Know exactly what to do to get your channel monetized.
Your channel won't monetize itself. Connect it and get a step-by-step plan checked against your own data — what's holding you back, the next move that actually counts, and a weekly report on what to fix. Plus the date you'll qualify at your current pace.
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Your Monetization Roadmap
Your next move
Give your titles a searchable shape
Titles that are too short say nothing to search; titles that run long get cut off in the feed. Most of yours should sit in between.
Show me how- Claim your @handle
- Write a real channel description
- Write a real description on every video
- Give your titles a searchable shape
- Tag your videos
- 15 more steps across Momentum, YPP push and Monetized
- 1Give your titles a searchable shape
- 2Missing description — fix it on 2 recent videos
- 3Study your best video: “Budget mic test: $20 vs $200”
Projected at your current pace: Jan 2027
Free YouTube Tools
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YouTube Channel Analyzer
Analyze any YouTube channel: stats, engagement, posting cadence, top videos, and estimated date to hit monetization.
Analyze a channelYouTube Monetization Checker
Check if your channel meets the YouTube Partner Program requirements for 2026 — subscribers, watch hours, and Shorts views.
Check eligibilityWatch Hours Calculator
Calculate how long it will take to reach 4,000 — or 2027's 8,000 — watch hours and qualify for YouTube monetization.
Calculate nowWhat YouTube requires to monetize
1,000 subscribers plus one of the two view requirements.
Needed whichever view requirement you go for.
Check your channelFrom long-form videos in the last 12 months. Shorts don't count.
Calculate your dateThe alternative to watch hours, counted over 90 days.
What counts, what doesn'tOn Feb 1, 2027 new applicants need 8,000 hours or 20M Shorts views.
Can you make it?From your first video to your first payout
A plan for what to do, a weekly check on how it's going, and the numbers to prove it.
A roadmap built from your channel, not a checklist
Five stages and 20 concrete steps from a brand-new channel to the Partner Program. Each one is checked against your channel's real data, so you only see what's still in your way.
- Know which stage you're in and exactly what's next
- Every step explains why it matters for monetization
- Steps tick themselves off as your channel improves
- No invented quotas — only what your data can prove
- Foundation
A channel people can find and trust
- 2Findability60%
Titles, descriptions and tags search can read
- Momentum
A rhythm that makes watch hours compound
- YPP push
Subscribers and watch hours over the line
- Monetized
Apply, get reviewed, get paid
A weekly report that tells you what to do
Every Monday you get a personal report on your channel's week: what moved, your best and weakest video, where your metadata is leaking search traffic, and the move to make next.
- Views, watch hours and subscribers against last week
- Your best and weakest video, and why
- Metadata audit across your recent uploads
- One clear next step, straight from your roadmap
Budget mic test: $20 vs $200
Desk vlog #4
- Do this next: give your titles a searchable shape
- Missing description — on 2 recent videos
- 360 subscribers to the monetization gate
See when you'll qualify — and if you're on pace
Your progress against every Partner Program requirement, and the date you'll get there at your current pace. With the bar doubling for new channels on Feb 1, 2027, you'll know whether you can make it in time.
- Subscribers, watch hours and Shorts views in one view
- Projected qualification date from your recent pace
- The daily pace you need to beat the 2027 deadline
- Top contributing videos for each milestone
Know which videos are working
Every video gets a 0–100 Value Score across multiple performance dimensions, so you can make more of what works and stop repeating what doesn't.
- Holistic multi-dimension score for each video
- Color-coded badges for at-a-glance performance
- Sortable table across your whole library
- Separate tracking for long-form and Shorts
| Video | Type | Views | Retention | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Budget mic test: $20 vs $200 | Video | 1.2K | 52% | 84 |
| Lighting my room for $30 | Video | 640 | 44% | 61 |
| Desk vlog #4 | Video | 210 | 31% | 32 |
See your publishing rhythm at a glance
A year of uploads on one grid — every square is a day. Consistency is what makes watch hours compound, so spot the streaks you built and the breaks that cost you momentum.
- One square per day, darker where you published more
- Measured against your own rhythm — no invented posting quota
- Quiet spells flagged only when a break runs long for you
- Works the same for weekly long-form and daily Shorts channels
YouTube Studio shows your numbers. We tell you what to do next.
Studio is great at reporting where your channel is. It won't tell you which move gets you to monetization fastest.
| Feature | YouTube Studio | I am Creator |
|---|---|---|
| Channel analytics | ||
| Partner Program requirements status | ||
| Step-by-step plan to get monetized | ||
| Each step checked against your channel | ||
| Projected monetization date from your pace | ||
| Weekly report: what moved, what to fix next | ||
| Every video graded with a Value Score | ||
| Metadata audit across your recent uploads |
Your whole channel on one screen
Subscribers, views, watch time and engagement with the trends behind them — the numbers that tell you the plan is working.
Budget mic test: $20 vs $200 2 days ago | 1.2K 84 | |
Lighting my room for $30 5 days ago | 640 41 | |
Desk vlog #4 1 week ago | 210 9 |
How it works
Connect your channel
Sign in with Google. Read-only access — we never post or change anything.
Get your plan
See your stage on the road to monetization and the next move that counts.
Follow it weekly
Every Monday, a report shows what moved and what to do next.
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