If you’re monetizing on YouTube, your channel must follow YouTube monetization policies. These include YouTube’s Community Guidelines, Terms of Service, Copyright, and Google AdSense program policies. They apply to anyone in or looking to apply to, the YouTube Partner Program.
If you want to monetize videos with ads, they must also meet our Advertiser-friendly content guidelines.
Here’s a quick overview of each major policy. Make sure you read each policy thoroughly, as these policies are used to check if a channel is suitable to monetize. Our reviewers regularly check to see whether monetizing channels follow these policies. Learn more about how we enforce our policies.
What we check when we review your channel
Our reviewers check the content that best represents your channel against our policies. Since our reviewers can’t check every video, they may focus on your channel’s:
- Main theme
- Most viewed videos
- Newest videos
- Biggest proportion of watch time
- Video metadata (including titles, thumbnails, and descriptions)
- The above are just examples of content our reviewers may assess. Note that our reviewers can, and may check other parts of your channel to see whether it fully meets our policies.
