Six tools for the one question every creator is actually asking: how do I get this channel monetized? Each one runs on real data, gives you a straight answer, and costs nothing.
Any channel, analyzed from public data in about two minutes.
Paste a handle and get growth, engagement, upload cadence, top videos, and where the channel sits on the road to monetization. Works on your channel or anyone else's — no sign-up.
Analyze a channelHow long until 4,000 valid public watch hours?
Enter your current total and your daily pace to get a projected completion date, the hours you have left, and how many views that works out to at your average view duration.
Open the calculatorEvery Partner Program requirement, checked at once.
Subscribers, watch hours, Shorts views, and the 500-subscriber early-access tier — see which path you're closest to and exactly what's still missing.
Check eligibilityGrade a single upload before it costs you a week of reach.
Paste a video URL for an instant score across title, description, tags, chapters, format, and engagement — with a specific fix for every item that fails.
Check a videoDays left before the entry bar doubles on February 1, 2027.
New applicants need 8,000 watch hours from February 2027 instead of 4,000. See how long the window is, the daily pace it implies from where you are today, and whether the sprint is worth starting.
See the countdownWhich of your watch time actually counts — and which doesn't.
Shorts, unlisted videos, deleted uploads and paid traffic never count toward the threshold. Tick what your channel publishes to see why Studio shows you two different watch-time numbers.
Check what countsStart with the channel analyzer if you want the whole picture — it reads public data for any channel and tells you what shape it's in, which is also the fastest way to see which stage of the monetization roadmap you're standing in.
Use the monetization checker when your question is “am I eligible yet?” It covers every Partner Program path at once — 1,000 subscribers with 4,000 valid public watch hours in 365 days, the 10-million-Shorts-views route over 90 days, and the 500-subscriber early-access tier for fan funding.
Use the watch hours calculator when your question is “how long?” It converts your current pace into a projected date and shows what a longer average view duration does to that date. If you want the arithmetic behind it, read 4,000 watch hours = how many views? and the best way to get 4,000 watch hours.
Use the qualified watch hours checker when the numbers themselves stop making sense — it explains why Studio shows two different watch-time figures and which of your content is quietly not counting. And use the deadline countdown when the question is “how long have I got?” From February 1, 2027 new applicants need 8,000 watch hours instead of 4,000, and the countdown turns that into the daily pace it implies from where you are today.
Use the video SEO checker when the question is about one specific upload — before you publish it, or after it underperformed. And if you're at the very beginning, the honest guides are getting your first 1,000 subscribers from zero and how long it really takes a small channel to get monetized.
Everything on this page is free and most of it works without an account. Connecting your own channel adds what public data can't reach — your real watch hours in the rolling 365-day window and your Shorts views over the last 90 days — so your progress is tracked for you instead of re-typed every week. More guides live on the blog.