views”.
- New opportunities to earn and changes to the YouTube Partner Program
YouTube Blog, 10 Aug 2026
Channels below 10M stay in YPP and keep earning on long-form; Shorts revenue sharing resumes automatically once they cross 10M again. Existing YPP members aren't affected by the new entry thresholds. Premium subscription pools are 30% (Premium) and 60% (Premium Lite) of net subscription revenue; creators receive 55% (long-form) or 45% (Shorts) of their distribution.
- YouTube Partner Program overview & eligibility
YouTube Help
Current entry thresholds: 1,000 subscribers plus 4,000 qualified watch hours in 12 months, or 10M qualified Shorts views in 90 days. Shorts Feed watch hours don't count towards watch hours.
- Get started creating YouTube Shorts: “Changes to Shorts views count”
YouTube Help
Since 31 Mar 2025 “Views” counts every start or replay; the older metric is now “Engaged views”, and YPP eligibility and Shorts revenue sharing are based on engaged views. (Wording from the 2025 change; the newer page answer/2991785 says eligibility uses “qualified views”.)
- How engagement metrics are counted
YouTube Help
From 24 Aug 2026 views count the moment a video starts to play, across all formats. YPP eligibility is still based on “qualified views” and earnings on “engaged views”. Verified metrics can take several days to show in your Earn tab milestones.
Our reading of the rule: the 15th-of-the-previous-month measurement means February 2027 pay depends on the 90 days from 18 Oct 2026 to 15 Jan 2027. That’s our interpretation of YouTube’s wording; YouTube’s own numbers and decisions are what count.